Anita M. Green; Reform Congregation President

Anita M. Green, president of Shir Chadash--The New Reform Congregation in Encino, who campaigned for a synagogue in Woodland Hills, has died in a North Hollywood hospital. She was 42.

Ms. Green of Encino died Saturday from a gunshot wound suffered Thursday morning. Police said a motorcyclist shot her once as she drove her Corvette into a parking lot behind a North Hollywood tax consulting business owned by her husband, Melvin Green. Police have made no arrests in the case.

The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she was born Jan. 30, 1948, in New York City. Ms. Green was a founding member of the 8-year-old congregation and had served as its lay president since 1987, Rabbi Steven Jacobs said. Two weeks ago, Ms. Green and her mother participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Woodland Hills temple.

Ms. Green was active with the Jewish Reform movement in Israel and was involved with Central American refugee support programs, Jacobs said.

She is survived by her husband; a son, Scott Arnow of North Hollywood; her mother, Riva Rice of Sherman Oaks; and a sister, Linda Borson of Philadelphia.

A funeral was held Tuesday with burial at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills. Groman-Eden Mortuary handled the arrangements.

Donations can be made to the Anita M. Green Memorial Chapel in care of Temple Shir Chadash, 17000 Ventura Blvd., Suite 302, Encino 91316.