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PAGE 10 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE September 12, 1986
Peggie in the News
The Bat Mitzva of Heather
LeAnne Alhadeff of Atlanta
will take place at 9:30 a.m. Sat
urday, Sept. 20, at Congrega
tion Beth Shalom. A congrega
tional kiddush will follow.
Heather is the daughter of
Jean and Steve Alhadeff and
the granddaughter of Ruth and
A1 Alhadeff and Frances and
Bill West, all of Atlanta. She is
the great-granddaughter of Syl
via Reicher of Baltimore and
Jean Johnson of Atlanta.
Heather will share her Bat
Mitzva with Anna Paritsky of
Kharkov, Russia.
The Bar Mitzva of Brian Adam
Froman of Atlanta will take place
at 10:30a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
The Temple. A congregational kid
dush will follow.
Brian is the son of Elaine Fro
man and Alan Froman and the
grandson of A1 and Sylvia Jurofsky
of Atlanta.
* * * *
Steve Alhadeff of Norcross has
recently passed his CPA examina
tion. He is a division controller for
Computone Systems in Dunwoody.
He is the son of Ruth and A1
Alhadeff of Atlanta.
* * *
Sol B. Kolack, head of National
Field Services and Eastern Area
director for the Anti-Defamation
League of B’nai BTith, has been
appointed director of the league’s
Community Service Division, in
charge of the agency’s 31 regional
offices throughout the United
States. He succeeds Thomas Neu
mann, who will become director of
the League’s Intergroup Relations
Division. Both men are members
of ADL’s Administrative Staff.
The Bar Mitzva of Seth Eton
Herold of Atlanta will take place
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
Temple Emanu-El. A congre
gational kiddush will follow.
Seth is the son of Ellen and
David Herold. Grandparents are
Bernice and Bernard Bickwitof
Atlanta, and Ralph Herold of
Los Angeles and the late Dvora
Herold of Israel.
The Bar Mitzva of Adam Lance
Blank of Atlanta will take place at
10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
Temple Emanu-El. A congregation
al kiddush will follow.
Adam is the son of Carol Rosen-
blum and Russell Blank. Grand
parents are Anne and Lee Samuel
and Joan Blank, all of Atlanta, and
Larry Blank of Los Angeles.
* * *
The Bar Mitzva of Brandon Scott
Verner of Atlanta will take place at
8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at
Congregation B’nai Israel. A con
gregational kiddush will follow.
Brandon is the son of Nancy and
Michael Verner. Grandparents are
Louise and Hyman Verner and
Irma and Charles Yerlow, all of
Atlanta.
* * *
Stanley Hirsh has been elected
president of Los Angeles Jewish
Federation Council, succeeding
Bruce Hochman. Wayne Feinstein
has been elected executive vice
president-designate.
Recipients of the annual scho
larship grants from the Joseph N.
Katz Memorial Fund have been
announced for the 1986-87 school
year.
Scholarship recipients are Tracy
D. Pearson, Rachel Lyter, Mar-
diny Chhean Ung, Arbaham T.
Stern, Rabbi Mordecai Kamenet-
zky. Rabbi Eliyahu Back, Mayer
S. Abramowitz, Rafael Y. Konikov,
Sholom A. Weinberger and Abra
ham Weiss.
The grants are made in memory
of Katz, founder of Empire Kosher
Foods Inc.
Children and spouses of Empire
employees and persons attending
Jewish institutions of higher edu
cation are eligible for the scholar
ships.
Robert and Joanne Max of
Marietta announce the birth of a
son, Eric Scott, on June 18.
Grandparents are Robert and
Betty Yanowitz of New Rochelle,
N. Y., and Moses and Rachael Max
of Tucson, Ariz. Great-grandmother
is Anna Lewis of New York City.
Eric was given the Hebrew name
Natan Eliezer in honor of his mat
ernal great-grandfather and pater
nal great-grandmother. Godparents
are Linda Klein and Michael Neuren
and Jay and Sandy Bailey.
* * *
Alice and David Cohen of
Dunwoody announce the birth of a
son, Zachary Aaron, on Aug. 13.
Grandparents are Mozelle and
Jack Marks, and Lea and Ned
Cohen, all of Atlanta. Great-grand
parents are Mary and Max Green
of Atlanta.
The bris was performed by Dr.
Mark Safra.
Phyllis and Henry Rosenfelder of
Atlanta announce the birth of a
daughter, Lori Sharon, on July 28.
Grandparents are Lazar and
Jeanette Brener of Daytona Beach,
Fla., and John and Regine Rosen
felder of Atlanta. Great-grandpar
ents are Abe and Sally Nyssenkorn
of Atlanta.
Lori was given the Hebrew name,
Leah Sarah, in memory of her
maternal great-grandmother, Sarah
Ossinsky.
* * *
Lisa and Jerry Stein of Roswell
announce the birth of a daughter,
Jennifer Lynn, on July 27.
Grandparents are Eileen and
Morton Lefkoff and Barbara and
Norman Stein, all of Atlanta.
Great-grandmother are Katherine
Comiskey of Jacksonville, Fla. and
Rose Liebman of Chester, Penn.
Jennifer was given the Hebrew
name Dena Hadassah in memory
of her paternal great-grandparents,
Dorothy and Harry Stein.
Renee and David Chernin of
Atlanta announce the birth of a
daughter, Elise Lenore, on Aug.
18.
Grandparents are Nelda and
Victor Rousso of Birmingham and
Jane and Dewey Chernin of Fort
Myers, Fla.
Elise was named in memory of
her great-grandmother, Elsie Bo-
hannah Chernin.
* * *
Tricia and Alan Stanley of Lone
Oak, Ga., announce the birth of a
son, Russell Louis, on June 28.
Grandparents are Robert and
Ernie Dreyer and Hoke and Dee
Bradley. Great-grandmothers are
Sylvia Chisen and Lea Stanley.
Godparents are Dr. Arnold and
Jackie Sheir of N. Miami Beach,
Fla.
Russell was given the Hebrew
name Reuven Ari. The bris was
performed by Dr. Mark Safra.
Rabbi Marc Eli Saperstein,
associate professor of Jewish
Studies at Harvard Divinity
School, has been named the
Gloria M. Goldstein Professor
of Jewish History at Washing
ton University in St. Louis.
Saperstein will teach Holo
caust studies, the history of
anti-Semitism, Jewish-Christian
relations in Europe through the
end of the 18th century, the
Bible and Jewish tradition and
Israel. He will also participate
in the university’s committees
on Judaic and Near Eastern
studies and religious studies.
* * *
Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, spirit
ual leader of The Temple, was one
of the Yedidim honored during the
Rabbinic Alumni Luncheon of
Hebrew Union College-Jewish In
stitute of Religion.
The Yedidim are rabbis who
have shown support of the Col
lege-Institute’s Year-in-Israel Pro
gram. This program, begun 16 years
ago, requires all rabbinic students
to spend their first year of semi
nary training studying Hebrew at
the Jerusalem School. The rab
binic students also work on kib
butzim; volunteer as tutors in
underprivileged neighborhoods; dig
at archaeological sites; and are
exposed to the fullness of contem
porary Israeli life and culture.
Atlantans attending the Lion of Judah Luncheon for S5,000-and-over contributors at
the UJ A Region III Women’s Division Conference in Savannah include (left photo, from
left) Rosanne Zinn and Billie Feinman, national board members; and Judith Cohen and
Laura Dinerman, 1987 Women’s Division co-chairman.
Divi!"^ wifhMnn rm x , l n . (rl|H ‘ Ph ° t0 ’ center) president of UJA’s Women’s
addressed the group * Sav,,nn,,h Federation president, and Betty Melaver,