Friday. May 9, 1980
The Jewish Floridian of Pinellas County
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Pinellas Jewry Celebrates
Israeli Independence Day
The .local Jewish community celebrated Israeli
Independence Day with a day full of ac-
I under the auspices of the Jewish Com-
Enunitj Centers! the Elbow Lane facility.
The festivitiea started with a Youth Torch Run
ated at a point about a mile away, and all
pie and synagogue youths ran a relay cul-
g at the Center at noon with a torch
lighting ceremony.
Mrs Susan Burnette, director of the Religious
[school of Temple Beth El, coordinated the Torch
|Run. rhe opening ceremonies at noon, staged on
the grounds outside the JCC building, were
Ichaired by Bernard I'anush. chairman of the
I event.
I UK JEWISH War Veterans of Clearwater
Hied the Hags; Bernia Lyon, commander,
blew laps; Ida Leichter led in the singing of the
Spangled Banner" and "Hatikvah'; Rabbi
Jacob I.usky offered a prayer for Israel; Riva
Kent extended the greetings on behalf of the Fed-
rial inn; Takis Kapous. president of SPIFF's,
greeted for the St. Pete International Fair
Society; and Congressman Bill Young made the
official remarks, pledging American aid for main-
taining and safeguarding Israeli independence.
\ crowd of 500 sat on the grounds in the sunny
afternoon, participating in the opening
 monies.
Continued outside entertainment was offered
bv Ma/./an Moshe Neirovich and Barbi Allison.
directing the school choir of Congregation Beth
Clearwater, USY Dancers and tin-Morris
rs TV Channel 10 and many radio stations
ed the entertainment and other activit
auditorium was decorated with Israeli
I posl a -nve mannei >m-
Anne I'anush. i on,
Bei nd Ben
Lilli I
tel.
HI FOLLOWING
cgaiion Beth Shalom,
g [hop Hi-
. yed magazines, library-pocket ficti >n, USY-
coins, Religious School display
.legation Beth Shalom Gulf port Sister-
hood Gift Shop Cert Lipshitz,displayed Israeli
candy; Congregation B'nai Israel St. Peters-
burg, Sisterhood Gift Shop. Harriet Cohen; Jerry
Mensh stained glass and music: Temple B'nai
Israel Clearwater Yolen Zussman displayed
Holocaust books, religious school display by Zena
Sulkes; Temple Beth Kl. St. Petersburg -
Brotherhood Irv Finklestein. Judaism display.
Religious School display Susan Burnett.
Also. Hadassah. Miriam Barshefsky JNF
and Zionist literature; ORT St. Petersburg -
literature; The Mueller Corner Sabbath table
arrangements and live orchids and carnations;
The Source Israeli imports and Judaica.
While all this was going on, a Maccabia sports
event was in progress at the sports field with over
B. Panush Reelected at Beth Sholom
At the annual meeting of Con-
gregation Beth Shalom, Bernard
Panush was reelected president
for a second term. Elected with
Panush were the following:
Executive Committee: Vice
Presidents, David Baker, Melvin
Silverman and Ethel Honigman;
Treasurer, Kenneth Bornstein;
Financial Secretary, Douglas
Zelman; Recording Secretary,
Ann Lane and Immediate Past
President, Alan Bornstein.
Board of Directors, Three-Year
Term: Dr. Frank Moss, Nathan
Belkin, Leo Hanft and Maurice
Hirsty.
Two-Year Term: Marvin Peltz,
Jules White, Irv Kety and
Marian Paikowsky.
One-Year Term: Dorothy
Feigenbaum, Edward Krouk,
Andrew Sendy and Elaine Stern.
On Tuesday, May 6, Hazzan
Moshe Meirovich of Congre-
gation Beth Shalom appeared on
"Living for Today" on TV
Channel 10.
He responded to questions
concerning the annual Cantonal
Concert to be presented on May
14 at 8 p.m. at Congregation
Beth Shalom.
Community Leaders
Chosen as
CJF Delegates
100 l yo ing it ing
unc Michael Charney and
ites ol part icipation,
A SPECIAL att
Vviv, featuring Israeli food: falafi pita,
chumos, shashlik, kosher hoi hea
The cafe was run by the Sisterhood ol Con-
gregation B'nai Israel with Anne Nessan in
charge
A nasherai corner manned by the JWV of St.
Pete with Joe Charles was also open for those who
wanted just a nosh.
In addition, an Art Gallery featuring many
Israeli pictures was opened in the board room, all
pictures framed for this occasion by Center
members and friends.
In view of the upcoming 40 days of peace nego-
tiation between Prime Minister Menachem Begin
and President Anwar Sadat, the rejoicing of the
Pinellas Jews during Israeli's 32nd Independence
assumed a special significance as was stated by
Bernard Panush. chairman of the celebration, and
by Fred Margolis, executive director of the
Jewish Community Center.
NEW YORK, NY. Mrs.
Reva Kent. Charles Rutenberg
and Marvin Feldman will
represent the Jewish Federation
of Pinellas County as 1980 Year
Round Delegates to the Council
of Jewish Federations.
North American Jewish
communities are currently in the
process of selecting top local
leaders to serve in the CJF Year
Round Delegate structure, a
representative body of ap-
proximately 700 lay leaders
acting as the functional link
between Council and the com-
munities it serves.
The Year Round Delegate
system was developed to reflect
the recommendations of the CJF
Review, which determined that
direct involvement by a broad
segment of top and emerging
community leaders would
dramatically augment Council's
effectiveness as the central
consultative resource for local
Federations in all major service
areas.
YEAR ROUND Delegates will
be CJF representatives in their
communities. communicating
and interpreting Council policy
and programs, anil will also sen B
to bring the concerns of
Federation leadership directly
into Council decision making and
rat ion.
(Governance will be another
vital role of the Year-Round
Delegate body- Voting at the
annual CJF" General Assembly.
Year Round Delegates, along
with community-designated
alternates, will determine CJF's
major programs, policies and
finances CJF Board. Committee
and Task Force members will be
drawn primarily from this body.
The CJF is the association of
more than 190 Federations.
Welfare Funds and Community
Councils which serve nearly 800
communities and embrace over
90 percent of the Jewish
population of the United States
and Canada.
Established in 1932, the
Council serves as a national
instrument to strengthen the
work and the impact of Jewish
Federations through leadership
in developing programs to meet
changing needs in the Jewish
community; through the ex-
change of successful experiences
to assure the most effective
community services; through
establishing guidelines for fund
raising and operation; and
through joint national planning
and action on common purpo
deal 0 regional.
nat ional and international needs.
Endowment for Pinellas
Mas County's .1
Federation joins Orlando and
rampa in i he joint formation
an Endowment Fund.
At the Federation board of
director's meeting in April, the
motion passed in March to join
Tampa and Orlando in an
Kndowment Fund was moved by
Ron Diner, spokesman for the
Pinellas Federation's
Kndowment Committee to
allocate the money necessary in
1981 and 1982 and have Pinellas
in equal member in I
well as pri
The motion b) Dmer. seconded
by (harks Rutenberg. brings
Pinellas into a position of tuture
financial resources to further the
growth of Jewish needs in
Pinellas County.
For further information on the
Endowment Committee. call
Bruce Bokor, Endowment
Committee chairman.
Four Teens Awarded Scholarships
Besides presenting a number of
musical selections, he also dis-
cussed with the moderator the
origins of liturgical and popular
Jewish music, as well as Jewish
music in America today.
The Sisterhood of Congrega-
tion Beth Shalom of Clearwater
sponsored a donor luncheon and
fashion show on Tuesday, May 6.
This event took place at
Countryside Country Club.
Buni Zubaly of Ivey's Depart-
ment Store coordinated and pre-
sented the fashion show. Both
men's and women's apparel were
featured.
Rabbi Morris Chapman,
chairman of the Federation
Education Committee, an-
nounced that four Jewish
teenagers have been awarded
scholarships for this summer's
Israel program.
Awards will be made at the
Federation annual meeting on
June 25 at Temple Beth-El in St.
Petersburg.
The Sohon Israel Memorial
Fund, an added scholarship
annually made in conjunction
with the Federation scholarships,
will be awarded for the last time
on June 25 at the Federation
annual meeting.
The funds, now depleted, have
helped numerous Pinellas teens
as they have enlarged their
perspective and insight into
Israel.
'Up from Zero'
Charlies Rutenberg, "Up From
Zero" chairman of the 1980
UJ A / Federation Campaign,
reports the two phonothon
sessions of April 20 and 27 were
so successful bringing in over
$7,500 of new money that a final
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
3C331UU mi, uc ueld on Monday,
May 12, at Superior Surgical in
Seminole.
Those individuals wanting to
donate their services on the
phones that evening should
contact Pam Tench.
|T St. Petersburg NCJW to Install Officers
The St. Petersburg Section of
the National Council of Jewish
Women will hold its final meeting
of the club year on May 28 with
an installation luncheon at the
Pasadena Golf Club, 64th St.
South, at noon.
be presented to qualified high
school students. This will be the
12th year of presenting these
scholarships on the basis of
grades, community service,
character and financial need.
officer is Fred
Installing
Annual scholarship awards will
Hebrew Classes at Beth Sholom
same time, discuss the nature
and make-up of the Siddur
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The Adult Jewish Study Com-
mittee of Congregation Beth
Sholom of Gulf port, headed by
Doris Kushner, announces that
the Hebrew classes which began
early this year will continue every
Thursday morning from 10:30
a.m. to noon until May 15.
Rabbi Sidney Lubin will, at the
(prayerbook).
The Yiddish speaking group
will have its next social at 10:30
a.m., Sunday, May 25. This will
probably be the last meeting of
the season. All groups meet in
the social hall of the sanctuary.
Margolies, executive director of
the Jewish Community Center,
St. Petersburg.
The following are incoming
officers: Mrs. S. Pollinger and
Mrs. S. Sonneborn presidium;
Mrs. J. Lemchak, vice president,
department administration; Mrs.
M. Lippman, vice president,
department ways and means;
Mrs. M. Ehrlich, recording sec-
retary; Mrs. M. Golden, corres-
ponding secretary; Mrs. J.
Colbert, financial secretary; Mrs.
N. Woolf, treasurer; and Mrs. A.
Pfeiffer, Mrs. I. Salkin, Mrs. M.
Urdang, directors.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 8
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