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Atlantans are playing a key role in boosting ORT America and the Hodayot youth village. Page 24
Tom Keating shares the latest research on why Decatur public schools met on Saturdays early in the 20th century. Page 25
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The new Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael principal, Rabbi Avrohom Tkatch, finds a nurturing environment. Page 30
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2 TRUMPS One columnist sees Donald Trump as perfect for America and Israel; another sees the terrifying side of his followers. Pages 11, 12
APPLE A DAY That’s the prescription from Experimac’s Neil Kent for school success. Page 18
FALL KICKOFF It’s no surprise Arthur Blank is everywhere as the Falcons open training camp. Page 20
EDUCATION IN ART JELF benefactors Marianne and Stephen Garber are surrounded by beauty. Page 34
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Hadassah Greater Atlanta lifetime members Linda Rosh and Susan and Butch Frumin attend the opening plenary of the National Convention on Monday night, July 25. See full coverage of the event, which combined wisdom from Sam Olens with an award for Gwyneth Paltrow, on Page 8.
Hadassah Helps Push for Health Equity By R.M. Grossblatt The Hadassah National Convention downtown at the Marriott Marquis was more than a celebration of women; it was also an assessment of medical progress. A plenary session Wednesday, July 27, on “Advocating for Gender Equity in Medical Research” captured both aspects. Walking into the hotel’s Atrium Ballroom to see hundreds of the nearly 1,000 registered convention delegates was overwhelming and inspiring. To begin the session, Hadassah National President Ellen Hershkin presented an award to Nanette Wenger, a professor of medicine in cardiology at Emory University, for her pioneering research in women’s cardiovascular health. Hershkin called Wenger a “trailblazer.” A Hadassah life member since 1962, Wenger led multiple studies showing that women react differently to cardiovascular disease than men do. In 1984, Wenger said, more women than men died of cardiovascular disease, even though people thought of it as a
health problem for men. By 2013, because of education, fewer women than men died from heart disease. Wenger said this is one area where women don’t mind being second. Photo by R.M. “I challenge each of Grossblatt you to provide for Nanette Wenger our daughters and granddaughters the information available for our sons and grandsons.” Trish Vradenburg, co-founder and vice chair of UsAgainstAlzheimers, presided over a panel discussing the rights of women in medical research. Besides Wenger, the panelists were Phyllis Greenberger, the immediate past president and CEO of the Society for Women’s Health Research, and Pamela Ouyang, a cardiology professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the director of the Johns Hopkins Women’s Cardiovascular Health Center.
Ouyang is also the American Heart Association’s national spokeswoman for the Go Red for Women campaign. Vradenburg described Alzheimer’s, which took her mother’s life, as the “most feared disease that causes so much despair.” A former TV writer who lightened her message with humor, Vradenburg said there is hope against Alzheimer’s but also a need for support in promoting the effort. “If I can’t count on Jewish women,” she said, “I might as well pack it in.” The panelists encouraged women to take part in clinical trials. Patients in those trials usually do better than those not in trials because they receive more medical attention, Ouyang said. “Of course, nothing we do is without risk, but there is incredible benefit for the future.” I hope that the hundreds of women in the audience are sharing with their Hadassah chapters across America the importance of gender equity in research into Alzheimer’s, heart disease and other health issues. The future lives of women and men then could extend upward like the towering floors of the Marriott. ■