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BEN ZINN LAB DEDICATEDGT’s Longest- Tenured Professor Honored PAGE 9
ELECTION IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE Op-ed by Harley Tabak, Breman Home CEOPAGE 10 NER TAMID CONFIRMANDS SHABBATON
Atlanta Trip to The Temple, MLK National Historic Site PAGE 17
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ISrAElAJTIsraeli Pride GOOD NEWS MADE IN THE JEWISH STATE THIS PAST WEEK
HEArT rEPAIrS ArE mADE USING PIG TISSUE. The phrase “you cannot make a silk purse from a sow’s ear” is no longer true; Israel Technion sci-entists have used pig tissue to create a thick “scaffold” for heart muscle. It will allow doctors to rehabilitate the damaged scar tissue caused by heart attacks.
ISrAEl ProvIDES AID To HUrrI-cANE SANDy vIcTImS. The Israeli global humanitarian organization Israel Flying Aid, which was first to land in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, has been distributing large supplies of gas to Tri-State area hospitals as well as food, batter-ies and generators.
rElATIoNS wITH BUlGArIA Grow. President Rosen Plevneliev revealed that he was born on May 14, 1948 – the same day as Israel. He planted a tree in Jerusalem’s Grove of Nations and hopes “it will grow and flour-
ish just like the friendship between us.” President Plevneliev also seeks more hi-tech cooperation between his country and the Jewish State.
wAzE HElPS AmErIcANS To fIll UP. The White House and the Fed-eral Emergency Management Agen-cy (FEMA) has turned to Waze, the Israeli app that offers real-time traf-fic navigation updates, to help New Jersey residents suffering from fuel shortages.
INTEl INvESTS IN EDUcATIoN. Intel Corporation’s CEO Paul Otellini has
launched a $5 million investment in science and technology in Israeli high schools. The project aims to double the number of high school students completing their science and technol-ogy matriculation certificate.
mIcroSofT SIGNS AGrEEmENT wITH ISrAEl. The agreement is intended to develop “shared infrastructure investment” in national information technology projects and encourage interdependent Israeli technology companies and start-ups. Microsoft has also begun registering for its next accelerator program, through which Israeli start-ups will receive $20,000 and help from Microsoft, Is-rael’s Technion and Georgia Tech.
THE ProJEcT To BrING THE lAST rEmNANTS of ETHIoPIAN JEwry flIES oN “THE wINGS of A DovE.” Thanks to the like-named initiative, 237 of the Ethiopian community’s population of 8,000 have just been rescued from appalling conditions in Gondar and flown via Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv.
AT 17 yEArS olD, SHE’S A worlD cHAmPIoN. Israel’s Naomi Cohen won gold at the 2012 RS:X Youth World Windsurfing Championships in Taiwan.
THE BUBBES of “GrANNIES oN SA-fArI” comE To THE JEwISH STATE. The hosts of popular U.S. Public Broadcasting System TV program “Grannies on Safari” have filmed two episodes in Israel. The globetrotting pair had been in Egypt last year, just in time for the “Arab Spring” pro-tests, emerging unscathed if a little scared. Their Israel trip was quite tame by comparison.
GHANAIANS ArE rEScUED from THE rUBBlE. An Israeli Home Front Command team and a Magen David Adom team are assisting in the re-lief effort following the collapse of a four-story shopping mall in Ghana’s capital Accra.
Editor’s note: This list courtesy Mi-chael Ordman and verygoodnewsis-rael.blogspot.com.
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NEwSAJTJHI, Community Support Make Life-Saving Surgery PossibleEYASU STILL SMILING THANKS TO DR. LIPSITT AND MANY OTHERS
Staff ReportThat Dr. Michael Lipsitt, intervention-al cardiologist at Gwinnett Medical Center and Jewish Healthcare Inter-national (JHI) volunteer, even heard the story of Eyasu Minas Woldekirkos and his struggle with rheumatic fever was a chance occurrence. That the former would see the lat-ter – a 29-year-old Ethiopian and pro-vider for extended family in his home country – take a walk in the suburbs of Atlanta while recovering from life-saving surgery, that was a far more remote possibility. Providentially for all involved, it happens that Dr. Lipsitt was on JHI’s April 2012 mission to Ethiopia, and it happens that he worked alongside Eyasu’s cousin, who shared her rela-tive’s worsening condition with the doctor and asked for help. While there was nothing to be done immediately, an incredible series of events was set in motion. “I asked myself, couldn’t I try to do something?” Dr. Lipsitt remembered of
his initial reaction. “I know a surgeon who operated on my father about 10 years ago; [I thought], maybe I can ask him, maybe we can get a visa…but I didn’t have the answers to any of these questions. “But at least if I tried, I would know I tried to help somebody who had a problem. I never dreamed we would get it all accomplished, but the pieces just started falling into place.” First, Dr. Lipsitt reached out to the aforementioned surgeon, Dr. David Langford, who was immensely gener-ous in agreeing and offering the proce-dure – which turned out to be the re-placement of three heart valves – free of charge. Then, Gwinnett Medical Center was hugely gracious in footing the bills associated with the necessary facilities, equipment and subsequent hospital stay. Still, Eyasu did not have a way of getting into the United States. For that, a visa would be required, and in order to get a visa quickly enough, it would take a Congressman’s letter re-questing special urgency.
Enter Representative Tom Price, part of Georgia’s delega-tion to the House since 2005 and himself an orthopedist in the past. He happily obliged, all the pieces were in place, and was set for surgery early this month. On Nov. 9, the procedure was completed without signifi-cant complication, and a de-serving young man had a new lease on life. The patient will return to Ethiopia and resume his nor-mal life upon full recovery, the process of which is going very well. Not long ago, Eyasu had to pause every third step when climbing stairs. That’s not the case at all anymore, Dr. Lipsitt is thrilled to report. “He came to our house for a visit,” the doctor said. “He walked up to our upstairs, he walked down to our first floor, he walked down to the basement and walked back to the first floor – all with a big grin on his face.”
Editor’s note: JHI (jewishhealthcare-international.org) is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization dedi-cated to enhancing the quality of and access to healthcare services available to communities in need throughout the world.
TOP: Dr. Michael Lipsitt (far left) scrubbed in for the surgery that saved the life of Eyasu (reclining). ABOVE: Today, Eyasu is walk-ing comfortably and looking forward to his return home. PHOTOS/courtesy Dr. Michael Lipsitt
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Charlotte, North CarolinaThe Foundation of Shalom Park is seeking a highly qualifi ed Executive Director. The Foundation is a non-profi t Jewish agency that owns and manages the properties and facilities for the 12 independent Jewish organizations that are located at this spec-tacular 54 acre site in Charlotte, NC.
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Israel: A Popular DestinationLOCAL TRIPS INDICATIVE OF TOURISM UPSWING
By roN fEINBErG Web Editor
Lizzie McGrath was enjoying her last day in Israel, spending the afternoon with her family at the National Military Cem-
etery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. She had just wandered over to the gravesite of Golda Meir, the fourth Prime Minister of the Jewish state, when she spotted a group of Israel Defense Force troops. Lizzie, who’s only 6 years old and a student at the Davis Acad-emy in Atlanta, was standing next to the five young troopers when someone nearby suggest-ed she offer up a salute. It was a perfect “Kodak moment” which, fortunately, was captured by a photographer in the area. The memo-rable picture shows Lizzie with a sweet smile spill-ing across her face, her right arm raised and hand resting lightly against her brow. In the background, the soldiers all grin with delight, three of them re-turning Lizzie’s greeting with smart salutes of their own. “It’s not something you see every day,” said Robin McGrath, Lizzie’s mom. “It certainly makes you appre-ciate the fruits of freedom that we all enjoy and the sacrifices of these young girls.” Lizzie was traveling in Israel last summer with her parents, Robin and Kevin McGrath, and her brother, her sister and 30 or so others. The trip, a two-week tour pulled together by Con-gregation Etz Chaim in East Cobb, featured stops in and around Tel Aviv, Haifa, Tiberius and Jerusalem. “There’s just so much to do and see in Israel,” said Gary Feinberg, a long-time member of Etz Chaim and the photographer who snapped the picture of Lizzie and the IDF soldiers. “This was a wonderful trip, and what made it really special was being able to experience it with friends – old and new – from my synagogue.” It turns out that such congrega-tional trips are also great news for
Israel – especially the country’s econ-omy. Travel to the Jewish homeland is booming, according to the Israeli Min-istry of Tourism. Nearly 300,000 tour-ists visited Israel in July, a record for the month and an 8 percent increase over the previous July. “It’s a period where, on the face of it, we should be struggling with an eco-nomic downturn and the Arab Spring
around us,” the tourism ministry’s Uri Steinberg told the Associated Press. “But it hasn’t worked out that way.” Although final numbers for the summer season have yet to be fully reported, tourism officials are certain that 2012 is shaping up to be a record year. The even better news, officials re-port, is that a large number of tourists visiting Israel for the first time often return again. That’s certainly the case for the McGraths. They had been looking for-ward to visiting Israel for years and decided to join the Etz Chaim group so they could celebrate their son’s Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem. “It was unbelievable,” Robin McGrath said. “The trip provided us with a great overview of the country, but now we’re hoping to return next summer and have the time to really see everything at our own pace.”
ON THE COVER: A lone Israeli Flag sits atop Masada in the Judean Desert; in the background is the
Dead Sea. Photo by Gary Feinberg, www.garyfein-
bergphoto.com.
lizzie mcGrath offers up a warm smile and a salute after meeting this group of IDF women during a trip last summer to
Israel. PHOTO/www.garyfeinbergphoto.com
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NoGA rEPorTSAJTThe 2012 Election from the Other Side – of the Ocean U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN THE EYES OF AN ISRAELIBy NoGA GUr-ArIEH AJT Columnist
When CNN Correspondent Jonathan Mann met with Israeli political scientists and members of the media
recently, one of the ideas he focused on was why Israelis care about the U.S. election. For more than an hour, Mann and his audience exchanged opinions and spoke about the mutual aid the U.S.
and Israel offer one another. The dis-cussion centered around the political, financial and security aspects of the complex relationship between the two countries. However, little was said about the impact the election had on the average Israeli. To illuminate this point, let me give you an idea of what it means to live in Israel and follow politics on an inter-national scale by offering this Facebook status update that a friend of mine re-cently posted: “I wonder if the Americans care about the U.S election as much as we do?” We Israelis might not understand all the different and complex issues fac-ing the U.S., but I swear that if you vis-ited Israel last week, you would think you never left the States. In the week before Americans cast their ballots, it seemed as if there was no actual news being made in Israel at all – everything centered around the Land of the Free. Newspapers were filled with stories and columns offering interpretations and predictions about the upcoming U.S. election; polls were analyzed, and the presidential debates were the hot topic of conversation for days. Israeli correspondents were sent to Wash-ington, Chicago and New York to get quotes from politicians, government leaders and – most fittingly – the aver-age guy on the street. There were times when I wondered if my fellow Israelis really cared all that much about what was happening thou-sands of miles away. Oh, I know that people understand about the impor-tance of U.S. support and the need for a good and sturdy relationship between Obama and Netanyahu. But do we really need TV specials, satirical shows, dedicated broadcasts and newspaper sections here? Do we really care that much? Well, as it turns out, the answer to that question depends on whom you ask. Some of my fellow political science students are very interested in the U.S election because of the procedures and strategies used and because it is the in-ternational symbol of democracy, and some of my fellow communication and media students find particular interest in the media coverage of the presiden-tial race. Meanwhile, many friends off cam-pus could care less about the political process in the U.S. Some made jokes; some simply had no idea what was hap-pening.
In other words, while some of my acquaintances wouldn’t have dreamed of it, I know others who stayed up on election night and watched live updates as they came in to broadcast headquar-ters. Roee Snir, one of my best friends, ac-tually watched all that was happening at the home of the U.S. Ambassador. Roee is the vice president of the Israeli model United Nations Society and the vice president of the Tel Aviv Univer-sity Model United Nations Society. I think there’s a good chance that, one day, Roee will be the Israeli Am-bassador in the United States – you can say you heard that here first! Natu-rally, U.S. politics is his hobby, and he pretty much knows all the major policy positions of Obama and Romney. As for myself, I’m not as compulsive, but I do pay attention. I understand the importance of the election and U.S. pol-itics to Israel and also understand our importance to the election process. I find the media coverage – both here and in the U.S. – interesting, sometimes fascinating. There are so many differences between the way the election process and the campaigns work in the two countries, and in the past couple of weeks, I learned a lot about American culture, which I take particular interest in. It’s a given here in Israel that Romney is better for our country than Obama, so, obviously, more Israelis sup-port Romney than President Obama, and many think that the president isn’t a real partner for Israel. To these people, I’d simply remind them that the U.S. is a huge country with many problems. Israel is impor-tant, but we’re not the only issue that U.S. voters must deal with when select-ing a leader. It’s true that Israel was mentioned over 30 times during the Presidential debates, but U.S. voters need to pick the person they think will best lead the country in all areas. The one thing I think most of us can agree on is the importance to sim-ply vote in the election. I can only hope that most of you made it to the polls on election day and that the next four years will be filled with productivity and calmness.Editor’s note: Noga Gur-Arieh visited the U.S. to work at Camp Coleman af-ter finishing her military service in the IDF. She is now back in Israel, working as a journalist.
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If yoU ASK mEAJTJewish Pride in the South BALANCING STEREOTYPES WITH REALITY
By SArAH cHANIN For the Atlanta Jewish Times
Being a Jew in Georgia can be challenging. I was born and raised in the
state, the setting for such celluloid clas-sics as “Deliverance,” “Gone With the Wind” and “Fried Green Tomatoes.” Truth to tell, however, I don’t own a shotgun or live on a plantation, and I don’t particularly care for fried foods. Georgia is a land of stereotypes – some true, some not so much. But be-ing different in the Land of Cotton can be tough. For decades, being Jewish in the Deep South was not only unacceptable, it was downright dangerous. And while life here still isn’t perfect, I think it’s important that Jewish young people remain proud of who they are and their rich history and culture. I’ve met many people in school who say they’ve never known a practicing Jew. In fact, one of the most common questions people ask me is, “Are you ‘Jewish,’ or ‘Jew-ish’?” When dealing with such issues, Ari-elle Berne, a 21-year-old student at the University of Georgia, thinks that hon-esty is always the best policy. “I actually really like telling people that I’m Jewish,” she said. “It’s a big part of who I am, and I don’t feel like a person really knows me unless they know my heritage.” Fortunatley, UGA has a fairly lib-eral environment with numerous Jew-ish organizations. We have a Hillel and Chabad house, great places to worship and socialize; two Jewish fraternities and a Jewish sorority. That’s not bad for a university far below the Mason-Dixon where Jews remain a minority. But even in this liberal and accept-ing environment, some Jewish students are uncomfortable embracing their identity. In 2010, an issue focusing on Jew-ish beliefs and identity surfaced in the Red & Black, the campus newspaper published by students. A member of UGA’s Jewish sorority wrote an opin-ion piece complaining that Jewish stu-dents wouldn’t be reimbursed for foot-
ball tickets for a game that fell on Yom Kippur. Some students were unhappy with the column. Surprisingly, most of the resistance came from other Jews on campus. In fact, a group of girls in the Jewish sorority bullied her and at-tempted to write a letter of apology to the Red & Black, but that letter was never published, and the young wom-an who wrote the original column re-mained steadfast in her beliefs. As for myself, I’ve only had one bad experience after telling someone that I was Jewish during my four years at the university: While at lunch with some friends, I was introduced to my friend Rosalie’s classmate. I made a joke about how Jews love to eat – well, we really do – and the classmate didn’t take it very well. She started to berate me and harp on the treatment of Palestinians in Is-rael, adding that the U.S. shouldn’t al-ways come to the defense of the Jewish homeland because “it’s evil!” When she finished, I made it clear I was proud of being a Jew, then pointed out I wasn’t an Israeli and had little con-trol over politics in the Middle East. Like all forms of expression, there’s a time and place when it is acceptable to express your religious beliefs. There are also times when it’s simply not nec-essary. Arielle, my friend and fellow student at Georgia, sums up the experience as a Southern Jew quite nicely. The only times she feels the need to suppress her Jewish identity, she says, is when she volunteers or babysits at churches or for Christian organizations. “I am stepping onto someone else’s religious ground, and it’s not the time or place for me to promote my own be-liefs,” Arielle said. “But if anyone at these places were to ask me about my religious affiliation, I would giggle and tell them, ‘I’m Jewish, y’all!’” Editor’s note: Sarah Chanin is a stu-dent at the University of Georgia.
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Staff Report
The 24th Annual Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture fea-tured United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
The turnout to hear the judge speak at Ahavath Achim Synagogue on the eve-ning of Nov. 7 was tremendous, putting both parking and seating at a “premi-um” for the free event.
Supreme Court Justice Breyer at Ahavath Achim’s Eizenstat Lecture BY SHEDDING LIGHT ON JUDICIARY, ILLUMINATES GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE
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After a message on the just-passed elections from Rabbi Neil Sandler and an introduction from the founder of the lecture series himself, Ambassa-dor Stuart Eizenstat, Breyer launched into educating and entertaining a mas-sive audience that included many local judges, lawyers and law students. The premise of the justice’s lec-ture – entitled “Making Our Democ-
racy Work: A Judge’s View” – was to answer the questions that he himself frequently fields and contemplates. To begin, he explored why the American people should or would follow the deci-sions of nine unelected individuals, the Supreme Court Justices. “Contrary to popular belief, there are 308 million Americans who are not lawyers,” Breyer said, getting a rise out
of the audience with the wisecrack. “So, why do you have something at stake here?” To begin to address such a weighty query, the justice went back to the be-ginning – of the United States, that is – to Alexander Hamilton and his Fed-eralist Papers. It was in one portion of this fabled collection of documents that Hamilton first reasoned out why a third branch of government should wield the power of determining the “Constitu-tionality” of individual laws. Breyer then cited several Supreme Court cases – Marbury v. Madison, Brown v. the Board of Education, Bush v. Gore and Korematsu v. the United States among them – which illustrate why and how the system of checks and balances originally laid out by our country’s forefathers is not only effec-tive, but ideal. With each case, Breyer noted how certain opinions – both assenting and dissenting – further illustrate how Su-preme Court justices help shape U.S. policy and lawmaking and, in turn, the lives of everyday citizens. And speaking of the people, they have a responsibility, a huge role to play, too. “Know your history a little bit; un-derstand your government institu-tions,” Breyer asked of his listeners. I hope that by doing so, you’ll do this Constitution the service of participat-ing in public life. “The most marvelous thing I see is when I look out into that courtroom and I see people of every race, every religion, every possible point of view, being there and resolving their differ-ences,” he concluded.
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By Al SHAmS AJT Contributor
Several weeks ago, I had the honor of being invited to the dedication of the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory on the
Georgia Tech Campus. This state-of-the-art facility, one of the finest of its kind in the world, was named in honor of Georgia Tech’s longest-serving pro-fessor and an internationally known leader in the field of combustion. Addressing Zinn himself at the ded-ication ceremony, Georgia Tech’s Pro-vost, Dr. Rafael Bras, spoke glowingly about the former’s lifelong career at Tech and his many contributions to the institute, to its students and to the ad-vancement of aerospace engineering. The seats were filled with Zinn’s family, friends and former and cur-rent students as well as industry and academic colleagues from around the world. After Dr. Bras’s introductory com-ments, the professor spoke of the lab’s modest beginnings in a small metal shack and its rapid growth and reloca-tion to its current location in 2001. The continued successes of the program and its sponsored research projects cre-ated a need for yet more space, so to alleviate the problem, the combustion program expanded into a recently com-pleted “green energy” building called the Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions (C-NES) Laboratory. This new building, which will house both combustion and energy related re-search programs, is adjacent to the Zinn Combustion Laboratory, itself a multi-million dollar research facility that houses a wide range of experiments that investigate and develop better ap-proaches for burning different fuels ful-ly, stably, environmentally safely and in the smallest possible volumes. Examples of applications of these research programs include power-gen-erating gas turbines, liquid and solid propellants rockets, missiles that fly at supersonic and hypersonic speeds, jet engines, military engines afterburners, underwater propulsion, boilers, refinery furnaces and oil recovery processes. Notably, the sponsored research budget of this lab has increased from $3 million to $6.7 million per year between 2006 and 2011, an increase of more than 100 percent in five years. Practi-cally all the major engine and gas tur-bine companies and nearly all federal agencies that have interest in energy,
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Dedicating the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory DISTINGUISHED GEORGIA TECH PROFESSOR HONORED
power and propulsion are supporting research is the laboratory. Most importantly, approximately 70 graduate students and 30 under-graduates are doing research in the lab. These numbers are increasing, and the lab’s graduates are leaders in gov-ernments, industry and universities throughout the world. more on Ben zinn Zinn, whose distinguished career at Georgia Tech spans more than 47 years, is a Regents’ professor, the Davis S. Lewis Jr. Chair in the School of Aero-space Engineering and a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering. He is widely recognized as an expert in rocket and missiles combustion and the control of combustion processes in such diverse devices as power-generating gas turbines, jet engines and refinery furnaces. A member of many professional and academic associations, Zinn has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including Israel’s 2012 Inter-national Hanin Memorial Prize and the Westinghouse Gold Medal of the American Institute of Mechanical En-gineers. He also holds 13 patents and has written and lectured extensively throughout the world. Zinn’s parents moved from Poland in 1936 to the land that would later become Israel; the professor was born in the future Jewish state in 1937 and grew up in the outskirts of Tel Aviv. To-day, he lives with his companion, Adri-enne Miller, in Atlanta; his two chil-dren, Ed and Leslie Zinn; son-in-law, Jorge Villalba; and five grandchildren also live in Atlanta.Editor’s note: For even more on Ben Zinn, see the full story at atljewishtimes.com. Al Shams is a Sandy Springs resi-dent, a former CPA and an investment professional with more than 35 years industry experience.
Georgia Tech Professor Ben zinn speaks at the dedication of the Ben T.
Zinn Combustion Laboratory.PHOTO/Rob Felt
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By HArlEy l. TABAK For the Atlanta Jewish Times
Many people are wonder-ing what impact the elec-tion results will have on healthcare. Long-term
care in particular is a subject with which many American families are fa-miliar and still more will come to face in the future.
Op-ed: 2012 Election Impact on Long-term CareOBAMA’S RE-ELECTION, THE ACA, MEDICAID AND MEDICARE
Now that the voting is over, the decisions made in Washington, D.C. about a “grand bargain” to control the growth of federal spending will focus on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Securi-ty, which currently make up 50 percent of total federal spending. Underlying the concern about the escalating costs of these programs is a fundamental change going on in the make-up of our population.
There are many more elderly living in the U.S. than ever before, and a high percentage of them have one or more chronic diseases or disabilities. Addi-tionally, a rapidly increasing number of people under age 65 are being diag-nosed with chronic diseases and dis-abilities, putting additional strains on the long-term care delivery system. Medicine has advanced to the point that we expect to survive most acute illnesses, but our healthcare delivery
system is overburdened now with those who survive hospitalizations. Many are left struggling to manage chronic dis-eases in a maze of government-funded programs which, barring significant change, cannot be continued without putting us in further debt. While President Barack Obama’s re-election ensures that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be implemented, nothing remaining in this legislation directly addresses long-term care. The Act originally contained a provision called CLASS (Community Living As-sistance Services and Supports) to cre-ate a voluntary, government-sponsored long-term care insurance program, but this program was eliminated when gov-ernment actuaries determined that it was not financially feasible. on medicaid and medicare
CLASS aside, ACA will affect nurs-ing homes through the inducements to states to expand Medicaid coverage for working-age households. Some states, like Georgia, are unlikely to accept ad-ditional federal money to expand Med-icaid to the younger, uninsured popula-tions. The problem is that after three years of full payment from the federal gov-ernment, at least 10 percent of the cost must be paid by the state thereafter. At this level of match, expanding Medicaid would cost Georgia an additional $4.5 billion in expenditures over the next 10 years. According to a recent report from the National Governors Association, Medicaid currently constitutes the single largest share of state budgets – 24 percent. On average, nursing home care accounts for nearly one-third of this amount. So, if states expand Medicaid cov-erage for the younger population, it is likely that more significant cuts would be applied to the Medicaid population receiving long-term care in nursing homes and for elderly requiring care in the community. What complicates matters further is that many Americans incorrectly believe that their potential long-term
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nursing home costs will be covered by Medicare. In fact, Medicare pays only 25 percent of nursing home costs, and only for short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay. Medicaid accounts for 43 percent of total nursing home revenue. The bal-ance is paid privately through individu-als’ personal assets, with a small per-centage covered through commercial insurance. Additionally, Medicare and Medicaid do not cover the cost of as-sisted living facilities, often considered an entry point to long-term care. Neither political party has offered detailed plans on how it would reduce spending for Medicare and Medicaid other than reducing payments to facili-ties providing care. Alternatives – such as increasing the eligibility age for Medicare recipients, reducing benefits and raising taxes – are politically un-popular. Since long-term care providers re-ceive over two-thirds of their revenue from Medicaid and Medicare, reduc-tions in payments from either the fed-eral or state governments could have a profound effect on access to care and, potentially, on the quality of care. Mitt Romney proposed the idea of Medicaid “block grants,” which would have permitted greater decision-mak-ing authority to states to experiment with new ideas to provide care more ef-ficiently and effectively. This approach is unlikely to go anywhere with the President’s re-election. President Obama’s administration at the Centers for Medicare and Medic-aid Services (CMS) is likely to continue experimenting with innovative ideas to reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality outcomes. One such development is Accountable Care Or-ganizations (ACOs): Groups of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare provid-ers who come together voluntarily to give high quality care to the Medicare patients they serve. ACOs are intended to provide co-ordinated care which ensures that pa-tients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, thereby avoiding unnecessary duplication of services (such as hospital re-admis-sions) and preventing medical errors.
Still, it is uncertain whether such innovations will save enough money to keep Medicare and Medicaid finan-cially sustainable at current growth levels. Given the urgent need to reduce federal spending, it is likely that a com-bination of payment cuts to providers, tax increases and eligibility reductions will be necessary to keep Medicare and Medicaid viable for the future.
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Long-term care – indeed, all of healthcare – could undergo dramatic changes in the future as our elected leaders confront the challenge of pay-ing for a rapidly growing elderly and chronically ill population. Currently, access to nursing homes and physicians has been curtailed in many communi-ties due to the low government pay-ment levels given to medical providers. If additional reductions are made in these programs, this problem will be exacerbated. The election has not determined what our future long-term healthcare delivery system will look like, but it has set the stage for who will be making these difficult decisions. The outcome of these deliberations will affect all of us. At the William Breman Jewish Home, we have been preparing for these changes to our funding structure. We are fortunate our community sup-ports our annual fundraising efforts, which enable us to care for families re-gardless of their ability to pay. Our Board of Directors and staff have been innovative in finding oppor-tunities to create additional revenue streams that offer added value to our community without overburdening our families or compromising the quality of care we provide our residents. These additional lines of business will provide even more solutions for the ever-increasing number of families with aging loved ones.
Editor’s note: Harley Tabak is Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of The William Breman Jewish Home.
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Since moving to America, Safa Nooromid has spent more than a decade studying diet and nutrition. She primarily
works as a renal dietitian, focusing on kidney health, at a dialysis clinic. With nearly 150 patients and tasks that include monitoring lab results and checking medication and diet in-struction, she describes her work as being both an important responsibil-ity and “very clinical.” When she isn’t caring for dialy-sis patients, appearing as a guest speaker for various universities and company health fairs or working with student interns, Nooromid also runs a nutrition consulting service with her daughter, Rachel. “It’s been very good for me,” said Nooromid. “I love my job, I love work-ing with all my patients.” Nooromid grew up as part of a Sephardic family in Iran until the uprisings of the Iranian Revolution prompted her to relocate to Israel in 1978. She spent a year in the Jewish State, where she met her future hus-band. The young couple eventually de-cided to make a home in the United States and moved to metro Atlanta. The transition was occasionally diffi-cult, but as a member of Congregation Etz Chaim, Nooromid found a source of stability within the local Jewish community. “I spent a lot of time volunteer-ing, doing stuff at the synagogue,” she said.
A Hebrew speaker, Nooromid was tapped by the congregation’s educa-tion director to teach classes in the language for several years. And in addition to instructing her own stu-dents, Nooromid decided to become an adult bat mitzvah, attending Judaics classes and learning how to read To-rah again. “I really loved it; I felt like it was something that connected me to my culture and to my tradition,” remem-bered Nooromid. Still, Nooromid had greater ambi-tions. In her early 30s, she was trying to figure out what to do with her life. “I always had a passion for the health field, so I was trying to find what would suit my lifestyle,” she said. She first enrolled at Georgia Pe-rimeter College, where she completed her prerequisites and sciences before transferring to Georgia State. She continued to pursue her interest, even though while attending GPC, her ad-visers urged her to consider another path. “My advisers kind of tried to turn me off,” recalled Nooromid, “They said, ‘Oh, there’s no jobs [in nutrition]’ and this and that, but I still pursued it.” She followed her heart and man-aged to earn both bachelor’s and mas-ter’s degrees from Georgia State. Af-ter a year in a hospital setting plus an internship, Nooromid passed the state board to become a registered di-etitian. Now assisting patients and clients alike in making better dietary choices, Nooromid’s upbringing still informs her understanding of food.
“Everything was fresh: fresh veg-etables, fresh meat,” she said of the food she ate as a child. “Our life-style, as far as eating, was 100 percent better. There’s not a lot of fast food and processed food. We kept a ko-sher home, and everyone ate to-gether.” Some of the main mistakes she warns of when discuss-ing eating hab-its in America are the “super-size me” attitudes and ignorance of what actually goes into products that we’re consuming. She thinks many of us underestimate how much sugar and sodium go into fast food or dishes at restaurants. “They [the public] don’t know how much sodium can actually increase not only hypertension, but it can in-crease the fat cells,” Nooromid said, citing one of many pitfalls. Even so, she doesn’t suggest cut-ting every temptation in “cold turkey” fashion. Such an approach, she claims, only sets up an individual for unneces-sary difficulty and frustration. “Being healthy is not about being 100 percent perfect,” she said. “You can incorporate small changes in your life, baby steps, because once you do that, you really learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.” Knowing that even the best-laid plans have crumbled in the face of ev-
ery dieter’s greatest adversary – the holidays – Nooromid offers a few sug-
gestions. Many of her own patients are cur-rently facing this chal-lenge as November wanes. She recommends that eaters cut calo-ries by choosing the right items and pay-ing close attention to labels. She also says you can often modify traditional recipes and make them healthier. “In fact, I made a very healthy latke last year for Chanukah,” she
said. “It was with sweet potato, and instead of frying it, I baked it in the oven. We substituted sour cream with Greek yogurt, it’s really good…nobody knew it wasn’t fried.” She emphasizes that occasionally replacing restaurant visits with cook-ing at home with friends can often make a large difference. Furthermore, she reminds that modest goals are often the secret to success and that, when a person is faced with an array of cookies, cakes and pies, sometimes simply maintaining is the key. From the mouth of a professional: Indulge a little while still being mind-ful of ingredients, sprinkle in a little bit of your own home cooking, and you’re bound to get through this holi-day season unscathed.Editor’s note: Visit ATLNutrition.com or email [email protected] for more information on Safa Nooromid and how she can help you.
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have begun to pop up in the frozen food aisle between Hungry Man meals, and stands offering gyros now commonly dot roadways. Seven Hens of Decatur marks prog-ress in Atlanta’s move towards a world-lier pallet. The eatery offers chicken schnitzel in seven different varieties, each linked to the cuisine of various countries, in-cluding Italy, France, Chi-na and India. “What I’m doing here is present ing an interna-tional twist on the schnit-zel,” said owner Mi-chael Gurev-ich, “Each country is exemplified by the ingre-dients or the sauces or the toppings that are common-ly associated with the cuisine of that country.” Gurevich brought the idea over from his home country of Israel, where a freshly battered and fried chicken-schnitzel can be found on nearly every corner. Its popularity as a street food, some say, has eclipsed even that of falafel. “I always joke around…by the time you’re 3 years old, you already have 900 schnitzels in your system,” Gurev-ich said of the average Israeli citizen. The idea for Seven Hens developed as Gurevich noticed that most restau-rants didn’t have schnitzel on their menus. Schnitzel itself is a dish with a bit of mystery. Some say it dates back to the 15th century, while further debate sur-rounds its country of origin: Austria or Germany, where veal is often the meat of choice, are often the top contenders for schnitzel’s place of birth. Recently, New York company Schnitzel & Things has helped elevate the presence of schnitzel in the U.S. Their rendition of the dish has gained popularity in recent years, winning the “Vendy Award” of the food truck
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Seven Hens’s adventurous atti-tude has meshed well with its new home. Gurevich describes Decatur as “well traveled” with clientele “who are not afraid to veer a little bit off of the known channels of food.” It’s not un-common for customers to come with stories of their previous schnitzel ex-periences in places abroad such as France or Germany. Then again, as much as there is in-ternational appeal to the dish, there’s something intrinsically familiar about schnitzel that appeals to Atlanta audi-ences. “You know fried chicken is big around parts of the Southeast and around here,” said Gurevich. “Essen-tially, introducing the schnitzel, which is a chicken breast pounded and fried, made sense in light of those circum-stances.” That being said, this is more than just a cheap and healthy alternative to red meat. For Gurevich, chicken schnitzel has come to symbolize home. “It was something my grandma used to make for me and my mom,” he remembered. “[Now] you go out,
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What a crazy few weeks it has been – Hurricane Sandy causing hardship and devastation through-
out the New York tri-state area, then a Presidential election with the nation polarized by political parties. The storm brought people together in the communities that were dam-aged – even Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Presi-dent Obama got chummy. But even as recovery began, we plunged into a hectic and stressful week. Obama was confirmed for four more years, and that was followed by a barrage of news concerning the host of tax and econom-ic changes coming with the change of the calendar. But in spite of the media gloom, we are a resilient people who keep moving forward, work hard, love our families and celebrate the holidays. Addition-ally, many of us have simchas to host and important fundraisers to plan. So, while some talk of rushing to a “fiscal cliff,” we here at the Saratoga Event Group are busy planning many of Atlanta’s premier events for 2013. Here are a few interesting trends we have seen for the upcoming season:
The beverage component of an •event is getting more and more attention. Signature drinks and boutique bar menus are popular – think “farm-to-bar” instead of the popular “farm-to-table” movement. With pureed and muddled fresh fruits and hand-crafted syrups for cocktails plus mini shakes and unique “mocktails,” the beverage decision is becoming a bigger one. We have even had a request for a Breakfast Cocktail Party (pajamas and Bloody Marys, what a sight). My prediction for the future drinks: fresh fruit and unique tea bars.
Kosher events are on the rise.• With our fingers on the pulse of parties, we are receiving an increased number of inquiries requesting fine kosher affairs.
We at Saratoga plan and produce glatt kosher events through “Avenue K,” our Atlanta Kashruth Commission Certified kosher catering company. Av-enue K has been working with more clients who are tradition-ally non-kosher but are request-ing kosher for their special event. This week I will be in NYC and attending “Kosherfest,” the largest kosher food show in the world.
Small bites are popular, and •small plates are big business. Many years ago, we discovered that the best part of most events was the cocktail hour. As such, we created the “Progressive Buffet” – the whole event is the cocktail hour. That trend is growing fast for 2013 as clients aim for greater emphasis on guest socialization as well as menu diversity and food quality. Along these lines, action stations will continue to be an important trend with re-gional influences on the cuisine. Our very own Sheryl Evert-son Covell is an expert on creating great “Progressive Buffet” menus. As one of the pioneers behind this style, she and her staff are avail-able to discuss your special event.
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On the Shabbat morning of Nov. 10, Congregation Ner Tamid’s Confirma-tion Class set out for a full and exciting day together. It included worshipping at Atlanta’s oldest Reform synagogue; eating lunch at one of Atlanta’s icon-ic fast food restaurants; a self-guided tour of the MLK National Historic Site and home; and a dinner prepared by the confirmands for their parents and teachers, Rabbi Tom Liebschutz and Reuven Milikovsky. The students wrote the following about their experience:
The Shabbat service in the chapel of The Temple with Rabbi Frederick Reeves was one of the most beautiful ser-
vices we have ever attended. “Rabbi Reeves really held our at-tention, and his musical interpreta-tion of the prayers was beautiful,” said Kendra Lerman, a confirmand. We were also invited to do a Torah aliyah, which was a great honor. After the service ended, we attended a short oneg, which was followed by a guided tour of The Temple. A docent explained the history of the congregation and the symbolism of the chapel and the sanctuary, em-phasizing the synagogue’s hospitality towards people of any religion, gender, sexuality or economic class. This re-ally helped us make the connection be-tween the 613 mitzvot; the Torah tells us to provide charity, and that is what the Temple has done. Once the tour was finished, we traveled to the Varsity. Then, after a filling and delicious lunch, we drove to the MLK site and explored the mu-seum in the MLK Visitor’s Center. “Getting to connect something from the classroom to the real world was an awesome experience,” said Megan Mc-Millan, another confirmation student. “We have been taught not to let our re-ligion get in the way of achieving our hopes and dreams. It was cool to see it in real life.” After watching a short movie on the life of Dr. King, we walked across the street to see the eternal flame and
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the crypt of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife. Finally, we returned to the home of a member of our congre-gation for a Shabbat dinner and Havdalah service. This time, we – the students – cooked for our parents instead of the other way around. Throughout the day, we learned a lot and had tons of fun!
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This time of year seems to get a little hectic for everyone. Parents are planning for holidays; they’re calling
family members, making travel ar-rangements, going to the grocery store, pulling out that old recipe for the per-fect dessert, going back to the grocery store and getting in touch with their friends to make sure no one spends the holidays alone. Then, there are students, who are falling victim to their teachers’ at-tempts to cram everything in before Thanksgiving break. Finally, everyone is adjusting to the shift in weather, transitioning from shorts to jeans, from t-shirts to sweat-ers. Oddly enough, I’ve found that it’s in these times of nonstop activity and
uncertainty that we begin running on autopilot: Alarm goes off, press snooze. It goes off again, and this time you should probably get up. Half asleep, you go to the bathroom. You wash your face, brush your teeth, then comb your hair. You get dressed, grab breakfast and head out the door. Open the garage door, get in the car, put the key in the ignition and back out. Go to work, go to your desk, finish that project you’ve been working on and start another. Then you get in your car, go home, have dinner. Spend a few hours online shopping, or watching that new sitcom. Then, it’s back to bed, but not before set-ting your alarm for tomorrow. With a few minor details changed, I think everyone can relate to that repet-itive feeling. My favorite display of this monotony is helping younger kids with their weekly vocabulary words. It may
seem like stretch, but stay with me for a second. They’ve asked you to quiz them, so you’re holding that little red book. You say, “delicious,” and they recite back to you some perfectly worded statement like “highly pleasing to the senses of taste or smell,” but it’s straight memo-rization without any knowledge of what the word means or how to use it. We all “recite” parts of our life in a similar way. Maybe you have the same thing for breakfast every morning, or you crunch the same numbers at work every day. I know that I personally just spent four hours in the library running through relationships between differ-ent economic words that I’ll never be able to use correctly. I ask myself sometimes if there’s a way to change it all or if, in fact, it is the way of life that should be changed. Life as part of G-d’s creation should be something exciting and invigorating; we should be curious. To illustrate: What if I asked you what “delicious” means? Obviously, there are other questions to be asked, but I’m hoping you get my point. One of my favorite quotes from Hen-ry David Thoreau’s “Walden” goes, “We must learn to reawaken ourselves and keep ourselves awake, not by mechani-cal aids but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.” Could you even imagine what the quality of your life would be like if you could wake up every morning with a glistening curiosity for what lies ahead that day? Let’s take all of this one step farther. What if I told you right now to stop what you’re doing and go to a pasture of my choosing and dig holes. I wouldn’t tell you why, where, or how deep, just that I think it’s a good idea for you to go dig some holes in the ground. You would probably think I’m crazy. But have you ever thought about what could be down there? The earth has been building up for millions of years; surely there has to be something inter-esting beneath the ground on which we walk. What if I made it more specific? What if I told you that somewhere within a one-acre pasture, there was buried treasure? Assuming you believed me, you would probably be more inclined to go digging. But still you would not know how deep you were supposed to dig or where exactly you were supposed to dig, and you might find nothing at all and give up.
In this week’s Torah portion, Toldot, Isaac goes well-digging. Strangely enough, this is the only parsha that talks much about Isaac at all, though he outlives all of the patriarchs; and even more curiously, the most signifi-cant role Isaac plays in this parsha is that of a well-digger. “Isaac again dug the wells of water which they had dug in the days of his father, Abraham…and Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and they found there a well of living waters…and they dug another well, and they quarreled about it also; so he named it Sitnah. And he moved away from there, and he dug an-other well (Genesis 25: 18-22).” It seems strange that this is the im-age we’re given of Isaac, but really, it’s meant to teach something much more than the art of creating wells. Kabbalah says that each of our pa-triarchs has a different divine quality. Isaac’s was gevura, or rigor and self-sacrifice. Fitting, as he was actually the only patriarch to farm, and he was not young when he went to dig those wells. Imagine the difficulty. Digging wells requires patience and faith. Isaac could be out there for weeks and never strike water; there was no certainty in his labor. He per-sisted, though, out of love for his father, whose men had dug wells; out of devo-tion to his people, who suffered through droughts; and out of the sheer thrill of unearthing water from the dry ground. Isaac did not simply dig, find water and leave in search of more. He dug until he struck water and then went through a process of naming his newly formed well, appreciating its beauty. If Isaac could find beauty and life in something as trying and unexciting as digging wells, what does that mean for us? We have a world filled with inter-esting factoids and anecdotes and mil-lions of phenomena that are still unex-plained. Go find them. My challenge for the week is this: Try to wake up every morning with the same gevura that Isaac portrayed – be curious about something and find the answer; learn a new skill; find some-thing that takes you out of your sched-uled life for at least a moment.
Editor’s note: Rachel LaVictoire is a gradu-ate of the Davis Academy and Westminster High School, recipient of the prestigious Nemerov Writing and Thomas H. Elliott Merit scholarships at Washington Univer-sity of St. Louis and an active member of Temple Emanu-El and the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. Contact her at [email protected].
Shabbat Candle Lighting Timesshabbat blessings Blessing for the Candles
Baruch Arah A-do-nai,El-o-hei-nu Melech Haolam
Asher Kid-shanu b’mitzvotav V’zivanu l’hadlik ner shel ShabbatBlessed are You, Eternal our God,
Sovereign of time and space. You hallow us with Your mitzvot
and command us to kindle the lights of Shabbat.
Blessing for thw Wine Baruch Atah A-do-nai, El-o-hei-nu
Meelech Haolam, Borei p’ri hagafen
Praise to You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the Universe,
Creator of the fruit of the vine.Blessing for the Bread (Challah) Baruch Atah A-do-nai, El-o-hei-nu
Melech haolam, Hamotzi Lechem min haaretz.
Our Praise to You Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe,
Who brings forth bread from the earth.
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Parashat ToledotTELL OF YOUR LOVEBy rABBI PETEr S. BErG
For the Atlanta Jewish Times
Just last week, we read in the Torah the story of Sarah’s death. We learned that Abra-ham goes to great lengths to
secure a burial plot for Sarah, one fi-nal act of appreciation for the woman who did so much for him.
If we review the last few weeks’ Torah portions, we can find a list of wonderful things that Sarah does for Abraham: She leaves her home and gets handed over to Pharaoh as Abra-ham’s sister; she understands Abra-ham’s need for progeny so she gives Abraham Hagar, her servant, as a wife; and then Sarah gets passed off again as Abraham’s sister, this time to Abimelech.
Throughout all of these stories, we don’t see too many tender moments between Abraham and Sarah. In fact, in the one romantic line that we read, Abraham says to Sarah, “Now, I know that you are a beautiful woman…” but follows that with “…so you’d bet-ter tell them you’re my sister.”
Often, acts of omission are attrib-uted to the terse nature of the Bible. However, it seems to me that if there must be room in the Bible to include the times that they laughed at each other about how old the other one was, there may too have been room for Abraham to show his wife some appreciation.
It is only when we read in Genesis 23:2 that Abraham came “to eulogize Sarah and to cry over her” that we see Abraham showing emotion toward Sarah. Still, you might ask: As Sarah is no longer alive, does this count? For me, the answer is a definitive “yes”!
According to the Talmud (San-hedrin 46b), the question is asked whether eulogies serve the living or the dead. Our very case in the Torah is brought as a proof text to indicate that Sarah was pleased by the eulo-gy.
Of course, such a reading of Torah forces us to ask an even bigger ques-tion: Do we really show the people
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in our lives we love the appreciation they deserve? How often do we tell our spouses, significant others, parents, children, students or friends that we love them? How often do we tell them that we appreciate them?
The story is told of a rabbi who was once comforting a man who was cry-ing uncontrollably at the end of ser-vices.
“You don’t understand,” the man said to the rabbi. “I love my sister.”
“That’s nice,” said the rabbi, “but the service is over, and it is time to leave.” “But Rabbi,” the man repeat-ed, “I love my sister.”
“I am sure you love your siste,”, the rabbi said, as he patted the man’s back. “But the oneg is over, and it is time to lock up the building. You must leave now.”
“But Rabbi,” the man said, with tears rolling down his face. “I love my sister, and now she has died. I love her, and once, I almost told her.”
Can you imagine having to live the rest of your life with the knowledge that you loved someone and you once almost told them?
Let us never live with that kind of regret in our hearts. Let us not keep back the words of love and the words of healing.
Our American calendar is sensi-tive to this idea in giving us a na-tional holiday designed to give us the chance to show our thanks. Every day is Thanksgiving Day on the calendar of the Jew.
As we sit together at our Thanks-giving tables this year, let us learn from the silence of Abraham – that we need to be sure that those we love know it, and if we are lucky, we will be blessed to hear it in return.
Editor’s note: Rabbi Peter S. Berg is the senior rabbi of The Temple and a member of the Atlanta Rabbinical As-sociation.
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AJT mAy THEIr mEmorIES BE A BlESSING
Janie FischbachOF ATLANTA VIA CINCINNATI
Janie Fischbach passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 31, 2012 following a gallant eight-and-a-half-year fight against frontal temporal dementia. She leaves her husband of 46 years, Rob; her sons, Drew and his wife Nina and Scott and his wife Jaime; and her three grandchildren, Max Robert, Olivia Jane and Devon. She also leaves her nephew, Alex; her constant and loving companion, Pookie; her sister, Gail (Bernd) Kahn; and her nieces and their families. Janie was preceded in death by her parents Helen and Albert Press-man. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she received her degree in elementary education from the University of Cincinnati and was nominated for teacher of the year for the State of Ohio. The family moved to Atlanta in 1975 and has made their home here since. Janie was active in many community organiza-tions through the years, but more than anything, her family was her love. She was a wonderful daughter and a fabulous wife and mother, and if only she could have seen her newest grandchildren grow up, her life would have been complete. Known for being outgoing, vivacious and talkative, Janie could “work a room,” conversing with friend and stranger alike. She started her own business, escorting authors on book tours through Atlanta; she was really in her element. The family wants to give a very loving special thank you to her caregivers, Thelma Bonner, Deanna Lawrence, the “First Ladies”; friend and housekeeper of 37 years, Annie Howard; and Rose Wiley, without whose help and love this long journey would have been impossible. Sign on-line guest book at edressler.com. Graveside services were held on Thurs., Nov. 1 at noon at Arlington Cemetery with Rabbi Neil Sandler officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to Weinstein Hos-pice, the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration or the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.
Dr. Ephraim Frankel82, OF HIGHLAND PARK, N.J.
Dr. Ephraim Frankel, 82, passed away on Tues., Nov. 6, 2012 at his home in Highland Park, N.J. surrounded by family. Dr. Frankel was born in Cologne, Germany in 1930, moved to Israel at the age of three and immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a young teenager. In 1967, Dr. Frankel moved with his wife Vivian and his four children to Atlanta to become headmaster of the (Greenfield) Hebrew Academy. Dr. Frankel led the school with vision and an uncompromised standard of excellence, both in Judaics and General Studies. He believed that the objective of the Greenfield Hebrew Academy was “to teach the totality of the Jewish community, which is important above and beyond its separate parts.” He touched the lives of hundreds of students, parents and faculty. Ephraim had a way of connecting with people, regard-less of their backgrounds or circumstances, and making them feel special. During his many visits to Atlanta, wherever he went, he was inevitably greeted by former students or parents who remarked on the impact that he had on their lives. Although he left Atlanta in 1991, his heart never did. While Dr. Frankel enjoyed professional and community success, his family was his pride and joy. Dr. Frankel was predeceased by his wife of 35 years, Vivian Shaer Frankel. He is survived by his devoted wife, Sandra Frankel; his children: Jay and Cheryl Frankel of Monsey, N.Y.; Rabbi Ronnie and Judy Schwarzberg of Highland Park, N.J.; and David and Jody Frankel and Danny and Connie Frankel, all of Atlanta; and his grandchildren: Ari and Naomi, Elana, Jessica and Yossi, Aviva and Phillip, Seth, Brian, Adam and Miriam Leah, Shana, Jared, Shayna, Noah, Ariel, Zev, Sammy and Micah. Sign online guest book at edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Greenfield Hebrew Academy, 5200 Northland Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342. He was buried in Bet Shemesh, Israel next to Vivian. Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.
Sybil Green95, OF TAMPA, FLA.
Sybil Green, 95, of Tampa, Fla. passed away peacefully on Sat., Nov. 3, 2012. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 47 years, Louis, and her grandson, Darryl Millar. Sybil is survived by her daughters, Beverly Harris and her husband Joel and Rosalind Millar; her grandchildren, Holly Millar Ball, Jarret Raab and his wife Julie and Brandon Raab; her great-grandchil-dren, Hunter, Emily, Allison, Ryan, Hayden and Spencer; and her sister-in-law, Louise Vento. An online guestbook is available at edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to SOL International at SOL-site.org or to the charity of one’s choice. The family would like to especially thank Ranay Quiegno and all of her caregivers in Sarasota and Tampa, Fla. for their devoted care. Graveside service was held at 2 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 8, 2012 at Crest Lawn Memorial Park with Rabbi Paul Kerbel officiating. Ar-rangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.
Julian Jack Levy85, OF MARIETTA
Julian Jack Levy, 85 of Marietta, passed away Nov. 8, 2012 at his home. Julian was loved by all whose lives he touched – he made sure of that. He never met a strang-er, and everyone’s life was made better by having him in it. Julian made a point of finding out what anyone loved or needed, and he constantly tried to fulfill that need. He lived life to the fullest and was a blessing to us all. Family was the most important thing in his life, loving them unconditionally. Julian was preceded in death by his son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Ellen Levy. He was a devoted and loving husband to his bride of 35 years, Luna Cohen Levy, and he is also survived by his
children and spouses: Jack and his wife Esther, Linda Frank and her hus-band Bill, Robyn Geller and her husband Mike, and Alan and his wife Bonnie Ulman; grandchildren and spouses: Lauren and Bryan Kaplan; Jennifer and Aaron Lincove; David Levy and Anna Oleinick; Jillian Levy and fiancée An-drea Wright; Angie and Jim Nothdurft; Adam and Jennifer Frank; Arielle, Jennifer and Jonathan Geller; and Madison, Jacob and Wendy Ulman; six great-grandchildren; brother Isaac and his wife Rosemary; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Born on the Isle of Rhodes, Italy on March 10, 1927 to Jack and Catherine Levy, he immigrated to the United States, settling in Atlanta, at the age of 10. He served in the United States Army in Germany during World War II and after the war joined Lithonia Lighting, retiring after 30 years. Always wanting to be active, he joined family business D. Geller and Son, where he worked until shortly before his death. Julian is a past president of Congregation Or VeShalom, a member of Fulton Lodge 216 of the Free and Accepted Masons, a life-long blood donor to the Ameri-can Red Cross, a devoted Atlanta Braves fan and, of course, a long-time and founding member of the Atlanta Romeos (Retired Old Men Eating Out) – his beloved circle of friends. Wherever Julian went in life, he left his mark, and he touched all our hearts with his love, passion and compassion. All were made better by having him. An online guestbook is available at edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the charity of one’s choice. Graveside service was held at 2:30 p.m. on Fri., Nov. 9, 2012 with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.
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wHAT’S HAPPENINGAJTfrI., Nov. 16martinis and ImAX, at Fernbank Mu-seum with DJ and full bar. Fri., Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m. $13/adults, $12/students & seniors. $7/person without IMAX. Fern-bank Museum of Natural History. (404) 929-6400 or museumtix.com.
Project Inspire Ariel, turn Friday night into Shabbos. Dinner program. Fri., Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. $10/adults, $5/children (4 or older). Congregation Ariel. RSVP to [email protected].
SAT., Nov. 17Mother-Daughter Tefillah, for middle school-aged girls and their mothers, led by Mrs. Nechoma Birnbaum in the social garage. Sat., Nov. 17, 10:30 a.m. Con-gregation Ariel. (770) 390-9071.
Game Day Party, watch college foot-ball with Metro Atlanta Jewish Singles. Sat., Nov. 17, 11 a.m. Private residence. meetup.com/Metro-Atlanta-Jewish-Sin-gles.
Art visions Artist market, benefiting the Paideia School’s art program and promoting art education with over 100 local eco-friendly artists. Sat., Nov. 17, 12 p.m. The Paideia School. (770) 377-3941.
family movie Night, Havdallah and movie supporting CSI Youth. Refresh-ments for sale. Sat., Nov. 17, 6 p.m. Congregation Shearith Israel. [email protected].
Havdalah for the Sole, an evening of foot massage, fun and friends; begins with a short Havdalah ceremony. Limited space. Sat., Nov. 17, 7 p.m. Treat Your Feet. RSVP to [email protected].
Primetimers Bunco and Potluck, please bring a dinner item that corre-sponds with the first letter of your last name. Sat., Nov. 17, 7 p.m. $5/person. Congregation Dor Tamid. RSVP by Nov. 12 to (678) 957-1272 or [email protected]; letter assignments and info at dortamid.org.
Square Dance, Hadassah group with the Etz Chaim Prime Timers. Sat., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. $10/person. Congrega-tion Etz Chaim. (770) 977-3384.
SUN., Nov. 18chanukah Bazaar, 4th-annual “Shop & Shmooze Bazaar.” Bring precious metals to trade for cash; proceeds to support Florence and Seymour Gerson Mikvah. Sun., Nov. 18, 7:30 a.m. Congregation Beth Jacob. To be a vendor, contact [email protected].
veterans lunch, meeting of the Jewish War Veterans Atlanta Bicentennial Post 112. Buffet provided. Sun., Nov. 18, 10 a.m. Prepayment required. Landmark Diner. Information at jwvga.org.
fab film festival, series of movies and discussion. Now showing “Uzpishin.” Benefits Hadassah. Sun., Nov. 18, 1:15 p.m. $10/person. Private residence. RSVP to (404) 549-8397 or [email protected].
Gedalya Silverstein concert, hear Gedalya sing Jewish music at free open house while enjoying Kosher lite bites and drinks. Sun., Nov. 18, 2 p.m. Free. Opus Music Store. (404) 370-0507.
Shop & Shmooze, donations benefit-ing the mikvah. Sun., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. $5 minimum. Congregation Beth Jacob. (404) 633-0551.
TUES., Nov. 20Thriving Beyond Surviving Support Group Series, “feeding Body and Soul,” a tasty exploration of the ways in which food and its preparation can en-hance our healing. Tues., Nov. 20, 7 p.m. William Breman Jewish Home. RSVP to [email protected] or (404) 352-4308.
Thriving Beyond Surviving Program, “Feeding Body and Soul: A Tastey Ex-ploration of the Ways in which Food can Commemorate the Spirit of Our Lost Loved Ones.” Tues., Nov. 20, 7 p.m. Weinstein Hospice. (404) 352-4308.
frI., Nov. 23making it count: Atlanta Jewish Teen foundation, opportunity now open through a series of 11 sessions giving high school students the chance to give to a non-profit. Applications due Nov. 23. Apply at jewishatlanta.org/teenfounda-
tion. For more information, call (678) 222-3716.
TUES., Nov. 27rosh chodesh course, “It’s About Time: Kabbalistic Insights for Taking Charge of Your Life,” monthly meetings. Next on Tues., Nov. 27. Jewish Learning Center. chabadga.com.
frI., Nov. 30Etz chaim Scholar-in-residence, weekend of events featuring Dr. Michael Berenbaum: “The Holocaust: Are We Making Too Much of It, Too Little of It, and Where Does It Get Us?” Begins Fri., Nov. 30, 6:30 p.m. Congregation Etz Chaim. Register at etzchaim.net/lilmo-dereg.aspx.
flip Into Shabbat, meet gymnas-tics coaches while enjoying a foam pit, games and a trampoline. Fri., Nov. 30, 5 p.m. Open to community. MJCCA’s Zaban Park Gymnastics Pavilion. [email protected].
SAT., DEc. 1chanukah Pajamakah, Festival of Lights celebration including songs, sto-ries, treats, prizes and more. Children in-vited to wear pajamas. Open to commu-nity. Buckhead Barnes & Noble. [email protected].
SUN., DEc. 2Ground Breaking ceremony, Jeff & Carrla Goldstein Youth and Education Center. Sun., Dec. 2, 11:30 a.m. Congre-gation Beth Tefillah. (404) 843-2464.
celebration of the 19th of Kislev, with guests speakers Rabbi Tzvi and Mrs. Nomi Freeman and a special video presentation. Sun., Dec. 2, 8 p.m. Free. Chabad of Cobb. RSVP by Nov. 29 to [email protected].
folk music concert, Balalaika Fantasie with music from Russian, Gypsy and Jew-ish cultures. Sun., Dec. 2, 4 p.m. $5/per-son, free for ages 12 & under. Congrega-tion Shearith Israel. (770) 873-1743.
moN., DEc. 3Teen open mic, AJMF’s series contin-ues with the chance for young people to perform for a live audience. Mon., Dec. 3, 5 p.m. MJCCA. (678) 812-3974 or [email protected].
TUES., DEc. 4Glass fusion mezuzah making, with the Women’s Circle. Tues., Dec. 4, 7 p.m. $12/person. Chabad of Cobb. RSVP by Nov. 29 to (770) 565-4412.
THUrS., DEc. 6Taste of Judaism, two-part class for those curious about Jewish tradition de-signed for beginners. Free and open to all. Thurs., Dec. 6, 7 p.m. MJCCA. (678) 812-3723 or [email protected].
Hanukkah Party, celebrate with Etz Aviv’s gift exchange, presents valued up to $10. Food will be provided. Thurs., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. $10/person cover. Private residence. RSVP by Nov. 26 to (678) 445-9212.
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WellStar Medical Group welcomes new practices to East Cobb!
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FAmily medicine And GeRiATRic medicineWhitney denton, m.d. H Shravantika Reddy, m.d.
Johnson Square | 1523 Johnson Ferry Road | Building 1523
Suite 150 | marietta, GA 30062 | 678-403-4660
FAmily medicine, inTeRnAl medicine And PediATRicS Waldon Garriss, m.d., m.S., FAAP, FAcP mitzi Rubin, m.d., FAAFP
3939 Roswell Road | marietta GA 30062 | 770-973-2272
PediATRicS Amy cooper, m.d., m.P.H., m.S. eva montgomery-mcGuire, m.d., FAAP Susan Staviss, m.d., FAAP
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cARdiovASculAR medicinemindy Gentry, m.d. michael Hardee, md Harvey Sacks, m.d.
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