William M. Landau, president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, announced the election of four new members to the JTA Board of Directors. The four are: Leona Chanin, president of the American Jewish Congress National Women’s Division; Joan Mendelson, chairperson of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Women’s Division; Linda Miller, Baltimore Jewish community leader; and Bernice Tannenbaum, president of Hodassah.
In making the announcement, Landau said: “All four members are deeply involved in Jewish community affairs and devoted to the cause of the Jewish people in this country and Israel. Their long-standing contributions to both causes will further provide the Jewish Telegraphic Agency with manifold talents to assure its continued success in providing Jewish communities worldwide with developments of vital interest and concern to all.”
WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES
Mrs. Chanin, who was initiated into Hunter College Hall of Fame last May, is also co-chairman of the AJCongress Governing Council and co-chairman of the Budget Committee and is a representative to the American Section of the World Jewish Congress. She was a participant in the 1977 AJCongress-Israel Dialogue in Israel. In November 1977 she was appointed a delegate-at-large to the International Women’s Year Conference and subsequently appointed a member of the constitutions committee.
Mrs. Mendelson is also chairperson of the Long Island UJA-Federation Women’s Division Speakers Bureau and a member of the organization’s national speakers bureau. She is co-chairperson of the Long Island UJA-Federation Mission Program, a co-leader of the Country Club UJA-Federation Mission Program and a member of the Long Island UJA-Federation Women’s Division Campaign Cabinet.
Mrs. Miller, a teacher and educator, is a former president of the Baltimore chapter of HIAS and is active in the Young Leadership Program and Women’s Division of the Associated Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund of Baltimore.
Mrs. Tannenbaum, who joined Hadassah in 1940 and became a member of its national board in 1954, has been a delegate to five World Zionist Congresses. She is a national vice-president of the American Zionist Federation, a member of the World Zionist Organization’s General Council and the executive bodies of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee and the American Section of the World Jewish Congress.
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