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INSIDE Calendar �����������������������������������4 Candle Lighting ����������������������4 Israel News ������������������������������6 Opinion ���������������������������������� 10 Synagogue Guide ����������������� 20 Education �������������������������������26 Business ���������������������������������30 Home ��������������������������������������32 Obituaries ������������������������������34 Sports ��������������������������������������36 Crossword ������������������������������37 Simchas ����������������������������������39

STEEL CITY STYLE Pittsburgh has given us the Steelers, the Pirates — and the leaders of four of Jewish Atlanta’s vital agencies. Page 14

SHUL SHOPPING Start looking for a new Jewish home or a place for the holidays in our directory. Page 20

PAIN RELIEF The second part of our special report on opioid addiction and overdose looks at how health care is adjusting. Pages 23-25

9/11 MEMORIES Davis Academy students hear how the attacks 15 years ago shattered one family. Page 28

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 | 6 ELUL 5776

So Many Mouthfuls Photo by Josh Jacobs

Participants including Barry Sobel (left) and Richard Quintana (center) struggle to consume more than two bagels within five minutes during the first bagel-eating contest at Temple Kol Emeth’s NoshFest on Sunday, Sept. 4. The winner, Teddy Delacruz of Chicago, consumed six Bagelicious bagels to earn $500 and break the record of five bagels set in a New York contest in February. More from NoshFest, Page 16

A delegation from the Western Galilee Cluster is visiting Sandy Springs 11 months after Mayor Rusty Paul, City Council member Andy Bauman and others traveled to Israel to secure a Sister City relationship with the 12 municipalities and local authorities in the cluster. Mayors Shlomo Bohbot of Maalot Tashiha, Sivan Yechilei of Kfar Vradim, Shimon Gueta of Maale Yosef and Yoram Israeli of Mateh Asher, along with Mateh Asher Deputy Mayor Moshe Davidovich, cluster official Yael Ron and Treasures of the Galilee CEO Yariv Hameiri, are due to arrive Sunday, Sept. 11, and leave Sept. 18. The visit will include the Pill Hill hospitals and Habif, Arogeti & Wynne on Sept. 13 and the Weber School the next day. The Israelis will attend a reception at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Or Hadash and go to Friday night services at B’nai Torah. ■

B’nai Torah Softball Streak Snapped Congregation Beth Tefillah ended Congregation B’nai Torah’s nine-year reign in Atlanta synagogue softball with a 9-8, eight-inning win in the A-league championship game Monday, Sept. 5. It was the first league championship for Beth Tefillah, which entered the double-elimination tournament as the top seed. Beth Tefillah jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings in the battle of Sandy Springs synagogues at East Roswell Park, but the nine-time defending champs tied the game in the sixth behind a three-run homer by Matt Isenberg. Michael Roth answered in the bottom of the sixth with a home run of his own to give Beth Tefillah an 8-7 lead going into the seventh and last inning. Down to the final out, B’nai Torah tied the game at 8-8 to force extra innings. But in the bottom of the eighth captain Danny Frankel drove in the winning run with a single and sent the large community of Beth Tefillah supporters

A-league champion Beth Tefillah consists of (back row, from left) Yisrael New, Yale New, Isser New, Danny Frankel, Darren Tobin, Josh Solomon, Michael Roth, Ilan Tobin, Lawrence Tobin and (front row, from left) David Frankel, Jacob Gluck, Danuel Strauss and Zev Frankel. Not pictured are Noah Frankel and manager Harold Goodman.

into a frenzy. “I knew our streak of nine straight championships couldn’t go on forever,” B’nai Torah captain Neil Weisenfeld said. “Danny’s young guys played better than our older veterans. We came out flat, and their guys hit well.” “It was a great game, and B’nai Torah

was a great champion,” Frankel said. In the C division, Temple Sinai 2 won its first appearance in a championship game, beating Temple Kol Emeth, 8-5. As recently as four seasons ago the squad won only two games. “For years we have always said it is not about winning,” said Sinai 2 captain Jason Evans, the commissioner of the Atlanta Men’s Synagogue Softball League. “It’s about making friends and having a great time. But, that said, winning sure was a lot of fun this year.” Evans was 3 for 3 with 2 RBI. The key play was a highlight-reel catch in deep left field by Rob Scheinman, who turned a double play when the runner on third left early. It was the third time in four years that Kol Emeth lost the championship game. Captain Rob Natkin called the team “the Buffalo Bills of synagogue softball.” Chabad won the B league title over Young Israel of Toco Hills on Aug. 28. ■


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