May 22, 1998
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Accomplishments
Jennie Hurwitz, daughter of
Sherrill Hurwitz, was recently
part of the Solo-Ensemble spon-
sored by Norfolk Public Schools.
Jennie, a pianist, accompanied
Sarah Kevorkian on the clarinet,
They received a superior rating
for their performance. Jennie is
an 1 l th grader at Maury High
School.
Alison Gail Warsof, who cel-
ebrated her Bat Mitzvah on Sat-
urday, May 2 at Beth E1 Temple.
Alison is the daughter of Valerie
Freidman Warsof. Grandparents
are Norman Freidman and
Eleanor Freidman (of blessed
memory) and Jeanette Kaufman
and Jack Warsof (of blessed
memory).
Jaquelyn Smith, who cele-
Births
Mr. and Mrs. William
Gonta on the birth of a daughter,
Arden Rose, born May 4 in Los
Angeles, CA. Grandparents are
David and Maryanne Katz of
Chesapeake.
Kim and Roger Leibowitz of
Richmond on the birth of a son,
Evan Richard. Grandparents are
Barbara and Buddy Leibowitz
and Ileen and Dr. Michael Shef-
ferman of Mclean. Great-grand-
parents are Esther and Murray
Friedman of Virginia Beach and
Sadie and Harry Leibowitz ( of
blessed memory).
Katina and L. Marc Lisner
on the birth of a son, Joshua
Zacrye, on April 18. Grandpar-
ents are Sheal and Brenda Lisner
and Bruce (of blessed memory)
and Betty Jo Keith.
Bar Mitzvah
Zachary R. Weisberg, son of
Shelley and Dr. A. Jeffery Weis-
berg, who will celebrate his Bar
Mitzvah on Saturday, May 23 at
Beth E1 Temple. Zachary is the
grandson of Phyliss Weisberg
and Sam Weisberg (of blessed
memory) and Ina and Ted
Kruger.
Eric Benjamin Lombart,
who celebrated his Bar Mitzvah
at Beth E1 Temple on Shabbat
morning May 9. He is the son of
Karen and Rick Lombart. His
paternal grandparents are Bette
and Adolph Lombart of Virginia
Beach. His maternal grandpar-
ents are Adele and Milton Cutler
of Philadelphia, PA.
Bat Mitzvah
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brated her Bat Mitzvah on Satur-
day, May 16 at Beth E1 Temple.
She is the daughter of Stacey and
Dr. Harold Smith. Grandparents
are Marilyn and James Whelan
of Orlando, FL; Ben and Brenda
Gordan of Norfolk and Lillian
and Leonard Levenson of Fayet-
teville, NC and Marcus Smith (of
blessed memory).
Engagements
Jill Dana Kantor and Brian
Andrew Wainger on their
engagement. The future bride is
the daughter of Kathy and Jerry
Kantor; the bridegroom, Patti
and Jules Wainger. Grandparents
are Mrs. Hannah Kantor and
Joseph "Buddy" Kantor (of
blessed memory) and Bette and
Adolph Lombart. Brian's grand-
parents are Eva and Paul
Wainger, Marguerite Permutt (of
blessed memory) and Alva and
Jimmy Permutt of Birmingham,
AL. A May, 1999 wedding is
planned.
Holding Torah scrolls and
wearing cantorial garb, three
cantors from the I.os Angeles
area are shown during a dress
rehearsal for a series of June
concerts in New York City to
mark the 50th anniversary of
the Cantors Assembly, world's
largest cantorial body. From
left to right: Cantor Joe Gole of
Mogen David Congregation,
Beverly Hills; Cantor Chayim
Frenkel of Kehilat Congrega-
tion, Pacific Palisades, and
Cantor Nathan Lain of the
Stephen S. Wise Temple, Bel
Air. The three are serving as
co-chairs of the anniversary
celebration.
The five-day festive gather-
ing will also commemorate
Israel's 50th birthday, with a
gala public salute in Manhat-
tan's Central Park on Sunday,
June 7, featuring renowned
international stars and noted
cantors. The cantorial conven-
tion will include a concert in
Carnegie hall on Monday, June
8, by 22 of the world's leading
cantors, accompanied by chorus
and orchestra; and a concert on
Tuesday, June 9, in Temple
Emanu-El of New York
world's largest house of Jewish
worship - highlighting liturgical
masterpieces by Jewish com-
posers of New York, such as
Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein,
Aaron Copland and Shalom
Secunda.
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