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Yeshiva students promote
need for home of their own
Yeshiva High School’s newly
elected Student Council officers
are spending their summer work
ing on promoting an image and
identity the school desperately
wants. George Birnbaum, president;
Rebecca Hoelting, vice president;
Avis Gris, treasurer; Joseph Shaw,
secretary, all want to get the mes
sage across that Yeshiva is ready to
have a place of its own.
“And with that, 1 think you will
see even more school spirit,” said
Birnbaum. who, along with the
vast majority of students, feels the
time has come for Atlanta’s only
Jewish high school to have its own
building. The high school is cur
rently located along a corridor of
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center on Peachtree Street.
The school received “exemplary
Tisha B’Av
Quiz Box
by Rabbi Samuel J. Fox
Why is the 15th day of the
Hebrew month of Av considered
to be a holiday according to Jewish
tradition?
A number of reasons are of
fered for making this day a minor
holiday. The Talmud (Baba
Bathra) offers several reasons. One
is that it was on this date that Jews
of the various tribes were finally
allowed to intermarry w'ith Jews of
other tribes.
A second reason is that on this
day, the tribe of Benjamin whose
citizens were not allowed to marry
people of other tribes were finally
allowed to marry people of other
tribes.
A third reason offered by the
Talmud is that it was on this day
that the Jews who were traveling in
the wilderness ended the curse
which ordained that those who had
sinned would have to die before
they reached the promised land.
A fourth reason is that this was
the day when the King Hosea finally
allowed the Jews to have access to
Jerusalem.
A fifth reason is that this was the
day when the Romans finally al
lowed the people they killed at
Betar to be buried.
A sixth reason is that this was
the day on the Hebrew calendar
when the woodcutting operation
which was necessary to provide
wood burning at the altar in the
temple came to an end for the year.
It is also stated that this was the
day when the famous Rabbi Simon
ben Gamliel escaped from the for
tress of Betar and thus had saved
his life.
Some offer a practical basis for
this festival, claiming that the fast
day of the Ninth of Av which had
been observed and ended five days
before this date was to be followed
shortly by this 15th day of Av to
indicate that there is an end to the
suffering of the Jewish people and
that tragedies would be followed
by good events.
The rabbis even state that this
minor holiday is one ol two holi
days which were the happiest on
fire Jewish calenthtrtTaHnmF Bn bn
Bathra 121a).
status” from the U.S. Department
of Education last year, and was
reaccredited by the Southern Asso
ciation of Colleges and Schools
(SACS) this year. That accredita
tion will be lost if Yeshiva does not
find a new school building quickly.
What school spirit will be this
year and finding a new building
were major concerns of Birnbaum
and fellow members of the Student
Council during a discussion that
took place within the crowded con
fines of Rabbi Herbert Cohen’s
office. For the past 10 years, Cohen
has been dean of a school that has
grown in terms of quality Judaic
and secular programs now offered
and faculty presently there.
“Although we are grateful for
the Atlanta Jewish Community
Center for letting us use their build
ing, Yeshiva High School has grown
to where we need more room,” said
Shaw.
During the past school year,
Yeshiva’s lunchroom w as converted
into the Holocaust Museum, the
game room into an art gallery. The
library’s size prohibits the school
from buying any new books.
Hoelting believes problems like
these would not occur “if we had
our own building,” and a new
school building would, “help in
crease enrollment.” A new build
ing, according to Rabbi Cohen,
would help Yeshiva increase its
present enrollment from 83 to 150
within a few years. In 1976, 36
Yeshiva High School students re
located from a building on LaVista
Road to the AJCC.
“Whatever we do or wherever
we go next, it is important for
Atlanta’s Jewish community to
realize this is not a school that
trains rabbis,” said Birnbaum.
“Students who attend Yeshiva High
School of Atlanta come from var
ious religious backgrounds. We
are not here to become rabbis or
cantors.
“We are here to become knowl
edgeable about our faith, to streng
then our Jew ish identity and obser
vance, and to receive the best edu
cation possible. A new building
would help strengthen our image
and identity.”
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