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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 26, 1986 Page 21 Highlights of 1986 Hebrew Academy of the future unveiled at campaign fund-raiser It’s a boy! JFS delivers first baby to adoptive parents Zachor Holocaust Center will open May 5 at AJCC The Atlanta Jewish population was increased this week by the advent of the birth of a child Under normal circumstances this event while cause for celebration, would not he newsworthy But for David and Shirk' Goldsmith (not ihcu real names), it was a vcr> spe cial occasion I he Goldsmiths were unable to have children, and after numerous visits to medical specialists, they haJ attempted to reconcile them selves to iheir inabilitv to bear a child It wasn't easy however, and caused more than ihr usual amount of strain in this young professional couple s marriage l hcv had ap plied to several agencies for the adoption of a child*but were told that waiting lists were long, that the era ot birth . ontrol a id easy •o-ohtain abortions created less bab,e> available for adoption and ibat more and more sing'e prrg nant women were keeping their bab.es V >i loo encouraging I her ihey beard ab »ut the *r 'ivcd adoption program at Jewish believe it was true when Judy Hab- erman. JFS supervisor, called a lew weeks ago to tell them that they were next in line to receive a child and that an unwed mother who had agreed to let JFS place her baby had just gone into labor Unfortunately, their |oy was dam pened when thev were advised that the child had beer born prema tuiely and had to he kept in inten sive care for a week I he additional expense to Jf S in the form ot hos pital hills (or the natural mother and the baby amounted to nearly 110.000 more than the estimated cost for a normal delivery, and some of these expenses wf'f paid by JFS out of an emergency fund established lor the agency bv con tributors who wished to ensure the success of the adoption program “There is alwavs some risk.” 'ay*- Ha Kerman but we tty to keep the 1 he /achoi Holocaus he Atlanta lewish Federa c >11 open to the public oi V is the fulfillment held h\ the Mlar Ma gdv due the joy ahilc " possible In the i ing makes it w t Historic day in Georgia Paroles board grants pardon to Leo Frank by V ida Goldgar the Stott Board of Pardons and Paroles in compliance with it's Constitutional and statuto r \ i. .. . herebx fronts to Leo M. prank a pardon vVith these words, which con- a release issued Tuesday, morna’ Pardons and Paroles hoar, hopes it has brought to an end the '■ i-vear-old controversy of co J r ank, convicted in an aura of nrejudice and perjury of the 1913 murder of 13-ycar old Mary Pha- gan Despite a courageous com mutation of Frank's death sent ence to life imprisonment by Gov loi n Slaton, on August 17. 1915. f r«nk was dragged from his prison .ell ir Milledgeville. brought to Marietta by a mob and hanged ;*o • . »rec. , be ugly wave of anti-Semitism which surrounded Frank's trial ^ fear into the heart of the Jewish community and caused many to seek sanctuary elsewhere In an interview published in The Slaton commuted Fiank's death sentence “I was very fearful that night, as were all the lews on Capitol Avenue and Washington Street afraid ol the promise that the rabble had made that they were going to do aw 3> with every Jew on those two streets " Despite voluminous data col lected. and several published volumes clearly pointing to Frank’s innocence, the rase was ignored until March 1982 when reporters Jerry Thompson and Bob Sherborne of the Nashville Tennessean followed up cn a tip about an elderly man who claimed he had been a witness ir a murder case many years earlier ior which the wrong man had been executed Located in a hospital and wanting to “get this off my heart,” 83-vear- old Alonzo Mann told the repor ters his story. As a 14-year-old office boy at the National Pencil Company, where F rank was super intendent and Mary Phagan was employed. Mann had stopped by the pencil company and encoun- never testified to what he T here were witnesses who told lies and I remained silent ” The Ten nesscan reported tiiat Mann passed both polygraph and psy chological stress evaluator tests “with flying colors ” Farlicr reports that Conley had. on at least one occasion, possibly two confessed to the crime were never widely circulated, and wtre unconfirmed Mann's revelation brought broad reaction in both the Jewish and general community A WGSI radio ncwspoll in March of 1982. which asked the question “Should the state of Georgia pardon Leo Frank*’*' brought a resounding 85 percent “yes” response A WGST spokesman said at the time it was one of the largest percentages they had ever had Gubernatorial can didates in that election vear were almost unanimous in calling for the state to clear Frank's name It was at that time that Atlanta's Jewish community formed a legal committee under the coopcratise efforts of the Anti Defamation On Dec 72. 1983. an < crowd of reporters. memt" Jewish community anJ Mann gathered at the (. hear the hoard’s decision As reported in The Israelite Dec 30. 1983 on the afternoon of Dec all over hut tne stunned quite believing, mutteri crowd and the fough qui reporters trying to disco logic for the typed press their hands." I he pardon denied The release includi words “In accepting tht tion. the board infoimed cants that the only grou which the board would gra: pardon exonerating Leo M of the murder for which convicted, would be con evidence proving beyon doubt that Frank > The statement also refer briefs submitted in oppo the pardon and cited the bility. after 70 years, o Betty R Jacobson, president of the Atlanta Jewish federation, congratulates the Jewish Vocational Sen ice Inc at its First corporate board meeting on July 16. Seated from left, facing camera Stan Lefco. Mark Fisher, Albert Beerman and hoard members Steve Berman and Bob Sherman. JVS becomes fully autonomous; Beerman heads first official board Special addition ... The Southern Israelite has new publishers Women of Hadassah plan gala to celebrate 70th year Hadassah will celebrate its 70th birthday in Atlanta at 6 TO pm. Sunday, Nov 2, at a dinner at the Peachtree Plaza Hotel Judith Epstein, former national president ol Hadassah. will be the guest speaker Her incisive com ments about international affairs have made her a welcome speaker in Atlanta on several previous oc casions The evening will include a salute to past presidents, and orig inal entertainment Esther Taylor, one of Atlanta Hadassah's early presidents, will l>e honorary chairman for the event Mrs Taylor has been active not only in the Zionist movement, but in civic, cultural and social welfare causes. Local Hadassah leadership spearheading the activities for the evening include Rae Sternberg. A home of its own Hadassah members planning the gala include (from left) Esther Tay lor, Reva F.pstein and Sara Alterman The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Taylor. Southern Israelite was ed this week by a Kansas irporation. which also owns msas City Jewish Chronicle, as other publications. Vida ar. who has owned The ern Israelite since 1979. will i as editor Publications Inr . the new hers, is owned and operated • Rose family, who live in s City Stan Rose. 68. is tan of the board and pub- Steve Rose. 38, his son. is rnt and co-publisher • are extremely excited about portunity tocontinue a great on in Jewish journalism, as a has had since 1925." said lose “Vida Goldgar is a vita! f that link, and she will con- to speak for The Southern te. both through the news itorial columns, and through solvement in Atlanta’s Jew- mmumty ” administrative and market- peels of the newspaper will Stan Rose he handled by The Southern Israe lite’s new general manager. Jeff Rubin, according to Steve Rose Rubin. 35, has had broad expe rience with newspapers in Virginia and Washington D C He is a native of New Jersey “T he Roses arc great people who k are a tremendous amount abn-i; Steve Rose Jewish journalism and becoming a part of the Atlanta community,” said Ms Goldgar “Their resour ces. along with a support system developed over many years in the community newspaper field, will make it possible for The Southern Israelite to keep pace with the growth ot our Jewish community. Vida Goldgar providing greater local coverage and other improvements in the operation Fiowever. they feel strongly that the news and editor ial departments be run by Atlan tans " Sun Publications was founded in 1950 by Stan Rose and his wife, Shirley Steve Rose became presi dent of the company in 1978. They publish The Sun Newspapers, an award-winning group of twice- weekly newspapers serving subur ban Johnson County . The College Boulevard N6ws. a weekly tabloid serving the Overland Park subur ban office population: and The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle Tne Chronicle, which was founded in 1920. was acquired by Sun Publi cations in 1983. after the death of Milton Firestone, who had been co-owner of The Chronicle with Stan Rose. Ms Goldgar purchased The Southern Israelite in 1979 from Jack Gcldbart, who had acquired it in 1977 after the death of Adolph Rosenberg The publication, which originated in 1925 in Augusta under the direction of Rabbi H. Cerf Strauss, was moved to Atlanta by Herman Dessauer. joined in 1929 by M Stephen Schiffer, who later became sole owner and publisher Rosenberg, editor since 1939, be came the publisher in 1951 Epstein School plans ’87 relocation Yeshiva High School finds new home 1986 Goal: $8.5 million Miraclcs Cun Happen r-T! ZziJ [.: zzzJirzzz: < "Utt over goal Over the top!