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Page 8 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 7, 1986
Holocaust paintings
on display at Zachor
A series of six paintings by
Milwaukee artist Florence Bern,
depicting scenes from the Holo
caust, are on display at the Zachor
Holocaust Center, lower level,
Atlanta Jewish Community, 1745
Peachtree Road.
Mrs. Bern, one of whose chil
dren, Eric, is a professional pho
tographer in Atlanta, describes
her Holocaust series by saying: “I
had very strong emotions while
painting this series inasmuch as
my mother’s family was, except
for two male members who were
in the Russian Army, completely
annihilated and most likely bur
ied at Babi Yar. I found myself
crying bitterly as the scenes
emerged from my brush. I delib
erately muddled the colors to be
ugly and depressing to match my
state of mind. 1 worked rather
feverishly to get it over with,
which I did in two weeks. It
worked as a catharsis for some
thing within me that was never
expressed before.”
Bern is a lay leader in the Mil
waukee interfaith community.
She has exhibited her work in a
number of museums, galleries
and Jewish community buildings
in the Milwaukee area and else
where around the country.
She works in a variety of media
to create her painting and has
also done work in graphic design.
She says, “My art involvement
has been eclectic, dictated by my
involvement in the community at
large as well as the Jewish commu
nity.”
The Zachor H olocaust Center,
staffed by volunteers, is open
Mondays and Tuesdays from 10
a.m.-2 p.m.; Wednesdays and
Thursdays from 10 a.m.-noon;
and Sundays from 1-3 p.m. In
addition to Florence Bern’s paint
ings, which are on display now
through Dec. 4, the center fea
tures a permanent photographic
exhibit depicting the Holocaust,
and focuses on Atlanta’s com
munity of survivors through
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One-day program
on religion, aging
slated for January
Artist Florence
family history panels and memo
rabilia. A resource library con
tains Holocaust related books
and pamphlets.
The Zachor Holocaust Center
is a project of the Atlanta Jewish
Federation’s Zachor Committee,
chaired by Benjamin Hirsch. Ruth
Bern at work.
Singer and Andre Steiner are
responsible for the Holocaust
Center’s rotating exhibits.
For information about the
center or arrangements for tours
and programs, call Jane Leavey
at Federation, 873-1661.
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Rabbi Paul Grob of Temple
Beth Shalom in Satellite Beach,
Fla., will be one of the partici
pants in a one-day program titled
“Religion, Spirituality and
Aging,” to be held in Atlanta on
January 14 at the Westin Peach
tree Plaza Hotel.
The program will be held in
conjunction with the American
Society on Aging’s winter con
ference on “Everyday Ethics in
an Aging Society; Hard Times,
Hard Choices.” It is co-sponsored
by the National Interfaith Coali
tion on Aging.
“Religion, Spirituality and
Aging” will examine the chal
lenges of an aging population to
the religious community and will
explore the role of religion in the
lives of elders.
Topics to be covered include
the role of spirituality in the lives
of elders, pastoral care and coun
seling of elders and their families,
ministry in long-term care insti
tutions, the spiritual dimensions
of life, the role of religion in the
life of ethnic minority elders, the
interface between service agen
cies and the religious sector, and
ethical decision-making in pas
toral care.
Other participants will include
Msgr. Charles Fahey of the Third
Age Center, Fordham U niversity;
Ben E. Dickerson of the Institute
of Gerontological Studies, Bay
lor University; the Rev. Thomas
B. Robb, director of the Presby
terian Office on Aging; Eugene
Bianchi, associate professor of
religion at Emory University;
James J. Seeber of the Institute
for Religion and Wholeness at
Claremont College; the Rev. John
Allen of the Atlanta Interfaith
Broadcasters and others repre
senting a diversity of denomina
tions and points of view.
The Atlanta District of
the Zionist Organization of America
Is Convening A Special Meeting
On The Anniversary of Two Tragic Events
in Modern Jewish Life...
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films of the Infamous United Nations
Zionism is Racism” vote—and an exclusive ZOA
film of Scharansky as he discusses his successful
nght for freedom, and the task still confronting us.
Rabbi S. Robert Ichay will speak and Cantor Isaac
Goodfriend will conduct a service to recall the
Anniversary of “Krystal Nacht.”
PLACE: Or VeShalom
DATE: Monday, November 10
TIME: 8:00 P.M
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