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Page 10 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 12, 1986 The Bat Mitzva of Traci Jill Holland of Dunwoody will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Temple Emanu-El. A con gregational kiddush will follow, and a luncheon at the Ritz-Carl- ton Buckhead. Traci is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Holland. She is the granddaughter of Major General and Mrs. Leonard Hol land of Pawtucket, R.I., Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Ruda of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Saul Spitz of Providence, R.l. The Bar Mitzva of Jason Mit chell Eden of Atlanta will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A congregational kiddush will follow. Jason is the son of Margie and Mark Eden. He is the grandson of l.il Cohen of Atlanta and the late Morris Cohen, and Lorraine and Louis Siegel of Atlanta, and the late Jack J. Eden. He is the great-grandson of Ann Tannen- haum of Atlanta. Jason will he sharing his Bar Mitzva with Alexei Abramovich of the Soviet Union. Births Mr. and Mrs. Herman I.. Odre/in of Savannah announce the birth of a daughter, Greta Sarah, on Oct. 1. * * * Rita and Fred Chaiken ol Atlanta announce the birth of a son, Aaron Matthew, on Oct. 27. Grandparents are Sy 1 \ ia Rosinek of Miami, Syma and George Yellin ol Hallandale. Fla., and Louis Chaiken ol Brooklvn. *«*«*-•'"*’»* * * * The Bat Mitzva of Shannon Greenhill of Atlanta will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A congregational kiddush will follow. Shannon is the daughter of Joel and Janet Greenhill. She is the granddaughter of Regina Greenhill of North Miami Beach and the late Jerome Greenhill, and Ruth and Morris Arnovitz of Atlanta, and the late Jake Lazarus. Robyn Bari Cohen id Atlanta was recently chosen 1986 Home coming Queen at Tulane Univer sity. Robyn, a Tulane varsity cheerleader, is a junior majoring in communications. She is a member ol Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and has been on the Dean's List throughout her studies. Robyn is a member ol Pi Beta Phi sorority, and was chosen “Little Sister” of ZB I Fraternity. ternity. She is the daughter of Ronald B. Cohen and Marlene Cohen Wiggins of Atlanta. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Sara Raider Cohen of Fort Lauder dale, Fla., and Mrs. Rose Nom- berg Cohen, formerly of Dothan, Ala., now of Gainesville, Ga. * * * Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (D-Ohio), a legislative advocate of consumer rights and a Fellow of Brandeis University, was the speaker at the university's Found er's Day convocation held recent ly. The convocation honored in dividuals who have been instru mental in the university’s 38-year history. N. Y. Great-grandmother is Esther Chester ol Brooklyn, N.Y. Aaron was given the Hebrew name Avram Menashe, in mem ory ol his maternal great-grand father, Abram Finkelstein. and his paternal great-grandfather. Mack Chester. 1 he bris was performed by Dr. Daniel (ioodman. and Rabbi Juda Mintz officiated. Aaron was redeemed at his pidya ha ben on Nov. 25 trom Paul Freemer. The Bat Mitzva of Courtney Skott of Atlanta will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at Temple Emanu-EI. A congrega tional kiddush will follow. Courtney is the daughter of l.anee and Ivan Skott. She is the granddaughter of Gertrude Wein er of Memphis, Tenn., and the late Sam Weiner and the late Anne and Abraham Skott. She is sharing her Bat Mitzva with Rachel Genusov of the Soviet Union. Dr. Leo Pine of Atlanta has been chosen to receive the Rhoda Benham Award for 1987 by the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas. The award w ill be presented Feb. 28. in Atlanta. The award is given by the society in recognition of a pro fessional devoted to advances in medical mycology. Noted par ticularly was Pine's development ol a synthetic media which made it possible to cultivate Hisio- plasma capsutalum in either yeast phase or mycelial phase. Histo- plasma capsulatum causes a serious tuberculosis-like disease. Pine, who received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, is a fellow of the Amer ican Academy of Microbiology and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement ol Science. He is recognized for having developed a chemically defined medium for the growth and study ol Legionella pneu mophila, the causal organism lor I egionnaires' Disease. He has done mycological research at the National Insti tutes of Health, Bethesda; Duke University Medical School; Ser vice Mycologie I list it ut Pasteur, Pat is. and he has been with the Cen ters lor Disease Control since 1963 The Bar Mitzva of Robert Samuel Blooni of Atlanta will take place at 10:30 a.m. Satur day, Dec. 20, at Temple Sinai. A congregational kiddush will follow. Robert is the son of Rita and Herschel Bloom. He is the grand son of Rebecca Krachmer of Miami Beach and the late Paul Krachmer, and Bernice Yawitz of St. Louis, Mo., and the late Nathaniel Bloom. Barrie Segall, executive di rector of the Atlanta Jew ish Com munity Center, has been elected to be chairman of the Executive Forum of the United Way. The Executive Forum is com posed of the executive direc tors ol all the United Wav agen cies. Its purpose is to coordi nate agency activity and to serve in an advisory capacity to the United Way stall and board. * * * Fred Glusman, executive director of Congregation Beth Jacob, has recently returned from the biennial convention of the Orthodox Union, in Baltimore. He led a workshop, seminar on synagogue administration. * * * Frances Ben-Mosheot Atlanta recently presented a workshop, "Successlully Integrating the Bible in the Curriculum,” for the Jewish Teachers Network at the National Association of Educa tors for Young Children in Wash ington. DC. * * * Morris II. Lamhut of Savan nah has been chosen “Veteran of the Yeai by the C hatham County Veterans' Couneil for many years ol service to all veterans of Cha tham County. * * * Daniel P. Movnihan (D-VY.) was given the 1 ibertv Award In the Hebrew Immigrant Aid So- eietv at a banquet held on Dee. 2 at the Hotel Pierre in New York ( itv The Bat Mitzva of Elizabeth Ann Davis of Atlanta will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at The Temple. A con gregational kiddush will follow. Elizabeth is the daughter of Ann and Jay Davis. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Leffler of Savannah, and A1 Davis of Atlanta and the late Adele Davis. She is the great- granddaughter of Mrs. Beatrice Roos of Atlanta. David M. Zacks of Atlanta was recently named 1987 vice chairman of the board for the Cieorgia Division of the Ameri can Cancer Society. He is also serving as chairman of Income Development for Georgia. Zacks is a partner in Knox & Zacks, a regional law firm with offices in Atlanta and Augusta. He is a former president of the Jewish Community Center ol Augusta. * * * Helen Spiegel was honored last month in DeKalb County as one ol the “Ten Outstanding Women Who Make Things Happen For The Better.” Mrs. Spiegel is co- lounder and co-chair, along with Sara Duke, of the Shearith Israel Night Shelter. The shelter is staffed by volun teers of the Jewish community, as well as a number of Christian groups. Mrs. Spiegel's nomina tion for the aw ai d w as made by a volunteer from St. Matthew's 1 utheran Church, which has played an active role in the shelter. • People In The News