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PAGE 10 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE May 30, 1986 People in the News The Bar Mitzva of Marc Daniel Sachs of Atlanta will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Ahavath Achim Syn agogue. A congregational kid- dush will follow. Marc is the son of Kathy and Howard Sachs. He is the grand son of Harry Tucker of Phila delphia and the late Beatrice Tucker, and Helen Sachs of Paterson, N.J. and the late Joseph Sachs. Marc will share his Bar Mitzva with Israel Shapiro of Lenin grad, U.S.S.R. Charles S. Ackerman, president of Ackerman and Co., a real estate development firm, will chair the Atlanta Metropolitan Area Steer ing Committee to support the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washing ton D.C. The museum will open in late 1988. Ackerman serves on the board of several institutions, including Clark College, Oglethorpe Univer sity, the Georgia World Congress Institute and the American Jewish Congress. 4 •. i The Bat Mitzva of Lisa Michelle Kanov of Atlanta will take place at 10:30 a.m. Satur day, June 7, at Temple Sinai. A congregational kiddush will follow. Lisa is the daughter of the Sara and Mark Kanov. She is the granddaughter of Evelyn and Philip Postelnek of Miami Beach, and Selma and Ted Kanov of North Miami Beach. Lisa will share her Bat Mitzva with Godbor Rabayev of the U.S.S.R. Opthalmologist Robert H. Mar- mer of Sandy Springs, known for his research contributions and suc cess in the field of refractive surgery for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, spoke at the First International Symposium on Intra ocular Lens, Implantation and Re fractive Surgery held this month in Moscow. * * * Dr. Richard Cohen of Atlanta, an orthopedic surgeon, was one of 1 7 recipients of the American Jew ish Committee Young Leadership Awards presented recently duiing the AJC’s 80th anniversary cele bration in Washington. The Bar Mitzva of Jason Alan Finestone of Atlanta will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at The Temple. A con gregational kiddush will follow. Jason is the son of Debbie and Stuart Finestone. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Finestone of Norfolk, Va., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lefkowitz of New Orleans. The Bar Mitzva of Brian Litt of Roswell will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Tem ple Emanu-El. A congregational kiddush will follow. Brian is the son of Charles and Barbara Litt. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wolf of Paramus, N.J., and Mrs. Marion Litt of Hallen- dale, Fla. Judge and Mrs. Arnold Shulman stand beside a portrait of him that was unveiled recently. The portrait of the retired chief judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia will be hung in the Court of Appeals courtroom along with those of other former chief justices. Close-up Louis Regenstein of Atlanta received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) from Clark College recently. As chairman and vice chairman of Clark’s finance committee, Regenstein engineered changes in the college’s en dowment management which doubled its income. Clark Col lege named Regenstein, on his certificate, as “our most faithful and long-serving trustee.” An associate of the Atlanta law firm of Kilpatrick and Cody, Regenstein serves on the execu tive committee of the Atlanta Area Services for the Blind, as a trustee tor the Atlanta Arts Alliance and the American Jew ish Committee, is Atlanta co- chairman for the National Council of Christians and Jews, and has served as vice chairman tor the High Museum of Art and former treasurer for the Atlanta College of Art. Regenstein is a member of the Council on Foreign Rela tions, Atlanta Art Association, Atlanta Symphony Guild, Harvard Club of Atlanta, At lanta Historical Society, Standard Town and Country C lubandthe Hebrew Benevo lent Congregation. The Bat Mitzva of Allison Jan Freedman of Dunwoody will take place at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 8 at Congrega tion B’nai Torah. A congrega tional kiddush will follow. Allison is the daughter of Sharon and Stephen Freedman. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Podolsky of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. Aurelia Freeman of West Hartford, Conn., and Eugene Freedman of Providence, R. I. Allison will share her Bat Mitzva with Geulah Ginis of Moscow. * * * Hillel David Gold of Savannah was among more than 65 gradu ates at the 92nd commencement exercises May I I at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. He received a master of arts degree from the rabbinical school and was ordained a rabbi. Cur rently working with the Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation in Fitzge rald, Ga., Hillel plans to continue as a congregational rabbi after graduation. Hisfather, Rabbi Raphael Gold, who was assistant rabbi at Atlan ta’s Ahavath Achim Synagogue in the 1970s, was a 1952 graduate of the rabbinical school. * * * Tom I.antos (D.-Calif.) will be honored by San Francisco Men’s ORT chapter at its fourth annual award reception July 1 at the Fairmont Hotel. Lantos will receive the Ameri can ORT Federation Community Achievement Award “in recogni tion of his consistent support of justice and humanitarian ism.” The ORT award was created to honor individuals who have made out standing contributions in the realm of public service. Lantos is a member of the House Committees on Foreign Allairs, Government Operations, and the Aging, and serves as the ranking majority member of the Subcom mittee on Europe and the Middle East. He is also chairman of the U.S. congressional delegation to the European Parliament Euro pean Common Market.