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fmpMnHNMi Billie Feinman wins Brandeis arts award Ihe Brandeis Helen M. Gold stein Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Billie Feinman at the Brandeis Creative Arts Festi val. The award was established by the Goldstein family in Helen’s honor for her commitment to vol- unteerism and to Brandeis Uni- \ersity. Ms. Feinman has held almost every position in the Atlanta chap ter of Brandeis. Accepting the pre sidency for a second term, she has also served as regional president and vice president. She has chaired the regional nominating commit tee several times and has served on the national board and was a na tional vice president for two years Ms. Feinman currently co-chairs the Women’s Division of the Atlanta Jewish Federation and has served on many Federation committees, including: campaign planning and policy; leadership development; community planning; campaign cabinet; young leadership council; and school allocations and scho larships committee. She also serves on the national United Jewish Appeal leadership development committee and on the national UJA Women’s div ision board. In 1983, she was awarded the Abe Schwartz UJA Young l eadership Award. Ms. Feinman is part of a U.S. delegation presently visiting the Soviet Union and Israel to deter mine the greatest needs of world wide Jewry for 1987. AJCC plans ‘Jewish by Choice’ panel The singles department of the Atlanta Jewish Community Cen ter will hold a panel discussion, Jewish by Choice, at 8 p.m. Tues day, June 17, at the AJCC'Peach tree. Five panelists, all of whom are Jewish by choice, will share their experiences. Panelists are Van Lane, Michael McQueen, Dick Puls, Kathleen Pulner and Anita Zinger. Lane, a native Atlantan whose family is Baptist, sat for his Bet Din (Con servation conversion) in 1977 at age 26. He is a member of Congre gation Beth Shalom. Board, executive slate elected at B’nai Israel Congregation B’nai Israel recently held its election of 1986-87 executive committee and board members. Elected were Mark Turetsky, president; Andrea Feinstein, vice president; Dr. Jeffrey Kalins, treasurer; and Ginger Grayson, secretary. Board members are Carol Montesinos, Elaine McGee, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Marvin Rottenberg, Kathy Baker, Pat Robbins, Sharon Stroger, Susan Levine, Frank Dorn and Irv Gersten. All singles are invited to a “Big, Bountiful Beautiful Brunch” at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 22, at the AJCC/Peachtree. Bagels, lox, hash browns, eggs, blintzes and Danish will be served. Cost is $4 for members, $6 for non-members. For more informa tion. call Patsy, 875-7881. & & & People Meeting People invites all singles to a “Singles Dinner Out” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at Ray’s on the River, 6700 Powers Ferry Road. Reservations can be made by June 17, For reservations or more information, call Patsy, 875-7881. & & & People Meeting People invites all singles to a wine and cheese party at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the AJCC/Peachtree. Cost is $1 lor members, $2 for non-members. For more information call Patsy, 1(75-7881 McQueen was raised as a Catho lic in his native city of Cincinnati, and was a seminary student to become a Marist priest. In 1973 he had a Reform conversion in Beau fort, S.C., and an Orthodox con version in Atlanta in 1979. He is a member of Congregation Shearith Israel. Puls, born and raised a Catholic in Evanston, Ill., was a monk at the Monastery in Conyers for 11 years. He was converted as a Reform Jew in Macon in 1967. He moved to Atlanta in 1980, where he is a member of Beth Shalom. Beth Tefillah chooses officers, board members Congregation Beth Tefillah named its officers and board members for 1986-87 this week. Officers are Dr. David Wester- man, president; Dennis Kodesh, treasurer; Baruch Asher Chastain, secretary; and Mrs. Melissa Goodman, Sisterhood president. Board members are Ronald Goodman, Larry Hoffman, Dr. Malcolm Joel and David Watkins. Rabbi Yossi New is the spiritual leader of the congregation. For more information, call 843-2464. AM IT Tikvah Chapter of Chi cago will sponsor its fifth National Jewish Singles Conference, Friday., Aug. 15 to Sunday, Aug. 17 at Marriott’s Lincolnshire Resort in Lincolnshire, III The weekend will include kosher meals, prominent speakers and entertainment. Swimming pools, a night club and a fully equipped health club will be available. The price is $200 a person for members ol AM IT, and $210 for non-members until Aug. 1. After Aug. 1. add $25 late fee. All singles 21-35 are invited. For more information, contact Mark Tannenbaum, (312) 973-6925 or write: NJSC, 6443 N. Maplewood, Chicago, Ill. 60645. & & & All singles are invited to play volleyball with Kaleidoscope at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at the AJCC/ Peachtree. The game is free for members, $3 for non-members. For details, call Patsy,^ 875 : 7881. Pulner, born in Providence, R.I., attended Catholic schools for 12 years and had a Conservative con version in 1979. The followingyear she moved to Atlanta and is the editor of AJCC’s Centerline. Zinger, born in New York City and raised as an Episcopalian in the Midwest, converted to Juda ism at age 30 in Indianapolis. She moved to Atlanta in 1980. The program is free for AJCC members, $1 for non-members. For more information, call the AJCC, 875-7881. Installation luncheon set by Lenox Chapter ORT Lenox Chapter of Women’s American ORT will hold its instal lation luncheon at noon Tuesday, June 17, at the Standard Club. The following officers will be installed: Fay Adler, president; Anne Gilner, Sadie Meilman, Flo rence Shander and Elsa Travis, vice presidents; Violet Levis, treasurer; Ethel Cohen and Emma Silverman, secretaries; and Ida Friedman, parliamentarian. Max E. Robkin will entertain. For further information and reser vations, call Ida Friedman, 237- 3765. Rita invites all singles over 22 to a party at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Annie’s Sante Fe, Lenox Square, opposite the Maey’s parking lot. There will food, cash bar and music lor dancing. There will be a $5 cover. To place your name on the party list or for additional information, call Rita, 458-4584. & & & Kaleidoscope will sponsor an open panel discussion on being Jewish by choice at 8 p.m. Tues day, June 17, at the AJCC/Peach tree. Michael McQueen, Dick Puls, Kathleen Pulner, Van Lane and Anita Zinger, all of whom are Jew ish by choice, will be on the panel. All singles are invited. The event is free for members, $1 for non members. For more information, call Patsy, 875-7881. . ' SingleSeene What's Happening a comprehensive community calendar JUNE 13, Friday: 7 p.m.—Chavurat Shalom, Candler Park. JUNE 15, Sunday: 6:30 p.m.—Yeshiva High 16th Annual Dinner, Westin Peachtree Plaza. JUNE 16, Monday: 7:30 p.m. — BBW Chevra Chapter. JUNE 17, Tuesday: 10 a.m. — New ORT Chapter Organizational Coffee. Noon -Lenox ORT Installation Luncheon, Standard Club. 8 p.m. — Men’s ORT Presents “An Evening of Modern and Tradi tional Cantorial Music,” Civic Center. 8 p.m.—“Jewish by Choice” Panel Discussion, AJCC/Peachtree. JUNE 18, Wednesday: 1 p.m.—Club 1 Na’amat USA Closing Meeting, Jewish Tower. 7:30 p.m. —Beth Shalom Sisterhood Hosts Bingo, Jewish Home. JUNE 19, Thursday: 7:30 p.m.—AJF Annual Meeting, Academy of Medicine. JUNE 22, Sunday: Noon — B’nai B’rith Sidney J. Marcus Lodge Installation Banquet, Chamblee Steak and Ale, Savoy and 1-85. JUNE 25, Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.—Mitzva BBW Hosts Bingo, Jewish Home. JUNE 26, Thursday: 8 p.m.—Israel Scout Show, B’nai Learning by Itzhak Sordo AJCC Israeli shaliach Learning Hebrew as a conversa tional language in modern times isn’t an easy task. I am enjoying a Hebrew “chug” (group) which in cludes Americans who have a strong desire to retain their knowledge of Hebrew by speaking it four hours each month. It seems that this group consid ers speaking in Hebrew different from speaking other languages; it is in many ways our natural, an cient language that our patriarchs and matriarchs spoke and that was used in our holy books. And one of the signs of rebirth of our home land (Israel) is to help to spread Hebrew all over the world in every place where Jews live. Presently, Hebrew is the only universal lan guage that Jews all over the world can speak (even more so than our beloved Yiddish and I.adino). For the rebirth of our language, we have to thank Eliezer Ben-Ye- huda( 1858-1922). When he was 23 years old, he settled in Israel. Upon arriving in Jaffa, he and his wife spoke only in Hebrew. Their child, lthamar Ben-Avi, became the very first modern Hebrew-speaking child. Ben-Yehuda established a society called “Tehiyyat Israel” (Rebirth oflsrael), a society which struggled for the revival of spoken Hebrew and for the creation of a truly modern Hebrew literature. “Vaad Halashon”(Hebrew Language Com mittee) helped to introduce new words into the ancient language. Ben-Yehuda also published and edited magazines. All these efforts helped to extend the language be yond the prayer book, and to change it to a living language. The task of making Hebrew a living language wasn’t easy. There were those who saw Hebrew as a “Holy language” that should remain only in books and which should not be spoken. Others saw in using Hebrew a separation from Yiddish culture that could lead to a separa- forah Synagogue. Hebrew tion from the Jews of Eastern Europe. Another difficulty that is now a milestone in the history of Hebrew in Israel was the “Battle of Lan guages” (1913-1914). It was the battle of “Agudat HaMorim,” “the union of the teachers” against the German “Ezra” Society which es tablished the Technion in Haifa (the MIT of Israel). The question was: Should the teachers teach in Hebrew or German? Hebrew enthu siasts were then still defining and inventing basic words for the revi talized language. Many of the teachers didn’t know Hebrew, and they knew that at the beginning they would have to read their lectures translated to Hebrew using Latin characters. The union of the teachers won. It was really a great success for the drea mers who saw their dream come true. From then until the present time, the struggle for Hebrew still exists. Even in places where Jews are not allowed to learn Hebrew (like Russia), they continue learn ing underground. Everyone saw how Anatoly Shcharansky, when he came to Israel, spoke Hebrew very well. In America the use of Hebrew is not widespread. There are many who say that it should be obvious that hand-in-hand with the survival of the Jewish people, is the vitality and the renewal of the Hebrew language, and the ques tion that every one of us must ask himself: “What are we doing to improve our knowledge in this so ancient and modern language?” S3 A minute ago, yourbaby stopped breathing. Would you know what to do’ How to get him breathing again’ Red Cross will teach you what you need to know about life saving Call us. We’ll help. Will you? American Red Cross A . li | ■ i . > ii lun i • ■ jtr . 9 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE June 13, 1986