Page 4 The Jewish Floridian of Tampa/ Friday, November 30,1984 Cardin Elected First Woman President of Council of Jewish Federati , ** Shoahaaa S. Cardin, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and currently the foremost volunteer leader of the Baltimore Jewish commu- nity, has become the first woman president in the 52-year history of the Council of Jewish Federa- tions, the largest organization of Jewish community leaders in the United States and Canada. She was unanimously elected to become the 16th president of the Council Nov. 17 at the CJF General Assembly in Toronto, Canada. Tampans attending the CJF General Assembly were Judith O. Rosenkranz, president, Tampa Jewish Federation; Bill Kalish, and Ben Greenbaum. CJF is the national association of over 200 Jewish Federations serving nearly 800 communities which embrace a Jewish popu- lation of more than 5.7 million in the U.S. and Canada. Through joint planning and Names in News Teen Suicide Under UAHC Scrutiny A nationwide program to stem the "epidemic" of suicide among Jewish teen-agers will be launched by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations at the semi-annual meeting of its board of trustees in Miami Beach Nov. 30-Dec. 2, it was announced this week by Charles J. Rothschild, board chairman. The UAHC is composed of 770 Reform synagogues with 1.3 million members. Some 200 board members from throughout the United States and Canada are expected to attend the meeting in the Sheraton Bal Harbour Hotel on the theme, "Saving Our Children." Rabbi Alexander M. Schindkr, UAHC president, will disclose plans for the new UAHC program in an address to the Reform Jewish leaders at Sab- bath services Friday evening. Rabbi Schindler will analyze some of the causes of the rise in teenage suicide nationally from 8 to 27 per 100,000 over the past 20 years. Thirty-four coaches and managers have been selected for the teams that will represent the United States in the 12th World Maccabiah Games in Israel from July 15 to 25, 1985, according to Robert E. Spivak, general chair- man, U.S. Maccabiah Commit- tee, and Alan Sherman, all sports chairman. Appointments were made based on the recommendations of the various sportschairmen and approved by Spivak and Sher- man. More selections will be made in the near future. The Maccabiah Games, which are held every four years in the year immediately following an Olympic year, pit Jewish athletes from all over the world in competition similar to that of the Olympics. More than 4,000 world-class athletes from 38 countries, including 500 from the U.S., are expected to compete in the upcoming Games in some 32 m eye surgery at the Hadassah- sports ranging from basketball to Hebrew University Medical swimming. Center. The National Interreligious Task Force on Black-Jewish Relations notes "with profound sorrow" the passing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. Dr. King was a leader in the struggle against all forms of racism and anti-Semitism, "and his was a powerful voice in behalf of justice and compassion in our society," says the Task Force. "We remember with gratitude that he was an inspiration to and a gifted teacher of his son, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Dr. King brought "a prophetic presence to all segments of this country, and his leadership and wise counsel will be sorely missed in the critical days ahead." Dr. Er.im, a graduate of Leeds University, who specialized in ophthalmology at Morfields Hospital in London, visited Hadassah to learn the latest techniques in intra-ocular lens implantation, vitrectomy, and laser surgery from Dr. Hanan Zauberman, head of the Medical Center's Ophthalmology Depart- ment. Hadassah s physicians and surgeons have been instrumental in developing quality eye care in several African nations. Dr. Zauberman has made three visits to the Ivory Coast to consult with his colleagues in the field and to perform demonstration surgery. Forty to 50 percent of Jewish marriages are now inter- marriages, and in two thirds of those marriages, a Jewish man will marry a non-Jewish woman. These statistics were cited by noted psychologist Dr. Matti Gershenfeld speaking to the B'nai B'rith Women National Executive Board meeting in Washington as part of BBWs new program, "The Image of the Jewish Woman: Myth and Reality." "One in five Jewish couples today will not have any children," she continued. "This, along with the fact that the Jew- ish birth rate has long been the lowest in the world, that over 50 percent of American women are now in the work force, that divorce is on the rise, and that there is erosion of traditional Jewish values in this country all add up to a dwindling American Jewish population." Dr. Claude Enim, an Irovy Coast opththalmologist who heads the Samaritan Clinic in Abidjan, has completed two weeks of study in new techniques The Koach Campaign, a special fund-raising drive to improve the opportunities and rights of Isra- eli women, has been launched by Pioneer Women-Na'amat throughout the United States. "The technological revolution in Israel is rapidly leaving Israeli women behind," said Harriet Green, national vice president of Na'amat fund-raising. The Koach Campaign will be used to establish urgently-needed retraining programs and to expand Na'amat-Pioneer Women's legislative advocacy programs for equal rights, Mrs. Green said. Na'amat-Pioneer, the largest women's organization in Israel, is the sister group of Pioneer Women-Na'amat. A major study, "Israeli Women and Technology " commissioned last year bv !T.f t-ioneer Women, provided the impetus for the Koach Campaign. According to the report, up to 300,000 Isreli working women face certain unemployment in the next decade unless they are immediately retrained m the technological skuls which are in increasing demand in the Israeli workplace Women's Division and Congregation Schaarai Zedek To Sponsor Annual Women's Plea For Soviet Jewry Lili Kaufmann, President of the Tampa Jewish Federation women's division has announced that this year's observance of the National Annual Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry which coincides with National Human Rights Day, will be co-sponaond by THE Jewish Floridian Of Tampa Buainaaa Offie* 2*08 Horatio Slraat. Tampa. 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For more information call the Tampa Jewish Federation Women's Division office, 876- 1618. action on common purposes dealing with local, regional, national and international needs, the Council strengthens the work and impact of all Jewish Federa- tions in areas such as aid to the elderly, Jewish education, Soviet Jewish resettlement and cam- paign planning, among others. In addition to its national headquarters in New York city, the Council maintains offices in Washington, D.C., San Diego and Toronto, to help provide service to area communities. The CJF General Assembly, at which Mrs. Cardin was elected, is the largest gathering of Jewish community representatives held each year. Over 2,500 Federation delegates attended the Toronto meetings which ran from Nov. 14- 18. Mrs. Cardin was instrumental in the planning of the General Assembly, serving as the chair- man of the Program Committee. In addition, she currently serves CJF as the chairman of its Human Resources Development Committee. In her own community of Baltimore, Mrs. Cardin is chair- man of the Board of her local Jewish Federation, the Asso- ciated Jewish Charities and Wel- fare fund. In addition to her work in the Jewish community, she has wvwi in numerois u, positions in Baiting State of Maryland^? man of the Maryland L Payment and Trainin,, Trustee of the NatioSL Pigmentoea Foundatbr/i Way of Central MarybJ member; vice chairm^.1 Governors Volunteer and commissioner of L_ Maryland Commisr3 Human Relations and tiTf land Commission for Wa The recipient of a Cerad Distinguished Citizens!!. the State of Maryland* Mrs. Cardin served as i] to the Maryland Con Convention in 1967 inducted into the j Jewish Hall of Fame in lj. She is the author of i publications including "* Where Credit is Dw"l "Decade of Progress,- written for the Maryland | mission for Women. A graduate of the Univ California at Los Ange Cardin was a Fellow in (j tional and Community o ment at Johns Hopkins! sity in 1976-77 and n Masters Degree in PL Administration from University in 1979. Mrs. Cardin is marriedL torney Jerome S. Cardkl are the parents of four (' Charles Rutenberg Re-elected Treasurer of the Board of Hebrew Union College Charles Rutenberg, a prominent resident of Belleeir Bluffs, Fla., has been re-elected treasurer of the Board of Gov- ernors of Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion for 1985. A member of the Board of Governors since 1977, Mr. Rutenberg is engaged as a private investor. A former chair- man of the U.S. Home Corpora- tion in Clearwater, he has served on the executive committee of the United Jewish Appeal, the Board of Trustees of the American Friends of Haifa University and on the development and council of the Ma Plant Hospital in Cle A graduate of the Un Chicago, where he Bachelor of Arts degree j omics, Mr. Rutenberg is i to the former Isadora Ka They have four children. Hebrew Union Coll Institute of Religion rabbis, cantors, scholars.! gious school educators anil munal workers at its foul puses in Cincinnati, Neil Los Angeles and Jerusalem.I United Jewish Appeal West Coi Dinner to be Held December 16 The Federations of Tampa, Pinellas County, Collier County and Sarasota have announced plans to host a dinner in behalf of the 1985 United Jewish Appeal on Sunday evening, Dec. 16 at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Petersburg. 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