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Page 14 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 28, 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kurt/man Kurtzmans to celebrate 60th Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kurt/man of Atlanta will celebrate their 60th anniversary at a luncheon to be given in their honor by their son and daughter-in-law', Lewis and Bette Kurt/man. The luncheon will take place Saturday. Nov. 29. at the Terrace Garden Inn. with family and friends. Mrs. Kurt/man, the former Marie Grude, was born in Atlanta in 1901. Mr. Kurtzman, a New York native, was born in 1901. They were married in New York on Nov. 28, 1926. The Kurtzmans have three grandchildren, Amy Kurtzman Jampol, Laney Kurtzman and Richard M. Kurtzman, all of Atlanta. The Kurtzmans at their wedding on Nov. 28, 1926. BREATHE EASY." Allergy and asthma. Causes of misery for millions. If the simple mention of pollen brings tears to your eyes and wheezes to your lungs, you owe it to yourself to seek qualified medical attention. There are treatments for everything from insect stings, dust, pollens, to food sensitivities. Isn’t it time to seek relief-and breathe easy? BOttRD CERTIFIED RLLERGISTS Metro Atlanta Call 255-9105 for names of Board Certified ALLERGISTS The triangular symbol above designates "Board-Certified Allergists" whose extensive training uniquely qualifies them to help you breathe easy. y ~Mms b»eyie the Classic Collection 35% off BLEYLE SEPARATES Better Knit Wear for the Classic Woman Sizes 6 thru 20 220 Sandy Springs Circle in Springs Festival 256-4847 Patronize The Southern Israelite Advertisers Rabbis engage in unusual hobbies by Ben Gallob .11 A Rabbis are not usually thought of as busying themselves in offbeat hobbies. But how else would you classify two rabbis wit h “chops” one who administers the karate variety and another who plays jazz trumpet? Rabbi Samuel Barth, 30, who recently took the pulpit of Con gregation Genesis Agudas Achim in Tuckahoe, N.Y., began learn ing karate while in undergradu ate school in Sussex, England. He is just one unique rabbi, particularly in his part of the world, as he speaks with a British accent and doesn’t own a televi sion. His late father was a member of the Jewish Brigade which helped smuggle Jews into what was then Palestine. His mother, a social worker, helped Jews living in displaced persons camps after World War 11, according to the Jewish Chronicle of Westches ter, N.Y. A graduate of an Orthodox day school, Barth studied math ematical physics at Sussex Uni versity, completing his bachelor’s degree with courses in compara tive religion, philosophy and adult education. He also studied for two years in Jerusalem, where he met his future bride. Though his back ground is Reform, he joined the Rabbinical Assembly, the asso ciation of Conservative rabbis, after settling in the United States. He feels comfortable in the RA. he said. Since his arrival, the Tucka hoe congregation has switched to the new Conservative prayer book, w'hich he feels is, among other distinctions, sensitive to partici pation by women. He told the JTA that he had accelerated sub stantially the calling of w omen to read from the Torah. He said it was important that it be-known that a black belt in karate is a humble achievement, one of 10 degrees. He practices, as best he can, on his own in Tuckahoe, adding that he will let it be known to his bar mitzva class that he could throw a karate punch. The trumpeter, David Bock- man, is assistant rabbi at Beth Shalom Synagogue in Kansas City, a city known for its jazz heritage. He had promised him self he wouldn't accept a job in a city where he couldn't play his horn. A native of Los Angeles, Bockman, 26, began playing trum pet in junior high school. As a rabbinic student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, he played in a Jewish wed ding band. He also played on the streets for coins, he told the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, usually earn ing about $4 an hour. He geared his playing, he said, “to my audi ence. If 1 saw a man in a skullcap. I would quickly start to play some Jewish music." Now he plays regularly indoors, at the City Light jazz pub. Bock man calls himself a follower of Miles Davis' “cool” school of trumpet playing. Although he once considered trumpet playing as a career, he's happy with the rabbinate. But it he could find the time, he said he’d like to form a band to per form “experimental Jewish mu- uauiiimiiiiiiBuiiti'iiui)* V*