Page 2 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa Friday. March 18, lfc, I H I r By LESLIE AIDMAN (Call me about your social news at 872-4470) We were thrilled to hear some terrific news about Dr. Todd Rosenthal. Todd, son of Barbara Rosen thai and Victor Rosenthal, was made Chief Resident at McNeill Hospital in Chicago. Todd is currently specializing in Internal Medicine. Lots of good wishes Todd on continued success in your medical career sounds like you are well on your way already! Won't you let us know what your sons and daughters are doing even though they may not be residing in Tampa we are always interested. Babies, babies, babies, we just love them. Two new little ones have made their entry into Tampa and thought you would like to meet them. Welcome to Tracy Allison Braaner, third daughter of Dr. Robert and Judy Brauner. Tracy was born at Women's Hospital on March 1 at 9:55 p.m. She weighed 61b. lloz. and was 20 inches long. Tracy's proud older sisters are eight year old Rebecc.t and five year old Amy. The thrilled Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Sol Brauner, of Albany, N.Y. and Mr. and Mrs. Josi-ph Hymoff. of Brockton, Mass. We are mighty glad that you am mn ftWCj and expert to *** you out on the social scene real aooal Lynne and Larry Hyman are ecstatic over the birth of their son. Michael Craig Hyman. Michael arrived at Women's Hospital on March 4 at 8:46 a.m. He weighed (are you ready for this?), 101b. 4oz. and was 21 inches long. Michael is mighty lucky to have an older sister to show him the ways of the world. Her name is Melissa and she is three years old. Michael's Tampa Grandma is Mrs. Doris Hyman and his West Palm Beach Grandma is Mrs. Joy Merrill. Congratulations to all of you on this joyous occasion. ______ Congratulations to Dan Cross, son of Sharon and David Cross, who recently received the National English Merit Award. Dan, a ninth grader at Berkeley Prep., was nominated for this honor by both his English teacher and the English Department at his school. We hear that there are some real "jocks" at Congregation Kol Ami. Steve Lieber is one of the distinguished superstars of the University of South Florida Club LaCrosse League. Stan Shor has been appointed coach of that team. Stan was a LaCrosse player in his college days. Steve also participated in and com- pleted the 15 kilometer Gasparilla Distance Classic race last month. Gooooooooooo Team! Well, my good friend Ranci Rudolph must have had a five minute pause in her busy and activity filled life, so she decided to accept high ranking positions in two organizations for the coming year. F ranci was recently elected third Vice President of the Sisterhood of Congregation Schaarai Zedek and has been nominated to be President-elect of the Tampa Symphony Guild (with elections to take place at an April 1st general meeting). Franci is also just completing her term as president of the Parents' Association of Berkeley Preparatory School Lower Division. This is one busy person a real example setter for all of us! Good luck and our wishes for much success and productivity of next year's commitments, Franci. Congratulations to Leon M. Mezrah who is one of two Tampa insurance agents appointed to the Florida Insurance Depart- ment's Life and Health Agents Advisory Committee. This committee is charged with making recommendations to Insurance Commissioner, Bill Gunter, for maintaining ex- cellence in insurance education. We know you and your family must be mighty proud, Leon and rightfully so! Some good wishes go to a number of our friends at Congregation Rodeph Sholom who are enjoying some happy occasions in their lives: Congratulations to . Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Shukowaky on the recent birth of their son Adam Lewis. Adam made his appearance on Jan. 23. Pauline and Leon Chaitow just celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary you cute little lovebirds you! Evelyn and All Mayer are thrilled about the engagement of their daughter, June to Ronald Kraff. of St. Petersburg. Ronald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kraff, and a November 26 wedding is planned at Congregation Rodeph Sholom. Good luck to Bruce Mayer, son of Evelyn and Al Mayer, on his acceptance to South Texas College of Law in Houston, Tex. Our wishes for a real successful first year, Bruce. Meet Steven Winkler who moved to the Brandon area about a year ago. Steven was born and raised in Dalton, Ga. He moved U> Tampa from Chattanooga, Tenn., where he had resided for three and a half years as Administrator of a Pediatric Hospital. Steven is currently the Associate Executive Director at Brandon Community Hospital. He did his undergraduate work at Vanderbilt and earned his MA in Health Administration from Duke University. Steven has become involved in some of the activities of the Bay Area Jewish Singles and in the Congregation Kol Ami Jewish Singles group. He loves playing racketball, he coaches the Women's Softball Team at the hospital, and likes to dabble in carpentry and electrical and plumbing projects. UJA National Leadership Mission to Washington NEW YORK. N.Y. Senator Henry M Jackson of Washing ton. Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam and Nicholas J. Veliotes. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, were among the featured speakers in the United Jewish Appeal's third National Leadership Mission to Washing- ton. DC. on March 9. according to Clarence Reisen of the Metro- politan New Jersey Federation and Joel B. Sherman of Boston, co-chairmen of the event. The 150 mission participants were also briefed by Benjamin Netanyahu, deputy chief of Mis- sion of the Israeli Embassy: Thomas A. Dine, executive direc- tor of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and Mark Talisman, director of the Wash- ington Action Office of the Coun- cil of Jewish Federations. The mission was designed to give the Jewish community leaders an insight into key poli- cies and policy makers in Wash- ington that have the potential to influence the quality and con- tinuity of Jewish life worldwide, and to demonstrate American Jewish support for the people of Israel in our nation's capital. A highlight was a reception on Capitol Hill for members of Con- gress hosted by Senators Howard Federation Cash Committee Appointed Maril Jacobs. Vice President of the Tampa Jewish Federation, has accepted the responsibility of heading the Federation's Cash Committee. Serving as Co-Chair- men of the Committee are Myer Frank and Michael Kass. Jacobs pointed out a severe cash flow problem for the Tampa Jewish Federation unless a con- certed effort is made to collect on 1982 and prior years' balances that are owed. On July 1. 1982. the Tampa Federation board of directors adopted a payment policy where equal monthly payments are made to each of the local, na- tional and overseas agencies (UJA). "This amounts to $75,000 per month," Jacobs stated, "and unless we receive payments from our contributors on an ongoing basis, we will be facing a severe cash shortage." Jacobs con- cluded. The Federation is making an urgent appeal to everyone in the community to speed up current pledge payments and to clear up any outstanding balances. Serving on the cash committee are: Michael Levine, Herbert Swarzman, Hope Barnett. Joel Karpay. Ed Leibowitz, Judith Rosenkranz and Dr. Steve Field. Metzenbaum of Ohio and Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania. The National Leadership Mis- sion to Washington was a major component of "March for Israel," an intensive 38-day program of events from Feb. 27 to April 5, to mobilize American Jewish coo- munities for the closing phase* f teh 1983 Regular CampaJTi Israel Special Fund. ^ "" Participating in the Washiw ton Mission from Tamna *,. Ruth Polur. ^ WM JOAN KENNEDY IN ISRAEL Joan Kennedy and her son. Patrick, arc shown planting a tree at the Jewish National Fund's John P. Kennedv Peace Forest outside Jerusalem during their recent trip to Israel. The\ each said a brief prayer inside the memorial, and Mrs. Kennedy pointed out to Patrick a tree planted by his father. Senator Edward M Kennedy. II). Ma. I. several years ago. BtX Burki, Angalo & Klnmord Certified Public AooounUnti John W. Burke 220 E. Madison Suite 300 Tampa, Florida 33602 (813)229-3379