The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, September 12, 1986, Image 12

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PAGE 12 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE September 12, 1986 BULLETIN BOARD Changing Trends Don't get caught with Fall and Winter garments in your closet that you won’t wear again! tsAoney $$$ Bri n s 273 Buckhead Ave Atlanta P.S.—WE PICK UP, TOO O. ‘ 261-2135 HRS 10-5 M-Sat 10-7 Wed || Jacobson to address JNF dinner Is Your Child Ready For School? Is speech and language delayed? Is attention span too short? Is hypersensitivity uncontrollable? Are social situations difficult? Northside Readiness School 4300 NORTHS IDE DRIVE, N. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30327 261-3838 Preschool—all day, year round Self Contained Classes-Masters Level Teachers Focusing on: Speech and Language Attention Deficit Disorders Hyperactivity Social Skills OPENINGS STILL AVAILABLE Zionist leader Charlotte Jacob son will be the featured speaker at a tribute dinner sponsored by the Jewish National Fund on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. The dinner, honoring At lanta attorney Felker Ward Jr., will feature the presentation of the Jewish National Fund’s prestigious “Tree of Life” Award to him. Mrs. Jacobson, now an honor ary president of the Jewish National Fund, was first elected president of the Jewish National Fund in De cember 1981. She is well known in Israel and the United States for her long service as a leader of the world Zionist community, and her exper tise in international health and social development programs. She is the first woman president of the JNF, is universally acknowledged as an outspoken champion of Is rael’s cause, and is recognized as one of the most respected leaders of American Jewry. She served as chairman of the American Section of the World Zionist Organization from 1972 to 1982. First elected to the Jewish Agency Executive in 1968 at the 27th World Zionist Congress, Mrs. Jacobson had previously been na tional president of Hadassah from 1964 to 1968. She was a member of the board of governors of the re constituted Jewish Agency for Is rael, and presently serves on its Budget and Finance Committee. Since her first visit to Israel in 1951, Mrs. Jacobson has made many visits in connection with Hadassah, World Zionist Organi zation, Jewish Agency and Jewish National Fund activities. She has visited Morocco, Iran, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hun gary, France, South Africa and Charlotte Jacobson Australia to study immigration problems. In 1966, she led a special Hadassah mission to the Soviet Union to study the conditions of the Jews there, and led a mission in 1974 to South American commun ities on behalf of Keren Hayesod Mrs. Jacobson led a group to sur vey medical and social services in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and, in 1979, in China. In 1985, she was a dele gate to the United Nations-spon- sored World Conference on Women in Nairobi., v Mrs. Jacobson has received many awards, including the Solidarity Award of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry; the Phillip w. Lown Medal of the Hebrew Teach ers College of Boston for her dis tinguished service to Jewish educa tion and culture in the United States; and the Henrietta Szold Award of the Association of Amer icans and Canadians in Israel “for her tireless efforts on behalf of American immigrants.” In 1983, she was elected a fellow of the Jew ish Academy of Arts and Sciences. For information or reservations, call the local JNF office at 633-1132. Forum to feature Korey “Zionism = Racism Replaces the Holocaust: A Worldwide Resur gent Anti-Semtism” will be the topic of a community forum, fea turing Dr. William Korey, director of international policy research for B’nai B’rith International. The pro gram is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7:45 p.m., in Emory University’s Cannon Chapel. Spon sored by B’nai B’rith, the Grass Roots Action Network (GRAN), B’nai B’rith Women, and Atlanta Hillel, the forum is free and open to the public. Korey, an authority on Soviet Jewry and global human rights, has worked for B’nai B’rith Inter national for more than 30years. In M in' wJH ICwww—mmmji lK— It’s a dream come true. King Springs Village Luxury Retirement Community 404 King Springs Village Pkwy. Smyrna, Georgia (404) 432-4444 Choice of: Studio, One Bedroom or Two Bedroom Apartments. There’s no more dreaming about your retirement or need to search for a really ideal setting for active retired people to live-really live in It’s here now at KING SPRINGS VILLAGE. Your single monthly check includes rent, utilities, maid and laundry service and meals in the elegant dining room. Full-time activities director, beautiful year-around indoor pool and sauna are available for your well-being. Scheduled free transportation to local shopping. Come out today and see our beautiful on-site display apartments Adjacent to the retirement community is a 32-bed professional health care center to provide 24-hour emergency service. i No Entrance — No Endowment Fee Required doc.,-.: : 1 : .xtc ® B " h "* Wsbera Israel «£> \etra Goldberg * Kosher Meals Available Upon Hequest William Korey 1954, after teaching at Columbia University and City College of New York, he joined the staff of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, and in 1960, was appointed director of B’nai B’rith’s United Nations Office, where he repres ented B’nai B’rith and the Coordi nating Board of Jewish Organiza tions at the U.N. Korey also chaired the Human Rights Commission of the Confer ence of Non-Governmental Organ ization Representatives, holding consultative status at the U.N. A prolific writer, Korey’s most noted work is “The Soviet Cage: Anti-Semitism in Russia,” published by Viking Press, and lauded as an authoritative text on the subject. In 1982, he became the first Jew ish professional to be named guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, an exclusive Washington, D.C. “think tank.” Most recently, Korey was awarded B’nai B’rith’s 1986 Julius Bisno Award for Professional Excellence. The crowning achievement oi Korey’s career, came earlier this year with the passage of the Geno cide Convention by the U.S. Senate. Korey has written extensively on behalf of the treaty since 1964. For more information about the community event, call 237-1908 or 662-8505.