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Page 4 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 21, 1986 Editorial On the move Jewish education is on the move again. This time, we have the good news that Yeshiva High School, Atlanta’s only Jewish high school, has finalized nego tiations for spacious new quarters in Doraville. The move to the former Northwoods Elementary School will quadruple the number of classrooms available along with space for many other facilities needed to operate a first-class educational institution. We all know that space and equipment do not necessarily make a good school, any more than stone walls do a prison make. Without a good teaching staff and administration you could hold classes in the Taj Mahal and not necessarily provide a good education. The faculty of Yeshiva High has proven over the years that, despite the overcrowded conditions at the Community Center, they have the knowledge and teaching skills to turn on students who want to learn. Graduates have been accepted at some of the finest universities in the country. The students themselves have sacrificed many of the con veniences of a proper school building and have “done the school proud” in their achievements. Having appropriate space and facilities is bound to draw new students and make learning even more exciting for those now enrolled. With the enthusiasm that greets the reaching of this goal, it is not inappropriate to tip our hats to the AJCC for making available the classroom space presently occupied. There have obviously been some strains for both the Center and the school but for the most part it has symbolized the cooperation for which our community is known. But as a child must leave the nest, it is time for Yeshiva High School to move on. We wish them well. For shame Reports have surfaced, every now and then, that Israel was sending supplies to Iran. It was puzzling that these reports did not seem to raise any major brouhaha in Washington—not even an eyebrow. Now we know why. From this distance, we would not begin to analyze Israel’s own perception of her security needs but we don’t mind admit ting that at the time we heard these reports, we couldn’t work up much enthusiasm for shipping materiel to the land of the ayatollah, whose special brand of terror had touched America so deeply. To learn now that supplying arms to Iran was part of a secret White House policy decision, with Israel as the foward- ing agent, leaves us outraged. We can only hope that this fiasco does not bring about the resignation of Secretary of State George Shultz. Shultz, whose appointment had us nervous, to say the least, has turned out to be the clearest thinker of them all. His courage and decency shine. The Southern Israelite The Voice of Atlanta's Jewish Community Since 1925' Vida Goldgar Editor Jeff Rubin General Manager Luna Levy Managing Editor Published by Sun Publications, Inc. also publishers of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle Stan Rose Chairman and Publisher Steve Rose President and Co Publisher Second Class Postage paid at Atlanta, Ga (ISSN 00388) (UPS 776060) POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Southern Israelite, P.O. Box 250287, Atlanta, Georgia 30325 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 250287, Atlanta, Georgia 30325 Location: 300 Atlanta Technology Center, Suite 365, 1575 Northside Dr., N.W., All., Ga. 30318 Phone (404) 355-6139 Advertising rates available upon request. Subscriptions: $23.00 a year. Member of Jewish Telegraphic Agency; Religious News Service; American Jewish Press Assn ; Georgia Press Assn.; National Newspaper Assn 01^9 NEVER MiNDWjO® S' iFXDWNnDSEEWR HOWW AH* W A DOZEN F'l6’5"/4 HUNDRED TANKS and a key wed CAKE iNTD A PLAlM BROVIN WRAPPER ••• DRCPiTAT1^ ti L FORMER itttNAN l).S. EMBASSY- and mmM* mz ALONE a Vida Goldgar Working vacation t After a week out of the office, I surfaced last weekend without the foggiest idea of what was going on in the world. How could that be possible, one might ask, after five dayst under the same roof as almost 1,000 journalists and journalists- to-be, with the Atlanta Constitu tion, the Atlanta Journal, the Wall Street Journal and a con-1 vention newspaper called “The Working Press” delivered to my door daily and a TV in my room. Oh, sure, I skimmed the head lines; 1 even caught a few minutes of television news once in a while. But for an admit ted news junkie it was kind of frustrating. So how could this happen? It’s simple. This was the year that the Society of Profes sional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, (SPJ, SDX) held its annual convention in Atlanta. And, as a deputy chairman of our Atlanta Chapter host committee, my work was cut out for me. 1 pretended it was like a convention in another city, packed my suitcase and checked into conven tion headquarters. So what if that only meant a short trip to the original Downtown Marriott Hotel. Five years ago, when our chapter accepted the responsiblity of hosting the 1986 meeting, each of us who took on major assignments committed ourselves to taking the week off. Little did 1 imagine then that so much would be happening at TSI right now and that there couldn’t have been a worse time to be away. But a commit ment is a commitment and off I went. 1 needn’t have worried. As usual, Luna and the gang carried on without missing a beat. But it was no vacation. When you’re a delegate you can maybe fudge a little. Sleep in occasionally opt out for a little sight-seeing and even sneak back to your room for a nap or an early-to-bed evening Not so when you’ve got RESPONSIB11 ITY It was early morning until the last hurrah The Mar nott ,s so spread out and 1 did so much running ack and forth and up and down stairs that my corns have corns. I even wore a beeper so I could be in quick contact with others on the committee. From all reports, this was a remarkably smooth-running convention, free of all but the most minor crises that dog any large gathering. Now that it’s over, I’m happy to have had a part in it. It’s been almost 15 years since I joined SPJ, SDX and I’m always glad to give back something to an organization from which I’ve gained so much. Since journalism school was not part of my educa tion, just having the opportunities SPJ, SDX pro vided to get to know and shmooz with other news people from all varieties of media has taught me a lot. Besides, I’ve made some darned good friends. Just for the record, this is the oldest and largest media organization in the world. It started out as a journalism fraternity at DePauw University in Indiana and a lot of us still call it by its Greek designation, Sigma Delta Chi. It’s a far cry from that now and the addition of “The Society of Pro fessional Journalists” to SDX more clearly des cribes its work. For a journalists’ organization, SPJ, SDX doesn’t get a lot of publicity. News people seem to have a natural reluctance to write about themselves and besides, the real goals of the society are not to make news, but to make news better. Some of the seminars at last week’s convention define those efforts: Ethics, professional develop ment, freedom of information, computers, court access, Project Watchdog, political coverage, dis aster coverage, Third World, energy, minorities ...and that doesn’t complete the list. For me, the only bad thing about being on the committee was that 1 had time for only one seminar. Actually, part of one. I turned off my beeper and sneaked away to sit in on a session on Stress and Burnout.” By the time 1 got half way through the written quiz, I decided I wasn’t stressed out or burned out. Just tired. Despite that, I didn’t come away without learn ing something. Or, to be more exact, reinforcing something I knew. It’s good to get away from the office...but it’s good to be back again. farm in , newS ’ al1 tfle news > in concise and attractive and tflSt /S permiss ible in good society, j? Li 6ar y y”' m P artia,l y> without fear or favor, r of party, sect, or interest involved.' Adolph S. Ochs New York Times A up. 18, 1896