Miami Herald - Thursday, November 30, 1995
Bea L. Hines, Herald Staff Writer

In a letter to other pastors, the Revs. Arthur Jackson Jr., John F. White, George E. McRae, Marilyn L. Usher and Garry Hoston stressed to their counterparts the importance of teaching HIV/AIDS health education to their parishioners.

"The rate of increase in our community has been disproportionate with other groups in Dade County," said White, pastor of Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church in Overtown.

Although African Americans make up only 19.1 percent of Dade's population, they account for 46.7 percent of all HIV/AIDS cases in the county, White said. African American women are 15 percent more likely to have HIV than white women; and African American children 18 times more likely to have HIV than white children, he said.

White and other pastors leading the effort have invited their counterparts to a breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. Dec. 9 at Greater Bethel A.M.E., 245 NW Eighth St., "to pool our knowledge, wisdom and resources to keep our people alive," White said.

To participate, call the church at 371-9102.

The South Florida Council of Na'Amat USA will present a panel discussion, "Israel and the Media in the Post-Rabin Era" at its annual membership luncheon at noon Dec. 7 at the Alexander Hotel, 5225 Collins Ave.

Featured panelists include Dan Haezrachy, Deputy Consul General of Israel; Andrew Polin, editor of the weekly newspaper Jewish Journal; Dan Raviv, a CBS News correspondent based in Miami; and Ike Seamans, senior reporter of WTVJ, Channel 6.

Tickets are $22 each. Reservations are required. Call the Na'Amat regional office at 538-6213.

The Dade/Monroe Coalition on Aging has asked all Dade churches and synagogues to participate in its "National Day of Action on Medicaid" Dec. 7.

The organization has asked churches to ring their bells, drivers to honk their horns and turn on their headlights, and for senior citizens and children at day care lunch sites to march outside banging pots and pans from noon to 12:15 p.m. on that day.

Call Nancy Allen at 347-4645 for more information.

The Metropolitan Community Church, SouthBeach, will have a Service of Memory and Hope at 7:30 tonight at the 21st Street Recreation Center, 2100 Washington Ave., in conjunction with World AIDS Day.

The service is sponsored by MCC South Beach and the East Side Unitarian-Universalist Church in the Design District. Members of the community will be able to write the name of a loved one on a ribbon and place it on a painting created especially for the service by South Beach artist Greg Perras.

There is no admission charge but a special collection will be taken to help the United Foundation for AIDS. Call 759-1015 for more information.

Other World AIDS Day services include an ecumenical service at 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 2750 McFarland Rd., Coconut Grove.

Call David Harwell or the Rev. Robert McCloskey at 448-2601 for more information.

The Fourth Annual World AIDS Day Mass of Healing and Anointing, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Miami, will be celebrated at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Timothy Church, 5300 SW 102nd Ave.

Archbishop John Clement Favalora will be the main celebrant. Music will be provided by a 100-voice choir and musicians from several parishes.

Quilts will be presented during the Mass and special prayers will be offered for the anointing of the sick. A reception will follow at Queen of Peace Hall, adjacent to the church.

There is no admission charge.

The Jewish National Fund will honor Rabbi Irving Lehrman and his wife, Belle, at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Fontainebleau Hilton, 4441 Collins Ave.

Lehrman, who has served as rabbi of Temple Emanu-El of Greater Miami since 1943, is dean of the Lehrman Day School, which was named in his honor.

Entertainer Alan King and members of the New World Symphony will perform in honor of the couple.

Tickets are $100 each and will include a kosher dinner. For reservations and more information, call 538-6464 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

The Jewish Vocational Service will have a "Passport to the Arts" evening to include a dinner buffet and a tour of several art galleries on Lincoln Road from 6:30 to 10 p.m. today.

The evening will begin at Suntrust on Lincoln Road, where guests will be given "passports" to visit participating galleries.

Tickets for the event are $50 each. Proceeds will benefit the organization's programs, which aid the elderly, homeless and disabled residents of South Florida.

For more information call Rachel E. Tannenbaum, executive director of the agency, at 899-1587.

The First Church of North Miami Congregational, 1200 NE 135th St., will have a pre-holiday rummage and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the church grounds.

Items for sale will include hand-made ornaments, crafts and used clothing and shoes for children and adults. The baked goods will include homemade breads, brownies, cakes, pies, cookies and candies, all made by church members.

It's free.
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