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PAGE 10 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 8, 1986 People in the News The Bar Mitzva of Jared Michael Blum of Atlanta will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Temple Emanu-El. A congregational kiddush will follow. Jared is the son of Caryn and Stephen Blum. He is the grand son of the late Sylvia and Harry Blum of Atlanta, and Anna Gewirtz of Miami and the late Joseph Gewirtz. Jared will share his Bar Mitzva with Igor Alterman of the U.S.S.R. Ivan Holtz recently received his bachelor of business administra tion degree from Emory Univer sity. He graduated at the top his class in the business school. In addition, Holtz was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma, a national academic honorary society, and Alpha Nu Alpha, a national marketing honorary. He was recognized by faculty and peers of the business school as its outstanding marketing student, and at a reception, was honored by the Georgia Chapter of the Ameri can Marketing Association as Emory’s outstanding marketing graduate. Holtz is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Holtz of S. Orange, N.J., and the grandson of Mrs. Lou Kalin of Dublin, Ga. * * * Donna Singer Green, a native of Chicago and a resident of La Jolla, Calif., was elected national presi dent of the National Ladies Auxil iary, Jewish War Veterans of the USA Inc. during the recent 59th annual national convention. * * * Mrs. Jackie Montag (center), USO Atlanta Council president, at the USO board of governors annual meeting in St. Louis, where she and Mary Lou Austin (left), USO executive director in Atlanta, accept the 1986 Program Achievement Award. Dennis P. Long, national USO chairman, presents the award for the “TDY Atlanta" community program which honors enlisted men and women nominated by military installation commanders. I The Bat Mitzva of Sara Joy Burrows of Atlanta, formerly of Montreal, Canada, will take place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Congregation B’nai Torah. A congregational kid dush will follow. Sara is the daughter of Helen and Michael Burrows. She is the granddaughter of Cantor and Mrs. Solomon Gisser and Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Burrows, all of Montreal. Former U.S. Rep. Elliott Levi- tas has been named to the board of directors of the Chatham House Foundation Inc. in Washington, D.C. The foundation was estab lished to increase American partic ipation in and the support for the Royal Instititute of International Affairs at Chatham House in London. Levitas is a partner in the Atlanta law' firm of Kilpatrick and Cody. While in Congress, he served as a United States delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly—the par liamentary arm of NATO, was vice chairman of the economics com mittee and was a member of the military committee. In addition, Levitas has served as a member of the Interparliamentary Union, a worldwide group of parliamentar ians, and was a founding member of the advisory board of the Inter national Parliamentary Group for Human Rights. Reva Ezell of Atlanta, radio manager of WABE-FM 90. was recently selected by the Corpora tion for Public Broadcasting(CPB) to serve on the review panel for Community Service Grants (con gressional^ appropriated funds) for the fiscal year 1988. A charter member of Temple Sinai, she and her husband Hank have two children. * * * The American Jewish Joint Dis tribution Committee has elected New York attorney Herbert M. Singer as chairman of its board of directors. The position of board chairman became vacant as a result of the resignation of Henry J aub due to his election as president ol the Uni ted Israel Appeal. The board elected Taub an honorary president of JDC. Singer, an active member of the J DC board for 20 years, has served as vice chairman and co-treasurer. He was instrumental in the foun dation of the JDC/Brookdale In stitute of Gerontology and Adult Human Development in Jerusalem. * * * Judith S. Siegel was recently elected executive director of the National Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans. As executive director, she will supervise the pub lication of JWVA’s Quarterly Bul letin, handle public relations, and coordinate and attend national ex ecutive committee meetings and national conventions. She will also be liaison to related national organ izations. Ms. Siegel has been direc tor of special events for the Wash ington Opera, John F. Kennedy Center for the past three years. A resident of Gaithersburg, Md., ' she is a native of Richmond, Va. The Bar Mitzva of Darren William Silver of Atlanta will take place at 8:45 a.m. Satur day, Aug. 16, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A congregational kiddush will follow. Darren is the son of Carla and Arthur Silver. Grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. Norman Weitz, Mrs. Esther Silver, all of the Atlanta, and the late Dr. Louis Silver. Atlanta opthalmologist I)r. Philip E. Newman published an article on “Nearsightedness- Bringing Treatment into Focus” in the June/July 1986 issue of Geor gia Journal. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y.. Newman trained at the Medical College of Virginia, University of California in San Francisco and Emory University before entering private practice two years ago. He is a specialist in corneal and kera- torefractive surgery with Hagler. Jarrett, North, Pollard, Harbin and Devine. As an Eagle Scout project, Jason Daniel LeRoy of Marietta designed the new sign for Congregation Etz Chaim. Jason built a scale model of the sign, obtained building permits, and oversaw the construction and landscaping of the sign. The new sign is to be dedicated in memory of the parents of Dr. and Mrs. Noel Holtz, the sign's benefactors, on the evening of Sept. 6. Jason will complete his submission of the paperwork for his project and go before the Eagle Board of Review. A member of Troop 795 in Cobb County, he is the son of Etz Chaim members, Ronald and Diane LeRoy. Dr. Morris A. Kipper, interna tional director of the Alexander Muss High School m Israel, recently accepted the Shazar Prize on behalf of the 5,000 alumni, students and faculty members of the program. The prize is awarded biannually to the outstanding education program that demonstrates excellence in international innovative education. I he Atlanta office is under the auspices of the Atlanta Bureau of Jewish Education Inc. * * * la v,. i inkeiman, M.D., of Atlanta accepts one UI lilt American Lung Association (ALA) of Georgia’s highest honors. Professional of the Year," at the association’s recent annual meet ing in Savannah. 1 he award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding medical professional service or research related to the objectives of the Lung Association. Recognized for his efforts in organizing Camp Breathe Easy, an ALA of Atlanta summer camp for asthmatic children, Dr. Tinkel- man has served on the ALA of Georgia's board of directors and as president of the ALA of Atlanta. He also helped develop the ALA of Georgia s I- amily Asthma Program to help families learn daily coping strategies for children who have asthmas. Dr. Tinkelman is a pediatric allergist in practice with the Atlanta Allergy Clinic, P.A.