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Page 6 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN November-December 2011 AICC seminar yields insights about U.S.-Israel business As the “Start Up Nation” has matured, the nature of U.S.-Israel business is growing and changing. This was the theme of the 13th annual Professional Seminar, on August 25, which attracted almost 80 participants from the legal, accounting, real estate, and financial professions, as well as others who were hungry to gain insights into various aspects of U.S.-Israel business. Organized by the Professional Committee of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce, SE Region (AICC), the seminar featured a variety of presentations, panels, case studies, and a luncheon keynote by The Trendlines Group CEO Todd Dollinger, one of Israel’s most successful and visionary entrepreneurs since moving to Israel in 1990. As owner and operator of two Israeli government- licensed business incubators that focus on medical devices and cleantech, Dollinger shared his company’s mission to “create and develop businesses to improve the human condition.” Dollinger expressed his admiration for AICC and said Keynote speaker Todd Dollinger, CEO of The Trendlines Group that there is great potential for his portfolio companies, now totaling over 50, in the Southeastern U.S. Plans are being made to include Atlanta in a “road show” of several of these portfolio companies, which will visit five U.S. cities next spring to raise investment. The seminar also featured a presentation by Israel-based IT network management company Centerity Systems, with a panel of experts giving advice and insights; a case study of Arab-Israeli owned medical device company Alpha Omega, which has its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta; a case study of the acquisition of Atlanta-based security technology company Vumii by Israel-based Opgal; perspectives on funding early-stage Israeli companies, presented by Tel Aviv-based Fruition; and insights from Proctor & Gamble on how major corporations are scouting Israeli innovation, which is the rationale for the chamber’s new Corporations Initiative as introduced by The Coca-Cola Company’s Joel Neuman. Panelists for the Centerity presentation: (from left) Murray Bookman, Cisco Systems; Tal Cohen, Nestmetrics; Gilly Segal, Alston & Bird
November-December 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 7 Capitol Steps to perform at Golden Gala Famed Washington, D.C., comedy troupe The Capitol Steps will headline the biennial fundraiser for The William Breman Jewish Home, on Saturday evening, December 3, at the InterContinental Buckhead. Proceeds are specially designated to upgrade the facility of this historic elderly care center, in particular the auditorium, where special events are held. For event supporters, bolstering the Jewish home underscores the age-old Fifth Commandment—to honor one’s parents— and often resonates personally. “The William Breman Jewish Home became a place I cared about after I saw my own grandfather lying in a bed at The Jewish Home, when it was on 14th Street,” said Dulcy Rosenberg, who, with Jerry Horowitz, is one of the evening’s honorees. “He seemed so alone and helpless.... I knew at that moment that I needed to make a difference in the care of the elderly and disabled,” she said. The gala starts at 7:30 p.m., with the special performance by The Capitol Steps, at 8:00 p.m. “We are taught L’dor V’dor, which calls on each generation to transmit the val- ues of the previous one and help one another,” said co-honoree Jerry Horowitz. “We can best demonstrate this when we care for our parents as they did for us and as their parents did before them. “I worked to make our William Breman Jewish Home a great place, because every man and woman needing to be in a nursing home in our community should have the very best care until the end of their lives. My mother was blessed to have this kind of loving care.” The William Breman Jewish Home has been serving the community’s frail, elderly, and disabled since 1951. Originally located on 14th Street, it moved to a larger, new I remember Dr. Arnall Patz BY Carolyn Goodman Gold The Jewish Georgian’s mission has always been to highlight the contributions of Jewish citizens to their communities and to the state of Georgia. Never has there been a more outstanding contribution than that of Dr. Arnall Patz, a native of my old hometown, Elberton, Georgia, to his birthplace, his country, and to the world’s medical community. Arnall Patz, who died in 2010, was honored for his lifetime contribution to ophthalmology. He is credited with discovering that high oxygen levels can cause blindness in premature infants. His findings led to changes that saved the sight of countless babies. Dr. Patz was director of the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, and he was the recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004. He also received an Albert Lasker Award, “often called the ‘American Nobel,’” according to Johns Hopkins Medicine magazine. Arnall was born in Elberton in 1920. The Johns Hopkins publication describes Elberton as “rural.” We didn’t consider it so, unless you count that the Patz family kept a cow in their backyard, a stone’s throw from downtown. He graduated from Emory University and Emory Medical School. After serving facility on Howell Mill Road in 1971. In 1999, the d o o r s opened on a new stateof-the-art facility on what is known as the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg campus, which provides residents with a cheerful, home-like environment. Rehabilitation therapy services are located in a fully equipped, newly renovated area overlooking the garden courtyard. The complex comprises The Home itself, a 96-bed Medicare- and Medicaidcertified facility specializing in long-term skilled nursing home care and short-term rehabilitative care; The Zaban Tower, 60 senior apartments for independent and Dulcy Rosenberg Jerry Horowitz in World War II, he joined the eye clinic at Walter Reed Army Hospital and then began his residency at the District of Columbia General Hospital. I fondly remember his father, Mr. Sam Patz, joking that he just wanted to live long enough “to see Arnall finish school.” If Mr. Patz could only have known: Arnall went on to earn a master of liberal arts degree from Johns Hopkins University at age 78! Arnall’s observation of premature infants with severe loss of sight led him to suspect high levels of oxygen in their incubators. When he could not get funding for his research, he borrowed money from his brother Louis in Elberton. Louis Patz and his wife, Florette, later lost their lives in the 1962 Orly plane crash, and their children were taken in to live with Arnall’s family. Dr. Patz was also known for the development of one of the first lasers used to treat diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and retina tearing. Among his many awards was the first Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research in 1994. Dr. Morton F. Goldberg, one of Patz’s protégés and his immediate successor as director of the Wilmer Eye Institute, called him “an exceptional colleague and friend, whom I consider to be one of the greatest ophthalmologists and greatest human beings in modern medicine. It was his passion, as well as his brilliance, that made him a great researcher and clinician, and most importantly, a mentor to all of us who learned and worked with him.” Emory Magazine also carried a tribute to Dr. Arnall Patz on his death. His mother, Sarah Patz, who was like a grandmother to me, and his father, Sam Patz, would have been so proud of their youngest son’s accomplishments. Elberton also should be assisted living; The Vi & Milton Weinstein Hospice, a Medicare-certified agency providing end-of-life care, as well as comfort and respite care through the Gesher Palliative Care Program; The Meyer Balser NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community), a community program funded by The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta that provides seniors with innovative activities and services so that they can continue to live independently and age in place; The Jewish Tower, a 200-unit senior citizen high-rise apartment building; and The Cohen Home, an assisted living facility in Alpharetta. The William Breman Jewish Home is dependent on charitable contributions to provide all residents with the best possible care, regardless of ability to pay. A beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, The Home also has many individual and corporate supporters. For Golden Gala tickets and information, call Cindy Cassano or Carole Shovers, at the William Breman Jewish Home, 404- 351-8410. proud to have had a world-renowned native who contributed so much to humanity through preserving “the gift of sight.”
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