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September-October 2012 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 37
MISH MASH
By Erin O’Shinskey
MEDOF HONORED. Billy Medof has
received the Jonathan R. Barkan Israel
Advocacy Award from the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee Southeast. Medof,
who currently leads a corrugated packaging
business unit within Georgia-Pacific, is a member
of AIPAC’s Washington Club, serves on the
AIPAC Atlanta Executive Council and is active
in AIPAC’s New Leadership Network. He
serves on the Jewish Federation of Greater
Atlanta Board of Directors, the West Point
Jewish Chapel Fund Board of Trustees, and the
executive committee of the Jewish Family &
Career Services Board of Directors. He is also
a recent graduate of the Wexner Heritage
Program.
CTCA BOARD. Serving on the board of directors
of Cancer
Treatment Centers
of America at
Southeastern
Regional Medical
Center, which
opened August 15,
are several Jewish
community members.
Greg Cohn,
founder and managing
partner,
Stanley Steinberg
Greg Cohn
Capital C, recently
co-founded
Source Capital
Mezzanine
Partners; he previously
led fundraising
for Atlanta
Equity, a $109 million
leveraged
buyout fund. Linda
Selig, principal,
the MIH Team,
spent four years as
director of development
for the
Southeast Region
of the Anti-
Defamation League. Stanley P. (Mickey)
Steinberg, independent director, GameStop
Corporation, is senior advisor to the management
consulting firm of Casas, Benjamin &
White LLC.
ZBT HONORS MASSELL. Zeta Beta Tau fraternity,
in Athens, has installed a plaque to dedicate
its Chapter Room to prominent alumnus
Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta and cur-
Sam Massell (left) and ZBT Chapter
President Grant Bickwit
rent president of the Buckhead Coalition. As
Massell opposes naming public property for
people who are still living, he has declined suggestions
of former dedications in his honor.
However, the fraternity house, at 1175 S.
Milledge Avenue, is not on the University of
Georgia campus and thus not owned by government.
Massell, Class of ’48, was president
of the MU Chapter of Phi Epsilon Pi, which
was later merged into ZBT.
NEW BOARD. On May 7, members and
guests of the Ketura Group of Greater
Atlanta Hadassah convened at the
Mirage Restaurant for the installation of
2012-2013 officers, conducted by former
Ketura President Rita Loventhal.
Pictured: (from left, front) Elaine Clein,
Arlene Glass, Rita Goldstein, Co-
Presidents Annie Kohut and Sybil
Ginsburg, Helene Jacoby, Fran
Redisch, and Joan Solomon; (back)
Ellen Frank, Dorothy Scherr, Nancy St.
Lifer, Ellen Keith, and Cindy Tracy. Not
pictured: Judy Greenberg, Reba
Herzfield, Katie Kloder, Reina
Nuernberger, Carol Schneider, Helen
Sharfstein, and Arlene Winn
HELP WITH ADDICTION. Jewish Family &
Career Services of Atlanta has launched a substance
abuse awareness program to educate
people from adolescence to adulthood about
the realities of addiction. For more information,
contact Peggy Kelly at 770-677-9405 or pkelly@jfcs-atlanta.org.
As part of the program,
JF&CS offers a roaming “Sober Shabbat” dinner,
the first Friday of every month, for Jews in
recovery or others who would like an alcoholfree
Shabbat; it provides individuals an opportunity
to be with other Jews experiencing similar
circumstances, as well as connect spiritually
with their Jewish roots. For more information,
contact Ally Thompson at 770-677-9318
or athompson@jfcs-atlanta.org.
ESSAY CONTEST. The Jewish Interest Free
Loan of Atlanta (www.jifla.org), a non-profit
organization whose mission is to make available
interest free short-term loans to Jewish
people in Georgia who are in need of financial
assistance, is sponsoring an essay contest. The
topic is: “Why giving a hand up is better than
giving a hand out.” There will be winners in
two age groups: 10-13 and 14-18 years. Each
winner will receive a $100 gift card. The deadline
for submission is February 17, 2013. Email
entries to freeloan@jifla.org. Contact Stan
Alhadeff, stan@alhadeffcentral.com with questions.
AMIT 2012-2013 BOARD. New Amit
Program board members Jason Cristal, Mindy
Feinstein, Sue Feig, Stacey Geer, Roseanne
Lesack, Laura Markson, Hilly Panovka, and
Yael Swerdlow have joined existing members
Vicki Benjamin, Eve Bogan, Cathy Borenstein,
Linda Bressler, Debra Brown, Stephanie
Covall, Susie Davidow, Jane Durham, Ina
Enoch, Roger Gelder, Helen Hackworth, Trudy
Kremer, Debra Brown, Margie Kassel, Susan
Shoulberg Martos, Beth Ann Rosenberg, Jerry
Rosenberg, Louise Samsky, Janel Schwartz,
Carol Sherwinter, Michelle Simon, George
Stern, Rhonda Taubin, James Weinberg, and
Jerry Weiner. Since 2001, Amit has been the
central resource in the Jewish Community for
special education.
Incoming Amit board president Ina
Enoch (left) presents Carol Sherwinter,
outgoing president, with a Parsha panel
from Amitʼs Visual Torah as a thank-you
for her two years of service.
EAGLE SCOUT. Jason Benator recently
earned the Eagle Badge, the highest rank a Boy
Scout can earn. Jason is the 43rd scout in Troop
73, sponsored by Congregation Or VeShalom,
to earn the Eagle Badge. Jason’s Eagle Badge
project benefited Paws Atlanta, a no-kill animal
shelter. He and his peer group redid the animal
walking trail by clearing underbrush and
spreading mulch, built a new dog ramp, and
completed other improvements. Jason Benator
graduated from The Cottage School and has
been accepted at an aeorspace engineering college.
Contact Scoutmaster Josiah Benator at
404-634-2137 for information on Troop 73.
Parents Ann and Sam Benator with
Jason
GOOD OLD DAYS. The Mount Scopus group
of Greater Atlanta Hadassah presented an
evening with vibrant, witty storyteller Shirley
Brickman, who entertained the group with
“The Good Old Days...They’re Still Here,” at
the first general meeting, September 11, at the
Avis G. Williams Library, in Decatur. The
Mount Scopus Group includes women living in
Northeast Atlanta, including Toco Hill, Intown,
Decatur, Northlake, and Stone Mountain.
FASHION SHOW. On August 19, the
Mount Scopus Group of Greater Atlanta
Hadassah had a brunch and fashion
show, premiering the new fall line from
Irinaʼs Boutique, located in the Briar
Vista Shopping Center. Irinaʼs Boutique
owner Irina Yanovskiy (center) is pictured
with Hadassah member models
(from left) Barbara Fisher, Rachel
Wallenstein, Malka Ambrose, Keren
Fisher, Alisa Haber, and Irina Pelishev.
Make-up for the models was beautifully
done by Faye Grossblatt, and Barbara
Fisher provided jewelry, along with
accessories available at Irinaʼs. Event
proceeds will further the lifesaving
work at Hadassahʼs two hospitals and
groundbreaking medical research in
Jerusalem.
YOUNG LEADERS MEET. In August,
USY chapter presidents from the Ein
Gedi Sub Region (Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Mississippi, and the Florida
Panhandle) met at Congregation Bʼnai
Torah for networking and leadership
training. Pictured: (front, from left) VP
Kerri Fogel (Etz Chaim, Marietta),
President Erin Beiner (Bʼnai Torah,
Atlanta), HaNegev Regional President
Marc Sznapstajler (Bʼnai Aviv, Weston,
Florida), Secretary Natan Gorod (Etz
Chaim); (middle) Will Finkelstein
(Congregation Shaʼarey Israel, Macon),
Stefani Johnson (Bʼnai Zion,
Chattanooga, Tennessee), Leah Givarz
(Etz Chaim), Hannah Stein (West End
Synagogue, Nashville, Tennessee),
Matthew Prater (Beth Shalom, Atlanta),
Teva Ilan (Congregation Shaʼarey
Israel); (back) Abby Mandel (Synagogue
Emanu-El, Charleston, South Carolina),
Alex Gordon (Beth Shalom, Memphis,
Tennessee), Lili Brown (Bʼnai Torah),
Eliza Lebovitz (Bʼnai Zion), Michael
Roochvarg (Temple Israel, Charlotte,
North Carolina), and Sam Book
(Synagogue Emanu-El)