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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,