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PAGE 10 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 15, 1986
Newcomers
Ira and Wendy Haber of Atlanta
announce the birth of a daughter.
Carli Rose, on June 23.
Grandparents are Phillip and
Rosalind Haber of Atlanta, and
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Morris of
St. Petersburg. Fla. Great-grand
parents are Sidney and Lena Sis-
selman of Atlanta. Harry Haber of
Jacksonville. Fla., and Mrs. Bessy
Wiseman of St. Petersburg.
Carli Rose was named in memory
of her paternal great-grandmother.
Rose Lazarus Haber. She will be
given the Hebrew name Shoshanna
Yaffa (beautiful rose) at the Aha-
vath Achim Synagogue Aug. 9. A
congregational kiddush will follow.
Nancy and Steven Sellinger of
Nashville. Tenn., announce the
birth of a son. Lee Alexander, on
July 26.
Grandparents are Dorothy and
Gerald Eisen of Atlanta and Hyman
and Dorothy Dave of Asheville,
N.C. and the late Irwin Sellinger.
Great-grandparents are Samuel
Gitlin of Atlanta and Mever Eisen
of Teaneck. N.J.
Lee was given the Hebrew name
Chaim Zelig in memory of his mat
ernal great-grandmothers. Lottie
Gitlin and Anna Eisen.
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The Bar Mitzva of Daniel
Louis Rice of Tucker will take
place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
Aug. 23, at Temple Sinai. A
congregational kiddush will fol
low.
Daniel is the son of Joseph A.
Rice and Norma F. Rice. Grand
parents are Rosalie B. Feldman
of Atlanta and the late Louis A.
Feldman, and the late Alice M.
Rice of Fairburn, Ga., and the
late Allan G. Rice of Newborn,
Ga.
Mrs. Irvin (Bernice) Daitch
of Augusta was chosen as the
1986 “Sisterhood Woman of
the Year” at the 20th anniver
sary donor luncheon at Adas
Yeshurun Synagogue.
Mrs. Daitch has served in the
sisterhood for 27 years.
Sheila Segal of Philadelphia has
been named the eighth editor of the
Jewish Publication Society.
* * *
Dr. Lawrence Michael Arkin,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Murray C.
Arkin of Savannah, has been a-
warded a doctor of medicine degree
from the Medical College of Geor
gia.
He w ill intern at Memorial Med
ical Center in Savannah.
* * *
Benjamin K. Victor of Savan
nah has been honored for 73 years
of continuous membership in Tra
velers Protective Association of
America.
He joined the TPA in 1913 and
was active in Savannah Post A
until a few years ago.
The Bar Mitzva of Eric Brian
Medwed of Atlanta will take
place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday,
Aug. 23, at Congregation B’nai
Torah. A congregational kid
dush will follow.
Eric is the son of Gail and
Butch Medwed. He is the grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Nussbaum, and Mrs. Anne
Medwed, all of New York, and
the late Morris Medwed.
The Bat Mitzva of Sandi
Renee Altmann of Atlanta will
take place at 10 a.m. Sunday,
Aug. 24. at Congregation Shea-
rith Israel.
Sandi is the daughter of
Jeannine and Aaron Altmann.
Grandparents are Sara and Al
bert Israel of Brussels, Belgium,
and the late Betty and Karl
Altmann of Israel.
Sandi will share her Bat
Mitzva with Marina Khait of
Odessa, Soviet Union.
Carin Shippel has been named
to the dean’s list for the spring
quarter at the Massachusetts Col
lege of Pharmacy and Allied Health
Sciences.
She is the daughter of Allan and
Pessie Shippel of Roswell.
The Bat Mitzva of Amanda
H, Blumenthal of Atlanta will
take place at 8:30 a.m. Satur
day, Aug. 23, at Ahavath Achim
Synagogue. A congregational
kiddush will follow.
Amanda is the daughter of
Elaine and Jerry Blumenthal
and the granddaughter of Dr.
and Mrs. A. A. Fink of Planta
tion, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs.
S.M. Blumenthal of Atlanta and
Hilton Head, S.C.
Savannah attorney Jeff Rubnitz
has joined the Friedman, Haslam,
Weiner, Ginsberg, Shearouse and
Weitz law' firm as an associate
member.
He is a 1986 graduate of the
University of Georgia law school
and has an undergraduate degree
from Emory University.
Herman and Nina Fishman of Atlanta have purchased a
gardtn of 200 trees to be planted in Israel through the Jewish
National Fund, in honor of their “double chai” anniversary.
The Bat Mitzva of Elissa
Michelle Granath of Dunwoody
will take place at 10 a.m. Satur
day, Aug. 23, at Temple E-
manu-El. A congregational
kiddush will follow.
Elissa is the daughter of Jac
queline and Alan Granath.
Grandparents are Stella and
Alfred Granath of Margate, Fla.,
and the late Rhoda and Leon
Weinstock of Flushing, N.Y.
Great-grandmother is Dinah
Elias of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Elissa will share her Bat
Mitzva with Tanya Lozanskaya
of Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Hebrew Academy alumni and faculty members who gathered
recently to help raise funds for the Hebrew Academy of Tomorrow
include (front row, left to right) Reva Shulman, Anita Birnbrey
Stein. W endy Minsk, Judy Birnbrey Robkin. Adele Siegel. Martha
Sanders, assistant headmaster; and Dr. Ephraim Frankel, head
master.
In back are (left to right) David Arnovitz, Rabbi Larry Meltzer,
faculty; and Norm Zelman.
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