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SARAH BRAHAM
RABBI MIC HAEL ( O0K
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See Michelle Finkel's report,
"Houston Pilgrimage visits Yosef-
tal as a gesture of unity", on Page
structures, among them the
Shlenker Community Center, new
sports fields and the still-under-
construction Mildred and Gil Gert-
ner Early Childhood Development
Jewish Federation of Greater
Houston as well as on the board of
the Endowment Fund of the Jewish
Community of Houston.
Active in the Jewish National
Fund, he is a national vice presi-
dent of that organization and
chairman of the board of its Na-
tional Leadership Council. He has
also served as chairman of the lo-
cal JNF chapter. He initiated a joint
effort between the JNFand Project
Renewal to create a recreational
park near Houston's Project Re-
newal community, Yoseftal.
The Early Childhood Develop-
ment Center in Yoseftal, currently
under construction, will be named
in honor of him and his wife, Mil-
dred. A former vice president of
Congregation Beth Yeshurun, he
has also held leadership positions
with the Jewish Community Cen-
ter, Seven Acres-Jewish Home for
the Aged and the Anti-Defamation
League. He was named the ZOA's
Man of the Year in Houston in 1974.
He is a partner in the investment
firm of Gertner, Aron, Ledet and
Lewis.
Kosberg, a native Houstonian,
was installed in June as a vice pres-
ident of the Jewish Federation.
She is a past chairman of the Wom-
en's Division of the United Jewish
Campaign and currently serves on
the Executive Committee of the
National Women's Division of the
Council of Jewish Federations.
She is actively involved in the bud-
get and allocations process of the
Jewish Federation, serving as co-
chairman of the Jewish Student
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Seven Acres-Jewish Home for
the Aged receives 2 major gifts
Novelist Kinky Friedman
on NBC’s Today show,
Tuesday, Aug. 19
Five years after Houston's Jew-
ish community was first paired
with the neighborhood of Yosef-
tal in the city of Petach Tikva, Is-
rael, the fundraising aspect of their
relationship has come to a close.
Houston and Yoseftal are partners
in Project Renewal, an effort to re-
new both the physical condition
and the spirit of a former slum
community.
Over 5 years, hundreds of
Houstonians contributed to Proj-
ect Renewal, raising more than
$3,500,000 for Yoseftal. This was
matched in part by the Jewish
Agency. The people of Yoseftal,
through their residents' council,
were able to set priorities for the
use of those funds.
As a result of Project Renewal,
Yoseftal can point to many new
About trip to Russia
Sylvia Mayer to
speak at Emanu El
on Friday, Aug. 8
Sylvia Mayer will speak at Shab-
bat services, at Congregation
Emanu El, Friday, Aug. 8 at 8:15
p.m. about her trip to Russia last
spring. Mayer, the daughter of
Dede and Clarence Mayer, is a
senior at Washington University
in St. Louis, majoring in theater.
She spent her junior year at the
Mary Mount School of Drama in
London and last spring she had
the opportunity to go to Russia.
Two weeks before she was
scheduled to leave, a friend, David
Harberg, also of Houston, urged
her to meet a family he had met in
Russia. Meeting Michael and
Faena Fainberg and their two sons,
| Michael, Jr., age 19, and Andrew,
age 16, was a deeply moving expe-
rience. Upon learning of their
plight Mayer and Harberg became
determined to help the family seek
freedom.
Since returning to this country,
they have begun a nationwide
campaign in behalf of the Fain-
bergs. The community is urged to
attend this Shabbat service as
Mayer speaks on "The Russians
Seven Acres-Jewish Home for
the Aged has received two gener-
ous gifts, with the establishment
of the Nathan J. Klein Endowment
and the Bennett Kaplan Family
Memorial Fund. The gifts were an-
nounced by Sam Feldt, president
of the home.
The Klein Endowment will per-
mit the home to continue to estab-
lish new programs and enlarge ex-
isting ones for aged people in the
community who benefit from
"outreach" programs.
With the endowment from
Amelia and Nathan J. Klein, Seven
Acres will be able to keep pace
with the needs of people over 75.
Income from the endowment
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To be held on Sept, 6-7
Sarah Braham appointed chairman
of Southwest Region ZOA Conference
The community is invited
Emanu El Chai Series to feature
expert on New Testament, Aug.12
The community is invited to hear
Rabbi Michael J. Cook, Ph.D., an
expert on the New Testament, at 8
p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Con-
gregation Emanu El. He will ex-
plore "The Role of the Jews in the
Trial of Jesus: Modern Scholarship
vs. Modern Theater".
Rabbi Cook is a professor of In-
tertestamental and Early Christian
Literatures at Hebrew Union Col-
lege-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Cincinnati. He is speaking here
as part of the Emanu El Chai Sum-
mer Series.
Christian and Jewish historians
have advanced significant theories
in recent decades concerning the
realities of Jesus' trial, an issue that
Since 1908 - newsworthy !
Telling Mayor Kathy Whitmire about Project Renewal are: Federation
executive director, Hans Mayer; Petach Tikva's mayor, Dov Tavory; and
Neil Strauss. - Work of Art
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SARAN N E KOSSE RG
Services subcommittee for 19B6.
She is a recipient of the Jewish Fed-
eration's Young Leadership Award.
Kosberg is president of Wom-
en's American ORT's District IX,
covering a seven-state area. She is
a current member of the board of
trustees of Congregation Emanu
El and the board of governors of
the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion's Cincinnati
Over $3.5 million is raised
Project Renewal campaign closes ...
relationship with Yoseftal continues
For a second year, in 1986-87
Gil Gertner and Saranne Kosberg
to lead United Jewish Campaign
Sarah Braham has been appoint-
ed chairman of the 73rd Confer-
ence of the Southwest Region of
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica to be held on Sept. 6-7 at the
Adam's Mark Hotel. The South-
west Region includes Texas, Loui-
siana, Arkansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Arizona.
The conference, which begins
on Saturday evening, has as its
theme " ZOA Today - Tomorrow".
National, regional and local lead-
ers will be present to report on or-
ganizational activities.
Highlighting Saturday evening's
program will be entertainment by
Debbie Friedman, composer and
performer of Jewish music. This
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GIL GERTNER
** A
, Forasecondyear, Gil Gertner
will serve as chairman of the Unit-
ed Jewish Campaign and Saranne
Kosberg will be associate chair-
man.
Recently appointed a vice chair-
man of the national United Jewish
Appeal, Gertner has long been ac-
tive in the Houston Jewish commu-
nity. He serves on the board and
the executive committee of the
Center. Through the Jewish Na-
tional Fund, Houstonians raised
$350,000 toward the creation of a
recreational area in a forest next
to Yoseftal as well as several small
urban parks, also as part of Project
Renewal.
The Houston-Yoseftal partner-
ship will continue on many levels.
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