He also was a member of the American Jewish Congress, chairman of the board of the Northern California Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and a foe of McCarthyism. After retiring from Congregation Emanu-El, Fine served as professor of humanities at San Francisco State University. In addition, his poetry has become part of the Reform liturgy.
A service of tribute will take place at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, followed by a 5 p.m. reception.
Weizmann dinner set at Exploratorium
San Francisco’s Exploratorium, at Marina Boulevard and Lyon Street, will be the setting for a dinner hosted by the Bay Area Region for the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27.
Guests of honor will be Shoshana and Martin Gerstel, who live in Menlo Park and Jerusalem. She is a physical therapist, formerly of Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center. He is a retired CEO of ALZA Corp. in Palo Alto. They will be acknowledged for their long-time dedication to the Weizmann Institute and its scientific projects.
For information, call (415) 981-4001.
ORT presidents to meet
Women’s American ORT presidents from throughout the West will meet at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Sunday, Oct. 27 for a daylong institute.
Yossi Israeli, ORT Resource and Development Center coordinator in New York, and Pepi Dunay, ORT first vice president, will address the gathering in Burlingame starting at 9 a.m.
Similar conferences will be taking place in Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Newark, N.J.
Envoy’s visit nixed
Still embroiled in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, senior U.S. Middle East mediator Dennis Ross has canceled a San Francisco appearance that was set for Friday, Oct. 18.