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Basketball player Tamir Goodman has committed orally to accepting a full basketball scholarship next fall from Towson University, his father, Karl Goodman, confirmed last night."

There are indications that the University of Maryland men's basketball program has cooled on recruit Tamir Goodman.Sources inside the Terps athletic department and those familiar with his recruitment say the coaching staff was unimpressed with Goodman's play during an injury-slowed summer.Goodman went from obscurity to national sensation last January, when he accepted a scholarship offer from Maryland coach Gary Williams during his junior season at Talmudical Academy in Baltimore. Goodman, an Orthodox Jew, has since transferred to Takoma Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist institution near College Park, to seek better competition.

During the summer, Tamir Goodman gave the odometer a workout in regular trips to College Park for pickup basketball games at the University of Maryland, the school that offered him a scholarship earlier this year.Those trips to the Washington area apparently won't end anytime soon. The 17-year-old has transferred from Talmudical Academy to Takoma Academy, a Seventh-Day Adventist institution, and will commute daily to the Takoma Park school.Chava Goodman, his mother, and Takoma Academy coach Joe Perrone both confirmed the move yesterday, though neither would comment further.

Representatives from Jewish schools in Baltimore and Baltimore County agreed yesterday to join Maryland's Catholic schools in their campaign seeking public money for private education."

As efforts continue to solve a financial crisis that threatens the existence of Baltimore's 76-year-old Talmudical Academy, the schools' 80 teachers are confronting a crisis of their own.They haven't been paid since April 21.Since many of the strictly observant, Orthodox Jewish teachers have large families, the cutoff has created a hardship. Several, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said they have nearly exhausted their savings.Allen J. Gibber, outgoing president of the school's board of directors, said the inability to pay the faculty weighs heavily on the schools'leaders.

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On Wednesday, April 6, 2005, FLORENCE GOLDMAN (nee Rubenstein), loving wife of the late David Goldman, beloved mother of Joanne Schreiber of Phoenix, MD., devoted mother-in-law of Dr. Norman Schreiber, beloved sister of Shirley Shultz, Loving grandmother of Daemian and Elise Schreiber, Rachel and Francisco Da Cunha Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane, on Friday, April 8 at 1 P.M. Interment Hebrew Young Mens Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Rd. Please omit flowers.

In a battle of Towson University signees, Bullis Prep's Mohamed Fofana outshined Takoma Academy's Tamir Goodman last night, scoring 29 points in a 65-62 victory.Goodman, who grabbed national attention last season when he averaged 39 points and eight assists a game for Pikesville's Talmudical Academy, scored seven last night for host Takoma Academy.Goodman, a 6-foot-3 guard, was released from a commitment he made to Maryland earlier in the year.Fofana, who signed last month with the Tigers, is a 6-foot-8 center.

On May 14, 2004 JOSIF IAGNYATINSZKI beloved husband of Ida Iagnyatinski (nee Hirsch); beloved father of Judy Kadin of Baltimore, MD and Frida Stock of Rockville, MD; devoted father-in-law of Manny Stock; loving grandfather of Avy Tsviah Stock, Zahava Kadin, Nossi Kadin, Arie Israel Stock and Avi Kadin. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Sunday, May 16 at 1 p.m. Interment Chevra Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, Randallstown. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to Talmudical Academy, 4445 Old Court Road (21208)

On May 22, 2003, NATHAN MENDELSON, beloved husband of the late Rhoda D. Mendelson (nee Rovner), loving father of Dr. Harold "Hal" Mendelson and Rita Weiss, devoted father-in-law Ellen Mendelson and Kenneth Weiss, dear brother of Louis Mendelson and the late David, Isadore, Sylvan Mendelson, Sara Stein and Mayme Favish. Loving grandfather of Dr. Herbert Mendelson, Dr. Julie Jacobstein, Daniel Weiss and the late Laurie Weiss. Loving great-grandfather of three. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROTHERS, INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Lane on Friday, May 23 at 10 A.M. Interment Lubawitz Nusach Ari (Ner Tamid)