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( .J. ( ahoy, a preschooler at The Country School Ltd. in Dunwoody, dresses as a “Torah” after a study of all aspects of the Bet Knesset. Amy Honigman-Zell joined the children in the fun. Teachers of the class are Gerrie Schwartz and Sandy Ferko. The Swig and Dinner family of San Francisco has been named as the recipient of the Golda Meir Leadership Award by the State of Israel Bonds. Efraim Zuroff, first director of the Simon Wiesenthal Cen ter in Los Angeles from 1978- 1980, has been appointed direc tor of its Israeli office. For the past six years, Zuroff has been chief historian and investigator at the Israeli branch of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations, responsible for locating docu ments, evidence and survivors in the archives which have as sisted in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals living in the Uni ted States. His evidence con tributed to convictions in sev eral cases. Bruce B. Teicholz, president of Woodhole Realty Company and chairman of the New York ORT Scholarship Fund for the last 10 years, will be guest of honor at the chapter’s 1986 re ception Tuesday, Oct. 30, in New York City. The native of Poland was the first chairman of the reorgan ized ORT in postwar Vienna. He is vice president of the Amer ican ORT Federation, chairman of the American ORT budge* and finance committee, and a member of the board of direc tors of the Bramson ORT Tech nical Institute in New York. In addition, he is a member of the American Jewish Joint Distri bution Committee, a member of the executive board of the Raoul Wallenberg Committee and a board member of the national executive committee for the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. The Bar Mitzva of Todd Cohen of Atlanta will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Temple Sinai. A congregational kiddush will follow. Todd is the son of Shirley and Stanley Cohen. He is the grandson of Sarah Cohen of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Ar thur Lefko of Savannah. Todd will be sharing his Bar Mitzva with Karl Motelevich Klesman of the Soviet Union. Peonle in the News Maxine Goldstein of Milledge- ville was recently re-elected vice chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Georgia at the state con vention held in Atlanta. Mrs. Goldstein serves on the Democratic National Site Selec tion Committee to help determine the site of the 1988 convention. Milton S. Shapiro of Great Neck, N.Y., was recently elected as the national president of the Zionist Organization of America. Shapiro, a senior partner in the law firm of Shapiro, Mortman, Schwartz and Greene in New York, served for six years as chairman of the American Zionist Fund, the fundraising arm of the ZOA. * * * Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusa lem will receive the second Ray mond and Miriam Klein Founda tion annual award for “distin guished contribution to the ad vancement of Jewish life and thought.” He will be presented the award, which includes a $100,000 grant, early next year. U.S. Cong. Dante B. Fascell (D- Fla.) will receive the Jewish Theo logical Seminary of America’s Herbert H. Lehman Ethics Medal next month at the Seminary’s Flor ida Convocation and Awards Cere mony, being held in celebration of the Seminary’s centennial year. The presentation will be made at Temple Emanu-El in Miami Beach. Mark Jacobson, executive di rector of The Temple, has been appointed by the president of the National Association of Temple Administrators to be chairman of the Temple Administrative Assist ance Program (TAAP) committee of the commission on synagogue administration of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations- Central Conference of American Rabbis and the National Associa tion of Temple Administrators. Prior to the appointment Jacob son was representative for the Southeast Council. He succeeds Alvin Platt, former executive di rector of North Shore Congrega tion Israel in Glencoe, Ill., now serving Temple Emanu-El of Bev erly Hills in Los Angeles. TAAP assists member congre gations of the UAHC with any problem relating to administrative, personnel or fiscal structures. Jac obson will lead a team of 20 Tem ple executive directors throughout the country in meeting the admi nistrative needs of UAHC congre gations. * * * Judge Herbert S. Shapiro of Miami Beach will be presented the National Community Service Award by the Jewish Theological Semi nary of America. The presentation will take place Sunday, Nov. 9 in Miami Beach. * * * Reuban Rodriquez has been named director of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the Univer sity of Georgia, replacing Phyl Rubinstein, director for the past two years. Rodriquez, a native of New Or leans, was director of student activ ities last year at New Orleans Hil lel. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University, and has worked with Jewish organizations in the Atlanta area. * * * Beverly Beren of Atlanta, artist affiliate of Emory University’s de partment of music, will give a piano recital at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Emory’s White Hall, Room 208. Rachel Schleifstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schleifstein of New Orleans, recently starred in the New Orleans Opera Company production of “Madam Butterfly as the child of Madam Butterfly. Rachel is the granddaughter of Marcia and Raymond Yarfitz of Atlanta. Isak Arbus of New York has been elected president of the Holo caust Survivors Association USA. He succeeds John Ranz, who will become executive secretary. Fran and Steven Simon of Macon announce the birth of a daughter. Julie Ann, on Sept. 20. Grandparents are Susan and Stanley Simon of Macon, and Thelma Yoffe of Spartanburg, S.C., and the late Earl Bernard Yoffe. Great-grandmothers are Lil lian Eisenbergof Jackson Heights, N.Y., and Pearl Tanenbaum of Spartanburg. Julie was named in memory of her paternal great-grandfather, Jules Simon, and her maternal great-uncle, Jules Goldstein. Anabelle Perez, social chairwoman of Atlanta Hillel, smiles at the outcome of a band party given at Emory University’s Turman dormitory complex. The event was co-sponsored by Hillel, Intra- Fraternity Council and MOVE (Motivating Emory). During orientation Hillel and MOVE sponsored a band party in the new Student Union which attracted a record 3,000 people. Hillel's next major social event will be a break-the-fast dance, co-sponsored with the Reform Jewish Students Committee at Emory. The Bat Mitzva of Michelle Anne Levy of Atlanta will take place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Congregation B’nai Torah. A congregational kid dush will follow. Michelle is the daughter of Marcia and Howard Levy. She is the granddaughter of Miriam and Martin Shenker of Colum bus, Ohio, and the late Charles and Edna Levy of Cleveland. New photo policy Beginning immediately, The Southern Israelite will no longer charge organizations or indivi duals for running photographs. However, in order to ensure quality reproduction, we must insist that all photos submitted be black and white and of 35mm quality. The editors reserve the right to select and limit photos for size and space. We will honor photos already in house by Oct. 17. Newcomers