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by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor — — — Ann Goldstein and Cheryl Cooper have shared many things—their birthday on Oct. 8 was just the beginning. Their relationship grew when they married and started their families. Their two oldest children, Josh Cooper and Becca Goldstein, are the same age; younger siblings, Alex Cooper and Deb Goldstein, are only a year apart. Together, Goldstein and Cooper have visited Israel with their families, celebrated Jewish holidays, volunteered for many causes, and shared "lots of laughter." And now they share something else - a kidney. Two months ago, Cheryl donated one of her kidneys to her dear friend. Goldstein knew that one day she'd be faced with the prospect of battling polycystic kidney disease. After 10 years on dialysis, her mother died of the genetic disease in 1984; her brother died from the same disease in 1997, while only in his 40s. Polycystic kidneys describes exactly what the disease is~a genetic disease which forms multiple cysts on the kidneys. At a critical point, there are too many cysts for the kidney to perform its job of ridding the body of toxic
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Cheryl Cooper, right, donated one of her kidneys to her friend, Ann Goldstein in a lifesaving operation in May. wastes. exhibit any symptoms until she Goldstein has never let the prospect reached her 60s. With her positive of this disease spoil her life. She wrote attitude, she always indicated that off "feeling tired" two years ago to get- she felt "just fine. " ting older, menopause, and just "not But one look at her in May 2001 and realizing" that her kidneys were fail- her family doctor sent her to the hosing. Her friends saw changes in her pital "immediately." Her kidneys were physical condition and questioned her, huge, "the size of footballs," Goldstein but her lack of energy and loss of admitted, and her kidney function appetite didn't really register with her was failing, because she didn't think she would When Goldstein began her twice-a-
Israeli Procedure Helps Make 9 Two Arab 'Bubble Babies Healthy by JESSICA STEINBERG —
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JERUSALEM (JTA) - Dr. Shimon Slavin, a slim man with stick-straight white hair, holds two of his patients in his arms. Tassn'em Abu Said, 6, daintily kisses his left cheek, while her sister, Salsabil, 22 months, offers a slightly moister version on his right side. "Shukran," Slavin says in Arabic, thanking the two curly, dark-haired Israeli Arab sisters who scamper back to their father, Taliir, and mother, Hayam, sitting nearby. As Salsabil toddles out of sight, her small red shoes take her over to the shiny metal elevator doors. Her father, Taher Abu Said, quickly darts over to scoop her up before her chubby fingers get caught in the elevator doors. It isn't unusual for toddlers to embark on search and explore missions. But a year and a half ago, Salsabil was living in a Hadassah hospital isolation unit, under the care of Slavin, who heads the bone marrow transplantation department at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center. She and Tassnem were both "bubble babies," born without immune systems, a genetic disease known as severe combined immunodeficiency. SCID is caused by the lack of an essential enzyme, adenosine draminase, or ADA, that creates a functioning immune system. Bubble babies are so named because the first patients diagnosed with SCID were isolated for prolonged periods in germ-free plastic tents. Now both sisters have been cured of their disease -Tassnem with a bone marrow stem cell transplant and Salsabil by gene therapy, the "first in the world," says her doctor, who worked with a team of Israeli and Italian researchers from the San Raffaele Institute in Milan, Italy, to develop a gene therapy procedure that can be used for every genetic disease caused by defective stem cells. Stem cells are "blank cells" that can develop into virtually any kind of cell in the human body. The '-elegance" of this particular scientific
week kidney dialysis, her friend, Cooper, asked about becoming a kidney donor. After family members were ruled out, Ann agreed to Cheryl's request. In June 2001, Cooper underwent multiple tests at Nebraska Health System to ensure that not only were Cheryl and Ann a "match," but also that Cooper's health status was strong and this donation would not endanger her quality of life. She passed all the tests with flying colors. Goldstein said, "She not only donated a gift of life to me, she helped the whole system for prospective organ donors by suggesting ways it can be improved and be easier for living donors to step forward." In December last year, Goldstein's doctors removed both kidneys, put her on dialysis three days a week and scheduled transplant surgery for the day before Passover.Fran Milder, Cheryl's mother, joked that the two scheduled surgery for that day to get out of cooking for the seder! In reality, both Fran and Jerry Milder were very supportive of the important decision, as was Cheryl's husband, Ron, (Continued on page 11)
New Immigrants See AHyah as 'best way' to Fight Terrorism by RACHEL POMERANCE-—
NEW YORK (JTA) - Howard and Dora Green were inside Jerusalem's packed Sbarro pizzeria last August when a suicide bomber blew himself and more than a dozen others to bits. The Greens suffered personally from the terrorist attack-their niece still rests in a coma in Tel Avivbut it prompted the couple to emerge stronger and more dedicated to preserving the Jewish people. The "best way to fight back" said Howard Green, is to make aliyah. Nearly one year later, the Orthodox couple from New York has moved to Israel. They were among nearly 400 North American Jews—150 under the age of 12-who made aliyah in what is believed to be the largest group of North Americans to immigrate at one time to Israel. Israel was "always a dream we could never fulfill" for financial or other reasons, Dora Green, 51, said as she prepared for her departure from JFK International Airport on Monday. But now, with her husband's retirement benefits Palestinian girl Salsabil Abu Said, the first and a financial boost from a new organization ded'bubble baby' in the world completely cured of^ icated to easing the financial burden of aliyah, the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), Greens are officially new immigrants. sits with her father Taher as Israeli Dr. In fact, the group that helped the Greens, Nefesh Shimon Slavin, fop, looks on during a media B*Nefesh, which means "from soul to soul" in Hebrew, conference in Jerusalem. was founded by someone dedicated to replacing lives Photo by Brian Hendler/JTA. lost to terror with new Jewish immigrants. advancement is how it unfolded within one family, After his cousin was killed in a 2000 terrorist Slavin says. It is also a story of Jews and Muslims, attack in Israel, Rabbi Joshua Fass of Boca Raton, Israelis and Arabs, looking beyond the immediate FL, wanted to "come stand in his stead." conflict and trusting one another. (Continued on page 2) The Abu Saids were childless for 10 years, and desperately waited children. When they finally conceived Ahmed, their first-born, he died within . INSIDE: weeks because he had SCID-ADA and lacked a 1 functioning immune system. Healthy Living starts page 7 When Hayam Abu Said became pregnant again, the Abu Saids knew the disease was prevalent. As ;"Run, Doc, Run"....T..-..................» page 14 first cousins, Hayam and Tahir's fathers are brothers they had a "double dose" of this genetic disease, "Genetic testing page IS • Slavin says. But as devout Muslims, they wouldn't ! undergo prenatal diagnosis to detect whether the "Medicine Cabinet in th<? Kitchen" ... page 20 baby in utero carried the disease. t -Crossword puzzle page 23 (Continued on page 11)
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A new immigrant with her baby disembarks together with other North Americans at Ben Gurion Airport. Almost 400 arrived en masse in Israel. Photo by Brian HendlerlJTA Stuart Schwartz, 50, a Florida businessman and Reform Jew described a growing love for Israel with each visit there. "I feel a bond to Israel," he said. It's a "return to the homeland." He said financial assistance from Nefesh B'Nefesh was the key that allowed him to actually move, he said. Indeed, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, says that if Nefesh B'Nefesh proves that (financial need) is the case by continuing to raise the numbers of American aliyah, then American Jewry must address the issue. Eckstein, who himself recently made aliyah, said, "This aliyah happened because Christian Americans helped make it happen." North American aliyah has steadily decreased by 15 percent every year for the last five years, with slightly fewer than 1,200 North Americans making aliyah last year. But this year, Dan Biron, executive director of the Israel Aliyah Center, which handles immigration to Israel by North American Jews, expects an increase of 20 percent due to the' work of Nefesh B'Nefesh.
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IBiiiiill L'Chaim Here's to Life! Regardless of all the advances in medicine in the last decade, Americans are still not in shape. We're overweight; we don't exercise enough. Our cholesterol is too high, as is our blood pressure, and more of us have diabetes. But we can change this picture. In this issue, our annual Healthy Living supplement, we offer healthy eating tips, information on long term care insurance, the latest medical deveopments and more. This community is fortunate to have a state-of-the-art fitness center at the JCC, thanks to Phil Sokolof (who also has alerted this nation to the dangers of high fat diets through his National Heart Savers Foundation). There should be so many of us involved in exercise pro-
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NEW YORK (JTA) -- The head of CNN was on vacation last week, yet once again he found himself defending CNN's coverage of Israel and the Palestinians. Like other CNN executives have done in past weeks, Walter Isaacson was issuing a mea culpa in part about a controversial CNN International segment following the May 27 suicide bombing in Petach Tikva. CNN ran a brief snippet of an interview with the mother of one of the victims—and a much longer interview with the mother of the bomber. The report generated such heat in the Jewish community that CNN broadcast the Israeli interview in full, and issued a statement that it "deeply regrets any extra anguish" the report may have caused. "Our goal is to be honest and truthful and fair," Isaacson, chairman and CEO of CNN News Group, said in an e-mail interview with JTA. "That goes beyond just a simplistic "balance' that assumes there are only two sides and that all players are morally equivalent and playing by the same rules." In CNN's coverage of terrorism in the Mideast and around the world, "we are trying to emphasize that, whatever the explanations, the random killing of innocents is, as Christiane Amanpour said recently on our air, a war crime." The CNN chiefs tough talk is part of an unprecedented public relations blitz the network launched last month with Jewish media, in part to douse a firestorm in the Jewish community that ignited after CNN co-founder Ted Turner told the London Guardian that Israel and the Palestinians are "terrorizing each other." But will CNN adjust its focus? And can the media in general turn a new page in covering the Middle
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Does CNN's Outreach to Jews Mean a New Page in Middle East Coverage? East story? Bret Stephens, editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post and a former Wall Street Journal editor, says he has not seen much evidence of a sea change in media behavior yet. "This is a genocidal war against the Jews, and the media hasn't recognized that," he says. "It's not boundaries and policies, but Israel's right to exist." Like CNN, other outlets—including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post and National Public Radio-have come under a barrage of complaints about their Mideast coverage. The wave of criticism has intensified in the 21 months since the Palestinian intifada erupted in September 2000, peaking with the furor over Turner's comments. NPR also has gone to the Jewish community to address these concerns. NPR's CEO, Kevin KLose, addressed an American Jewish Press Association convention in June, and is set to join a panel on the media at Hadassah's annual meeting in Florida. Also on the panel are New York Daily News columnist Zev Chafets and Columbia University Journalism School professor Samuel Freedman. Hadassah spokeswoman Roberta Elliott says the panel will examine the "balance or lack of balance" in media coverage of Israel. They'll be certain to debate if journalists can~or even should-be balanced in working this story. Stephens says the answer is clear: Journalists should strive to be "as truthful" as possible. Yet that throws normal ideas of journalistic balance out the window: In this conflict, he says, being truthful "at some level means you have to make moral judgments."
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"This is a conflict that cannot be understood properly unless one is making a moral judgment, because this is a moral conflict" between wanton Palestinian violence aimed at civilians and military responses, Stephens says. Yet the media often falls back on balance as "a proxy for truthfulness, and it's a very bad proxy for it," Stephens says. In covering a suicide bomb attack in Israel, reporters typically include news about Israel army blockades of the West Bank, military reprisals or targeted assassinations of terrorists. Boilerplate language such as the "cycle of violence" neatly sum it all up. While the top brass at organizations such as CNN may have good intentions, Stephens says, many of the foreign correspondents covering Israel and the Mideast lack the historical knowledge to put the story in proper context. These reporters "come to the situation with cliched views, they get some sources, and they persuade themselves that they're conducting journalism," he says. As Israel said it would accelerate the addition of the Fox News Channel to its satellite package- and some Israeli politicians hinted that CNN would be dropped—CNN's news-gathering chief, Eason Jordan, flew to Israel to meet with Israeli editors. CNN anchor and star reporter Wolf Blitzer-who once worked as the Jerusalem Post correspondent in Washington-was sent to Jerusalem, where he broadcast a series of reports on Israeli victims of Palestinian terror. CNN.com also posted an entire companion section on Israeli terror victims (www.cnn.com/victimsofterror/). INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING CORPORATION "Service First—Quality Always" PRODUCTS • Corrugated, S.U.S. & S.B.S. Boxes • Packaging tapes & glues • Stretch film, shrink film & lidding film 1 Poly & steel strapping • Printed zipper bags, poly bags 1 polypropylene & styrofoam trays
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The pro- would not be reimbursed at the ponents of school choice are not the level .of what it costs to provide the only ones pleased with last month's services, Aviv said. U.S. Supreme Court decision that While large agencies might be school vouchers are constitutional. able to withstand the change, it Advocates of faith-based initia- would be almost impossible for new tives are now hoping for the programs to start up, she said. "voucherizing" of charitable choice. Richard Foltin, legislative .director Supporters of direct funding of for the American Jewish religious organizations that provide Committee, said much of the high social services might be looking to court's analysis of school vouchers capitalize on the high court's deci- was premised on the choices of difsion. ferent schools available to parents. The justices determined that govAn argument in the charitable ernment-funded vouchers to stu- choice arena centers around dents to attend parochial or private whether there will be secular alterschools do not violate the constitu- natives available to individuals tional separation of church and seeking help, he said. state. Opponents claim vouchers lack The justices' majority opinion civil rights protections required made a clear distinction between under federal grants and direct vouchers and direct government funding, and would allow organizafunding of religious institutions. tions not only to discriminate by And while the issues are not the employing only those of a certain same, charitable choice supporters faith, but also to proselytize those could opt to pursue a voucher sys- individuals receiving governmenttem for their cause, giving individu- funded services. als vouchers to receive social beneOrganizations that receive vouchfits where they choose, including at ers or certificates could include relireligious institutions. gious activities in their service proThe Supreme Court case was "a vision and require religious activibig plus" and it legitimized vouch- ties for the individuals receiving ers, according to Marshall Breger, a services, opponents say. law professor at Catholic While the Bush administration's University. faith-based initiative has focused on "When there's true individual direct funding for social service prochoice then vouchers are accept- grams, a change in the direction able," he said. toward vouchers could help boost But even if an individual is able to the issue. choose where to obtain services But the administration is keeping such as drug counseling, child care mum on its future plans. or soup kitchens, many Jewish "We have to take it one step at a groups worry about an expanded time," said a White House spokespartnership between the govern- woman. ment and faith-based institutions. President Bush, whose initial Most Jewish groups believe such a push for faith-based initiatives has partnership would break down the weakened, has not announced any constitutional wall separating policy change regarding vouchers church and state, infringe on reli- for social services but he has gious liberties and imply toleration emphasized what he sees as a need of employment discriniination. to give religious organizations a In contrast, Orthodox groups stronger voice. want religious groups to play a The president called the voucher greater role in providing social ser- decision "a great victory" and then vices and want to lower the wall sounded familiar themes, reiteratthat separates church and state, as ing how government should treat long as minority religions are pro- religious organizations fairly. tected. "Our government should not fear That fear of eroding church-state programs" which exist because "a separation is a psychological block church or synagogue or a mosque that leaves Jews concerned about has decided to start one," he told an the urban crisis but not offering any audience in Cleveland, the city that new ideas, according to Murray established the voucher program Friedman, director of the Feinstein that was deemed constitutional by Center of American Jewish History the Supreme Court. at Temple University. "We should not discriminate "The Jewish community needs to against programs based upon faith be more open-minded," he said. in America; we should enable them For Jewish social service agencies, to access federal money because which already receive government faith-based programs can change funding, the greater fear is what a people's lives, and America will be voucher system would mean for the better off for it." entire system. Now, the focus could shift to "The effect on the Jewish federa- Congress, where the House of tion system could be profound," said Representatives last year passed a Diana Aviv, vice president of public bill that would convert any grant or policy for United Jewish direct funding program to a voucher Communities, the Jewish communi- program. ty's central fund-raising and social But the Senate rejected that, and services agency. instead is considering a wateredUnder a voucher system, agencies down version that focuses on tax would no longer be able to depend incentives for charitable giving. on a fixed, predetermined level of The bill also says faith-based funding. They would have to depend groups cannot be made to alter or instead on the uncertainty of indi- remove symbols or to alter their viduals choosing their programs. names because the symbols or They also won-y that agencies names are religious.
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Jodi Lerner, daughter of Shelly Learner and the late Judy Lerner, earned a BS in elementary education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She graduated magna cum laude and will be teaching in Papillion-LaVista School District. Bobby N e w m a n , son of Patricia and Jeff Newman, was nominated for the Marilyn Raupe Outstanding Physical Education Student Award, from Swanson Elementary School. One girl and boy in sixth grade are selected by their teachers in each District 66 elementary school each year. The award is presented for outstanding physical education skills and sportsmanship.
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He dug a small hole toward the noise. At chareidi/archives5761/vayeshev/aehol first two fingers and then an entire hand ek.htm. emerged, allowing the paramedic to insert Yad Sarah is Israel's largest voluntary an intravenous transfusion which helped organization. After the terror attacks in to keep the victim alive for the eight hours Jerusalem and Haifa, injured victims it took to free him."— were able to borrow medical and rehabiliwww.redcross.org/services/intl/glob- tative equipment free of charge-al/mda/mdaworks.html. www.yadsarah.org.il/new_eng_index. The MDA isn't alone when disaster html. strikes. Hatzaloah Jerusalem is staffed by You can find links to more medical orgaover 200 volunteer emergency medical nizations at the Israeli Physician's Guide personnel, all certified by Magen David website—www.doctor.co.il/organizaAdorn. Hatzolah Jerusalem operates in tionlink.htm. over 20 cities and towns throughout After a disaster, one of the most harrowIsrael- wwTV.hatzolah.org.il/. (Hatzaloh ing duties falls to the members of "Chesed also runs volunteer emergency services Shel Emet" (True Mercy.) These are the outside Israel. You can read the first-hand Orthodox Jews who arrive at : „ account of Hatzaloh's Shamai Goldstein the first word of a terrorist attack or civil as he explains what it was like to survive emergency. Wearing black kippot, tzitzit the attack on New York's World Trade fringes and bright orange emergency Center: www.jewsweek.com/soci- vests, their task is to search for limbs and ety/lll.htm.) scrape down buildings splattered with Members of Israel's bomb squads-or blood and flesh--http://info.jpost.com/ sappers- risk their lives trying to neutral- 2000/Supplements/Terror/7.html. ize suspicious objects before they can do According to Jewish tradition, bodies any harm. Jewish Homemaker magazine must be treated with respect and all body devoted a lengthy article to the stories of parts must be given a proper burial. While Gal, Rami and Yaacov, members of rescue workers work against the clock to Jerusalem's bomb squad. save the living and police make legal iden"Has Rami, this supez'-cool Israeli with a tification of corpses, Chesed Shel Emet is crew-cut and perpetual macho smile ever concerned with "Kavod Haniet," the felt his hands shake? 'If you think about halachic concept of proper burial: being injured, you can throw in the towel. w w w . j e w i s h . s f . c o m / b k 9 6 All you can think of is how to do the work 0308/lbparts.htm. most efficiently and safely. Afterwards, "It's a holy act," says Chesed Shel Emet you go over it in your head and then the founder Rabbi Elazar Gelbstein. "God creshock of what you went through hits ated us in his image and we must do his you.'"—www.ok.org/homemaker/purim deeds. This is our job. It's hard and it _57/cover.html. breaks us but it must be done." There are many other Israeli groups that try to help when disaster strikes^ **• Mark Mietkiewicz is a TorontoEzer Mitzion runs a fleet of more than 30 based television producer who writes, ambulances to transport children suffer- lectures and teaches about the Jewish ing from cancer and to help in time of Internet. He can be contacted at: highemergency~www.shemayisrael.com/ way@rogers.com.
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Back Up Your Birth Control by BEVERLY TODD NOLTE Planned Parenthood of Omaha-Council Bluffs • — —-— — Common sense says that most women Consider this: the average woman spends up to 20 years of her life trying to avoid must have emergency contraception stowed pregnancy. And that involves a few weeks away in their medicine cabinets, just in case. of nail biting every now and then-after a But many women still don't know about it. Or condom breaks, a diaphragm slips or a they don't know they can get it in advance. EC pills prevent pregnancy the same way woman forgets to take her pill. Or she has that daily birth control pills do: by delaying sex when she didn't p!an to, or want to. Now there's something she can do to pre- or preventing release of the egg (ovulation), vent pregnancy-even after sex. It's called inhibiting fertilization, or preventing implanemergency contraception, EC for short. You tation of a fertilized egg in the uterus. They are not to be confused with Mifepres might have heard it referred to as the "morning after pill." It's a short, higher dose (also known as RU-486 or mifepristone). of the same hormones found in "the pill." EC prevents pregnancy; it does not termiAnd you can get it in advance, just in case, nate an established pregnancy or harm a developing fetus. In fact, EC will not work if at Planned Parenthood. Available only by prescription, emergency a woman is already pregnant. EC is available on a walk-in basis, no contraception offers women a second chance to prevent pregnancy after unpro- gynecological exam is required, at Planned tected sex or birth control failure, if taken Parenthood's health centers in Omaha and Council Bluffs. within 72 hours.
by SUSAN K. PARKS, Lawton Nutritional Services — « - - - - - - - ™ - - ™ ~ - Healthy snacks need to be an important part of a child's daily diet. Children have a tremendous need for calories to promote healthy growth and development. Chidlren also have a limited stomach capacity-so snacks will help them meet both their calorie and nutrient needs on a daily basis. The following tips are offered for parents and caregivers: • Plan for 2-3 snacks a day and serve them two to 2 1/2 hours after a meal. If dinner is served early or is a light meal, offer a bedtime snack. • Don't use snacks to replace meals; snacks should supplement meals and provide nutirents from foods that the child doesn't receive at mealtime. • Snacks need to be healthy-high in nutrients, low in fat, sodium and refined sugar. • Foods high in nutrients include: fresh fruit and 100% fruit juices, raw vegetables,
pudding and ice cream, milk, cheese and yogurt, eggs, enriched whole grain breads and crackers. Foods low in nutrients include: soft drinks, fruit-flavored drinks, candy, cakes, pies, donuts, chips and french fries. • If adults refer to healthy foods as snacks, children will begin to do the same. • Get children in the kitchen-they love it! Even small children can help in food preparation. Children are more apt to eat the food they helped prepare. • Snack time is a good time to offer new or unusual foods. Involving several children in a "taste-testing party" provides an environment that encourages children. • Do not force a child to eat a food he/she doesn't want. It's the parent's or caregiver's responsibility to offer a variety. The child should to allowed to decide how much andto eat or whether or not to eat at all.
Caringg Sharing Bring Jewish Values to JCC Maccabi Games by DIANE AXLER BAUM —
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The Basic Jewish values of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) and Tzedakah (deeds of charity and loving kindness) are central to the JCC Maccabi Games. For this reason, time is set aside for the "Day of Caring and. Sharing." In keeping with this tradition, the approximately 900 Maccabi participants in Omaha will volunteer their time and energy on Wednesday, Aug. 7, to carry out conservation and environmental projects to benefit their host city. To develop projects that are both meaningful and interesting, the Day of Caring and Sharing Committee has worked with Keep Omaha Beautiful, Boys and Girls Clubs, and the AntiDefamation League, In addition, a Conservation Expo is on the agenda to provide a wide range of information on recycling, ecology, solid waste issues, and related subjects. "We hope our Maccabi participants will be inspired to continue an involvement in environmental issues when they return to their own communities," said Jane Murow, co-chair of the committee. In a change of pace from their daytime work and learning, she added, the teens will be treated to a festive social evening at Fun Plex which will incorporate the overall theme of "Israeli Night." Murow said four groups of Maccabi teens will take part in clean-up and conservation efforts in cooperation with Keep Omaha Beautiful. Their
projects will take them to the parks surrounding Cunningham Lake, Lake Zorinsky, Standing Bear Lake, and Chalco Hills/Werspann Lake. Another group of teens will help Beth Dotan prepare for Kite-Flying Day, 2002. The annual event, relating to the environment through its connection to the harvest festival of Sukkot, memorializes Janusz Korczak, the orphanage director who perished with the children in his charge during the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. "Children are like the wind," is one of the expressions for which the courageous Korczak is remembered, said Dotan. Other Maccabi participants will work at locations of the Boys and Girls Club, a United Way agency. In another gesture of tzedakah, Maccabi participants will be bringing to Omaha, from home, school supplies which they will donate to local school children. Co-chairs of the Day of Caring and Sharing Committee with Murow are Bonnie Bloch and Nancy Jacobson. Working with them as a representative of the JCC is Carole Greenberg, assistant director of the Pennie Z. Davis Child Development Center. Adult volunteers are needed to accompany the teens to their project locations and to help in a variety of ways at the Conservation Expo. For further information, or to offer your services as a volunteer, please call Jane Murow, 498-8789, or Carole Greenberg, 334-6414.
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Friends for Life (Continued from page 1) ——-— » —..... ••• . « • sion, as was Cheryl's husband, Ron, Ann's husband Donald, and his parents, Shirley and Buddy Goldstein. At 5:30 p.m., the day before the organ transplant was to occur last March, the two women were notified that the surgery was canceled. They were devastated. A blood transfusion during Goldstein's December surgery had created a minor incompatibility. The doctors said her blood might filter out the components—or not; they would have to monitor her over the next several weeks. After a meeting with the transplant surgeons, a husband and wife team from UNMC, the decision was made to place Goldstein on pre-surgieal antirejection drugs. Success followed and surgery was rescheduled. On Friday, May 3, the two women were wheeled into operating rooms at NHS University Hospital. They told no one except their families and closest friends. "We struggled with the issue of our privacy versus community concern," Cooper admitted. " We really were very touched by the outpouring of support from this community. It's very genuine." During the five-hour surgery, Cooper had a laparoscopic procedure to remove her kidney. A half-inch incision was made for a camera to be inserted, two other half-inch incisions for the instruments and a fourth, slightly longer, for her doctor to remove her kidney. She went home three days later and, after six weeks, "felt no different" than before the transplant. "If you're healthy," Cooper said, "you are fine with one kidney."
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T TFeet Goldstein's recovery was also remarkable. She admits her surprise at how well she felt so quickly after major surgery-and after a year of dialysis. She will continue to take anti-rejection and antiinfection medications. "Thank goodness for the research and development of drugs that can fight rejection episodes and enhance recovery after transplant surgery," she said. The two women want people to know that under Jewish law, it is not only "okay" to be an organ donor, it is also a mitzvah (commandment). The myth of a prohibition against organ donation is just that~a myth. Every denomination of Judaism has issued statements urging Jews to sign donor cards and to inform their families of their wishes. Even with the tremendous advances in drug therapies, there are 52,000 people still on the waiting list for kidney transplants, As a reminder of their strong friendship and shared transplant experience, Goldstein gave Cooper a silver necklace shaped like a kidney. In return, Cheryl gave Ann a weaving that says, "Every journey brings blessings." What's next on the list of shared projects? The two women laughed and said they're not sure just now. They would like to help others facing similar situations understand the organ transplant process, making it a little more user-friendly for both recipient and donor. The process was more complicated than either woman realized, but Cooper insists—she'd do it all over again. Goldstein smiled and looked at her friend, "I knew it would be okay."
Bubble Babies (Continued from page 1) ——•-*•••" When Tassnem was born with the disease, the current treatment was ADA replacement therapy, an extremely expensive treatment that attempts to rescue the immune system and is only effective for one or two days at a time. A bone marrow transplant from a matching donor is the preferred option, replacing the abnormal stem cells-the building blocks for all human tissue with normal stem cells to produce the missing enzyme. Slavin used gene therapy to try and cure Tassnem of the condition. He took her own stem cells, and introduced the adenosine draminase replacement gene into her stem cells. The experiment was successful, allowing the gene to persist in her body for more than a year.. But Tassnem remained immune deficient because the number of cells treated were few and ineffective compared with the overwhelming number of unhealthy cells still in her body. At that point, Slavin could not follow up with enzyme replacement therapy, an enzyme booster shot that causes slow relief to the condition and is prohibitively expensive. Tassnem remained sick, but was kept alive. Hayam Abu Said became pregnant again, refusing prenatal treatment, but gave birth to a healthy boy, Abdul Rahman, now 5, who was a successful stem cell match for his sister. Slavin took his bone marrow, isolated the stem cells, and transplanted them in Tassnem, successfully treating and curing her of the condition. Another daughter, Yousra, was born without the condition. But a month and a half after Salsabil was born, Hayam Abu Said developed a sore throat and cough, and Salsabil immediately began coughing. Since she wasn't nursing the baby, Hayam Abu Said knew that Salsabil was showing signs of the autoimmune deficiency. Unlike Tassnem, Salsabil had no bone marrow match among her siblings' blood cells. By the time Salsabil was seven months old, Slavin and his team of researchers had figured out how to give the genetically treated cells an advantage. The Abu Saids were willing to give the treatment a shot, particularly given Slavin's straightforward, honest appraisal of the experimental procedure. "Dr. Slavin said he would do the same procedure if it was his daughter," says Tahir Abu Said, 38, balancing Salsabil on his knee while cautioning Yousra, 4, not to open up the slim laptop computer sitting on the table. "So I told him to make sure he did it like he would do for his own child."
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Run, Doc, Run! by CAROL KATZMAN, Editor
Most any morning, you can catch a glimpse of DF. Jerry Simons running through his neighborhood. You'd have to be up early, because this doctor runs at 6 a.m.-and runs for an hour, usually managing to total six miles. If you don't manage to get out of bed quite that early, you can still see Jerry's wife, Judy, on her hourly morning run, chalking up her six miles. This physically fit couple runs "for pleasure" not to compete-and they've been running for nearly 25 years.
Sometimes, they even run together! Married since 1970, Judy Earp and Jerry Simons were high school sweethearts at Westside. Jerry went on to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed his medical training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Judy earned both a teaching degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and her master's. After teaching for seven years, Judy stayed home to raise their two sons. Jim, is now 25 and a history teacher at his family's alma mater, Westside,
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where he's also assistant coach of the baseball team. Jon, 23, who is working on a master's in management at Bellevue University, has begun his career in the auto business with his grandfather at Jim Earp Enterprises. In the meantime, Jerry was logging 80-hour work weeks during medical school and residency. But shortly after going into private practice, Jerry noticed the "love handles" developing around his middle. "I realized I had put on 10-15 pounds during my 20s," Jerry admitted. "I love to eat!" Running became his way of being able to eat the foods he loved and slim down. Eventually, he dropped the foods high in fat content, but admits he still "cheats more than Judy" and indulges in his favorite candies, M&Ms and red licorice. Of course, if you run six miles a day, nearly every day, you can pretty much eat all the red licorice you want! At least, that's Jerry's philosophy! Jerry also runs occasionally with his youngest son, Jon, who was a three-year varsity football player at Westside. "There's only one problem when I run with Jon," Jerry laughed. "He's so fast that by the time I'm at the bottom of the driveway, Jon's down the street." Both boys were involved in athletic pursuits, "since they were in preschool at the 'J'," according to their mother. "Sports gives kids three important things," she explained. "It keeps them busy, gives them a commitment and allows them to learn about responsibility." Though Jon concentrated on football in high school, he also participated in varsity track. Today, he lifts weights and still runs. His older brother Jim played varsity tennis, including the Missouri Valley tournaments. While only a sophomore at Westside, Jim was asked to assist the baseball team by coach Bob Greco. He kept the statistics, scouted younger players and was considered a role model. In fact, Jim's nickname at WHS was "Radar" because he could foresee the challenges facing the baseball players and help them develop strategies to improve their performances. Jerry knew exactly what he wanted as a career from the time he was eight-years-old. Jerry's own father was a pathologist and when Jerry was only eight, Dr. Milt Simons gave him a microscope. That gift changed his life. "It was a real microscope," Jerry recalled. "Not a toy-and it was at that time my career choice was made." Jerry worked in his dad's lab from the time he was 11-years-old. "I thought being a pathologist was like the old television show, Quincy," he admitted. "And I believed that's what direction I'd take." But an elective rotation at the beginning of his third year of medical school changed his mind. Usually, students rotate through the core medical areas first—internal medicine,
The Simons Family: Jim, Jerry, Judy and Jon. pediatrics, obstetrics, and surgery— and then take electives like radiology, opthamology, orthopedics, or, in Jerry's case-ear, nose and throat. "I learned that the head and neck were my favorite parts of the anatomy," he recalled. Working with the group in that department was also a factor in Jerry's choice of ENT as his specialty, "The atmosphere was so attractive from a medical standpoint. Spending half the time in clinic with patients and half in surgery gave me the patient contact I wanted, too." Medicine has changed, however, since Jerry's early days in practice. But Jerry now has his wife as an ally, getting pre-approval for surgery from the insurance companies—and then acting as his advocate later when trying to collect. "She's terrific!" Jerry said. "Some of the insurance companies have even tried to hire her away from me!" Since the boys graduated from high school, Judy has been working in the front office in Jerry's practice. He shares space with a general surgeon, has a physician's assistant and does "limited surgery" there, practicing most of his major surgery at Clarkson. One of the things he likes about his specialty, is that we "can help most of our patients." A recent.case involved a woman who was deaf in one ear. While she had surgery as a youngster on a congenital malformation of the ear canal, Jerry was surprised that the nerve was still intact. Being able to restore her hearing as an adult was "very gratifying." Even patients who have retired to warmer climates have returned to Jerry for medical procedures. They come from Phoenix and Palm Springs, and one woman even flew in from Seattle before a move to Alaska. "Jerry's a perfectionist," said Judy. "I can't imagine him leaving anything undone." And that's why he runs, too. He's a firm believer that exercise is a key ingredient to a long and healthy life. "I love running, especially the feeling of satisfaction you have at the completion of each run," he explained. "Everyone needs to choose a form of exorcise that works for them and then stick with it. It doesn't work with pills or diet tricks. You've got to find a way, and a time of day, every day, for exercise. "Pick something you like and stick with it!"
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Taking Advantage of What's In Your Own Back Yard Blumkin Home by MIKE NOBLE, Health & Fitness Director Receives Top Rating JCC Phil Sokolof Fitness — — — — ity to sustain Do you realize that everyrepeated muscle in Rehab/Short Term, thing you need to achieve a healthy lifestyle is right in your contractions. —backyard, your backyard being Strength trainas Well as Long Term the Phil Sokolof Fitness ing produces Center at the JCC? We have many benefits: Nursing Care everything you need, from our •It increases by JEWISH PRESS News 9nrvirr A unique blend of care and atmosphere have always given the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home a respected reputation as one of Omaha's outstanding facilities for long term care. The professional health care community has recommended RBJH as one of the region's best short-term facilities for rehabilitation. Emily Moddy, a physical therapist at the Home, said she finds it personally and professionally rewarding when someone is able to return home after rehab at the Blumkin Home. "With the cooperation of the nursing staff, we feel we have .given the residents the greatest quality of care in order to enable them to reach their goals." Some Blumkin "alumni" noted the contributions of the home to their stay and recovery. Reva Ruderman came to the Home after she fell and broke her arm. Reva joked, "I broke my upper arm; they call it the humerus hone, but it wasn't very humorous to me! "The care is excellent in always-meals activities, therapy and just plain good pleasant company," she added. Is is the haimische attitude that you can only get at the Blumkin Home, offered Art Grossman, who recuperated at RBJH after a hospitalization. He loved Shabbat services, too. "I came away from services with a glow in my soul," he said. Helen Kelly, speaking from her apartment at the Livingston Manor, was surprised by all the activity in which she was able to participate during her short stay at the Home. "Cathy and Ann have so much going on for us to do," she commented. "If i need to go back to a nursing home or rehab center, the Blumkin Home would be my first choice." Kay Gerelick spent two weeks in rehab at the home after knew surgery. 'The rehab was outstanding," she said, "and made me confident in my abilities to go home." For more information about rehabilitation and short term stays at the Blumkin Home, contact Shane Kotok, Director of Community Outreach Services, at 334-6529.
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Foundation for Spine Research Receives SPORT Grant by JEWISH PRESS News Service The Nebraska Foundation for Spine Research (NFSP) is the local participant in a five-year $13.5 million randomized study, funding by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. One of the NFSP researchers in the study, known as SPORT (Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trials) is Dr. Eric Phillips, of the Nebraska Spine Center, LLP. The SPORT study compares surgical and non-surgical treatment results for patients with three common lower-back problems: herniated discs, spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis. Non-surgical treatments include: medication, physical therapy, modified activity, exercise, bed rest and steroid injections. Study candidates must be at least 19 years old and must have been treated with nonsurgical therapies for six to 12 weeks. A total of 3300 people are expected to participate nationally with 400 at the Nebraska site. Other participating centers are in Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Michigan and Georgia. Currently, Nebraska ranks at the top with 210 participants in the study. The Nebraska Spine Center was formed 10 years ago and offers a variety of treatment approaches in dealing with spinal problems in adults and children. The NFSP was formed in 1998 as a non-profit organization by the physicians at the Nebraska Spine Center with the belief that medical research of spinal disorders is a primary component of overall patient care. The Foundation is currently involved in five major spine studies. Additional information is available by calling the Nebraska Spine Center of the Nebraska Foundation for Spine Research at 496-0404.
Long Term Care 101 by JOSEPH M.JOHNS Pruco Securities — — It's harder and harder to avoid the topic of longterm care these days. Almost everyone has a parent or relative who is receiving, or has received, long term care. Almost everyone has a story to recite about the unexpected high cost of long term care. And, although people are reluctant to broach this topic, many are concerned about their own long term care. Will I need it? What exactly is long term care? How much will it cost? There's good reason to be asking these questions. First, we're getting older. Individuals aged 65 and older currently make up about 12.4 percent of the population, but based on projections this figure is expected to increase to about 30 percent by 2025. Furthermore, while only 1.5 percent the total population is over age 85 today, this percentage is expected to more than double by 2025. The increase in the percentage of seniors is due, in part, to the aging of the baby boom generation. It is also attributable to increases in life expectancy. In 1950 life expectancy was only 68.2 years. By 1975 it had increased to 72.6 years and by 1997 life expectancy for all individuals had risen to 76.5. For those aged 65, life expectancy was 17.7 years in 1997 as compared to just 10 years in 1950. Changing cause of death trends are reflected in changes in nursing home usage. In 1995 there was an estimated 1.5 million individuals in nursing home care. At current rates there will be approximately three million nursing home residents in the year 2030. Even with the use of alternatives such as home health care, assisted living, more and more of us will require at least some nursing home care before we die. As more and more of us are learning, programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were intended to meet basic retirement and health care needs, not daily long term care needs resulting from incapacitating illness. Most of us will probably rely on a combination of approaches. Your financial services professional can help you decide on the right course for you.
Psychological Effects of Bombing Still to Emerge by JESSICA STEINBERG
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JERUSALEM (JTA) - Michael Lasry didn't want to go to school Tuesday morning, but his mother, Devorah, pushed him out the door at 7:45 a.m., reminding the ninth grader that there were only a few weeks left in the school year. Twenty minutes later, Devorah heard that there had been an explosion on a Jerusalem bus crowded with school children, near the ORT boys high school that Michael attends on the southern end of the city, at the Patt Junction. The bus was carrying schoolchildren and com-. muters from Gilo, the Lasrys' neighborhood on the outskirts of the city, toward downtown Jerusalem. "I knew Michael was on that bus," said Devorah Lasry, who appeared calm and composed while standing by her son's bedside in an emergency room in one of Hadassah hospitals. "But it took hours until I finally got through to him in the ambulance, and he kept on saying, 'I'm OK, Mom, I'm OK.'" Michael Lasry's wounds are considered "light" by the standards of Israeli terror victims: Bomb shrapnel entered his lungs and sprayed his face. At least 19 people were killed by the powerful explosives a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated on the commuter bus. More than 50 people were taken to Jerusalem hospitals, where several were listed in serious condition and the rest were lightly or moderately wounded. By late morning, one of the critically wounded victims died on the operating table, sending her family and friends into a paroxysm of grief outside the emergency room. Jerusalem had been on high alert for terrorist attacks, amid a general alert throughout the country for several suicide bombers believe to have infiltrated from the West Bank. Police helicopters had hovered over the city that night, while checkpoints were set up at various junctions and streets to check cars and drivers throughout the city.
Everyone has been feeling "slightly scared and suspicious," an Israel Radio commentator said, "just waiting for the next bomb to hit." Itzik Katzav was in his truck driving his two children to school when the bus exploded behind him. At first, he thought he was being shot at and pulled over to the side of the road, telling his children to lie down on the floor of the truck. Then he turned and saw the bus lift up into the air. "I saw bodies flying out of the bus," said Katzav, 39, who recently moved from the Katamon neighborhood—where the attack took place—to Gilo, where the bus route begins. "But I'm OK, and thank God my kids are okay." Katzav took some shrapnel in his neck. His daughter, Esti, 12, has shrapnel in her lungs and hands, while her brother, Menashe, 9, escaped unharmed. "I thought the kids would be safer getting to school in my truck, because it's so big and heavy," he said, shaking his head and running a hand down his unshaven cheek. "Now I don't know how I'm going to get them to school in the mornings." The psychological effects of a suicide bombing can last long after the actual physical damage, advised Esti Galili Weistub, director of pediatric psychiatry at Hadassah. Around 50 percent of terror victims develop posttraumatic stress disorder. At least eight of June 18's bombing victims were between the ages of eight and 18. Most were fully aware of what had happened and gave clear descriptions of where they were and what they were doing at the time of the attack. But fears may emerge later in the grieving process. "Imagine if they spent the morning trying to find their older sister?" Galili Weistub asked. "They can be traumatized at the idea of ever taking the bus again."
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Finding a Remedy for Medical Supplies Program Started at Yale-New Haven Helps Developing Countries by MARA DRESNER, Connecticut Jewish Ledger
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NEW HAVEN, CT - Every day, in want to do this. operating rooms across the nation, "It's such an obvious, blatant probunused surgical supplies are wasted. lem and for me, such an obvious soluFrom surgical tion. I think gowns to I have a hissponges, tory of being syringes to a person rolled gauze, it who wants is estimated to solve a that U.S. hospiproblem. tals throw away "The most more than rewarding 2,000 tons of Lhing that unused surgical comes back supplies each to me is year. when I hear another hosEven though pital has these materials taken on a have not been project," utilized, the Rosenblatt manufacturers added. no longer will warranty the While equipment. REMEDY currently In 1989, Dr. focuses on Will Rosenblatt, supplies currently assofrom the ciate professor in the depart- Supplies are stored at the hopsital until o p e r a t i n g rooms, the ment of anes- ready to be shipped. pilot prothesiology at the Yale University School of gram at Yale is looking at other areas Medicine, was in the process of that might benefit from a similar proswitching careers from pediatrics to gram, such as the emergency room. "There is a desperate lack of materianesthesiology. Interested in doing overseas care, he spent time in Piura, als with which medical professionals Peru, working on such surgeries as need to do their job. Basic medical supplies that professionals take for repairing cleft lips and palates. "I really got the feeling that [sup- granted here are just not available in plies] were being begged, borrowed or the developing world," noted Darryl stolen to do these surgeries. I Rotman Kuperstock, Executive returned to Yale and went back to the Director of REMEDY. "Materials are O.R. It suddenly struck me the amaz- used over and over again. Innovation ing number of things being tossed in how tools are used are the rule, not the exception." out. It really struck me and the light Kuperstock noted that the operatbulb went off," he explained. While ing room is the "largest center of others may try to salvage medical waste in a hospital." supplies on their own, Rosenblatt She explains that even if a procedecided on a more organized dure is canceled after the operating approach. In 1991, he founded REM- room has been set up, the materials EDY (Recovered Medical Equipment still cannot be used. for the Developing World). "If it has been set up, if it has been The program salvages medical sup- taken out of the original carton and plies, ensures their purity and works put on a sterile field, that stuff would with existing organizations to have routinely be discarded, going to a the supplies shipped to developing landfill or incineration," she said. countries, including those in South "More and more manufacturers of America and countries of the former medical supplies are turning to single Soviet Union. REMEDY does not try use supplies. to distribute materials on their own. It's very easy to prepare the operat"We're a charity's charity. We exist ing room with those supplies needed to help other groups," said for that procedure. Once used, they Rosenblatt, who is the group's volun- can be discarded rather than have teer president. people recondition them. Since 1991, the program has donat"When these materials are packed more than $2 million worth of aged and labeled as single use only materials. devices, by definition of the manufacNot satisfied with just instituting turer, once it's out of its outermost the program at Yale-New Haven wrapper, even if there's not patient Hospital, Rosenblatt developed REM- contact, it's contaminated," she conEDY as a pilot program, providing tinued. "Hospitals are not willing to materials, free of charge, to hospitals take the risk of liability to divert around the country, interested in set- materials back into inventory." ting up similar programs. In addition to sending materials to Today, more than 300 hospitals par- countries that need them, hospitals realize a savings, as well. ticipate in REMEDY. "I'm now convinced that we were "Over the last decade and half, not doing anything unique. At least there's been a really strong move for one person from every hospital is medical waste reduction in hospitals. doing this. What we did differently is In spite of valiant efforts, there's organize. One person can't do it all," more waste because manufacturers said Rosenblatt, who with Vice-presi- are making more things disposable," dent Dr. David Silverman has written Kuperstock said. numerous articles on the topic. "My REMEDY is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 intention was just to get it up here at organization. The group was a recent Yale. The response, from other people recipient of Danny Siegel's Ziv was so extensive, that they really Tzedakah fund. Volunteers, including
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nurses and medical students, do most of the work, such as sorting and packaging medical supplies. They are trying to develop a video and CD-ROM to better promote the program to other hospitals. Materials salvaged from the operating rooms are examined three times to ensure they are safe to be sent abroad. "If anything is even suspect in any way, it will be discarded," Kuperstock noted. The program at Yale even uses recycled boxes from within the hospi: tal. Rosenblatt said it costs the hospital about $200 each year to collect about $150,000 worth of materials. REMEDY at Yale-New Haven has already donated more than 26 tons of material. "I think this is really tikkun olam,
we're trying to repair or remedy a situation that's wrong. It reduces waste, it lets people do good, it helps people in desperate need of help, it enables people to do the jobs which they are skilled and passionate about," said Kuperstock. "It's a very uplifting project." For further information or to make a donation to REMEDY, call 203-7375356 or visit www.remedyinc.org. REMEDY and the Office of International Health of Yale University also sponsor a program called AIRE-mail, which is an e-mail program, which links donors and recipients by posting urgent notices of urgent need and offerings of available donations of medical equipment and supplies.
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A New Way to Cook
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Your mom was right when she told you to eat your vegetables. Now, everyone has jumped on the vegetable bandwagon. The familiar USDA's food pyramid suggests three to five servings of the vegetable group per day. Canyon Ranch suggests you "enjoy generous amounts of vegetables" and their pyramid indicates eight to ten servings of vegetables and fruits. In their latest book the Harvard Medical school pyramid shows to eat vegetables "in abundance". Hot off the press is a cookbook to help you with generous and abundant and hopefully to discover some new vegetable friends. "The purpose of this book (A New Way to Cook) is to introduce you to a way of cooking truly delicious food simply, easily, healthfully, and with pleasure" ...the culmination of a 10 year endeavor. New cooking techniques, a new way to cook and concern about the long-term effects of a rich diet on the author's health and well-being were the motivations. Knowing good food satisfies, influenced by the Mediterranean style of cooking, excluding nothing including butter, cream and sugar (although in the smallest amounts to produce.delicious results), eating and cooking based on balance and moderation are emphasized. The first part of the book is New Way Basics covering essential techniques, ingredients and tools. Second is a techniques and recipes list followed by Flavor Catalysts (or make ahead preparations). Each of 14 chapters begins with simple techniques followed by seasonal recipes to illustrate them. An index begins each chapter. Mixing and matching is encouraged by using different component parts. Some recipes are marked "essential" and are basic preparations to use over and over again. In addition to terrific graphics, 600 recipes have ingredient lists, detailed and complete instructions, servings, "In Advance" suggestions, improvisations and variations. The Nutritional analysis for the
recipes is listed in a separate section. Work a few vegetable servings into your diet with the following recipe. CHOPPED SALAD FROM THE '21' CLUB 1/4 cup regular or reduced-fat sour cream 3 tablespoons buttermilk 3 tablespoons prepared chili sauce 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish, drained 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/3-inch dice (1 cup) 1 red or yellow bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into 1/3-inch dice (1 cup) 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/3-inch dice (1 cup) 2 celery ribs, peeled to remove tough strings and cut into 1/3-inch dice (1 cup) 2 medium tomatoes, halved crosswise, seeds and juice squeezed out, and cut into 1/3-inch dice (1 cup) 1 small Vidalia or Bermuda onion, cut into 1/4-mch dice (1/2 cup) 2 ounces extra-sharp Vermont Cheddar cheese or Dry (aged) Jack cheese, cut into 1/8-inch dice (1/2 cup) Freshly ground black pepper In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, buttermilk, chili sauce, horseradish, and salt. Cover and refrigerate until you are ready to mix the salad. Toss the vegetables and cheese together in a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Just before serving, spoon the dressing over the salad and toss to coat. Adjust the seasoning to taste. In Advance: You can make the dressing, dice the cheese, and prepare all the vegetables except the onion and tomato up to 1 day ahead; cover and refrigerate. (You can store the vegetables together in a plastic bag.)
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Longtime Israeli Fighter P Poised to Soar into Space by IRENE BROWN — — — — — — — —
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Genzyme Genetics, a division of the Genzyme Corporation in Framingham, MA, announces it had expanded its menu of tests for childhood genetic diseases present in the Ashkenazi Jewish community. A single blood sample can now be tested for eight different diseases, according to Mara Aspinall, president of Genzyme Genetics. Each disease included in the test menu is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion, which means that both parents must be carriers in order for their child to be affected. With nearly six million Jews living in the United States, the majority of whom are descended from Ashkenazi or European backgrounds, it is imperative that couples of child-bearing age be tested and counseled. In fact, the college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists currently recommends that all expectant parents of Ashkenazi Jewish descent have carrier testing for cystic fibrosis, Canavan disease and Tay Sachs--all of which are included in the Genzyme menu. Three other diseases are part of the panel as well-Bloom syndrome, Fanconi Anemia (Group C), Gaucher disease, Neimann Pick Type A, and now two additional diseases: Familial Dysautonomia and Mucolipidosis IV. Following is a description of the diseases in the panel: • Tay Sachs is a lysosomal storage disorder that results in the build up of lipids and causes neurologic degeneration. In its infantile form, death occurs by age five. Carrier frequency in the Ashkenazi Jewish population is one in 30. • Canavan disease is an inflammatory disorder that affects the central nervous system. Symptoms usually occur within the first few months and is fatal in childhood. Carrier frequency is one in 40. • •• Cystic Fibrosis is characterized by pulmonary and gastrointestinal manifestations of varying severity..
Although symptoms vary, most individuals with CF require lifelong medical care. Carrier frequency is one in 26. 9 Gaucher disease is a lysomal storage disorder with varying severity. Children or adults may have anemia, enlarged liver and spleen, nosebleeds and bone fractures; in its most severe and rare form, the brain and nervous systems are affected. This disease can be treated with enzyme replacement therapy. Carrier frequency is one in 15. • Bloom Syndrome, a disorder of DNA repair, results in poor growth, immune deficiency, sun sensitivity and a high susceptibility to cancer. Death from cancers usually occurs before age 30. Carrier frequency is one in 100. 9 Fanconi Anemia usually presents in early childhood with anemia, short height and abnormalities of the heart. There is also an increased risk of cancer and mental deficiency occurs in 25% of patients. Carrier frequency is one in 89. • Familial Dysautonmia is disorder of the autonomic and sensor nervous system, resulting in variable symptoms, including: insensitivity to pain, labile blood pressures, frequent pneumonia, poor growth, and gastrointestinal problems. Half of all patients with FD die by age 30. Carrier frequency is one in 30. • Mucolipidosis Type IV, a lysosomal storage disorder, is a progressive neurologic disease characterized by severe psychomotor delay and corneal clouding. Onset is usually within the first year of life. Carrier frequency is one in 122. • Niemann-Pick Disease (Type A), also a lysosomal storage disorder, causes poor growth in infancy, enlargement of the liver, and progressive mental and physical, deterioration. There, is no treatment and death usually occurs by age four. Carrier: frequency is one in 90. For more information, consult your physician.
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (JTA) - For 25 years, Dan Ramon strapped himself into fighter-jets to help protect Israel. Soon, the Air Force colonel will have a chance to view his embattled homeland from a perspective never before seen by a sabra. Ramon, a 48-year-old father of four, is going into space. "Every time you are the first, it's meaningful," Ramon said during a preflight interview last week at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "Probably the fact that I'm the son of a Holocaust survivor is even more symbolic" than usual. "I'm proof that even with all the hard times we are going forward." Ramon, who is flying as a guest research scientist aboard the space_ shuttle Columbia, is scheduled to spend 16 days orbiting Earth with six career U.S. astronauts, including an Indian-born engineer and an African-American payload commander. A launch date for the five-man, two-woman crew, originally scheduled for the middle of this month, is pending, following the discovery of cracks in propulsion system equipment aboard two sister shuttles. Analysis is under way to determine if the ships are safe to fly as is, or if repairs are needed. Ramon and his crew mates have learned patience. In the two years since they began training, NASA has had to delay their mission several times to accommodate more pressing flights. Although Columbia remains at the top of the launch queue, space station assembly missions may take priority if shuttle repairs extend NASA's launch hiatus into August and beyond. Upon graduation from high school in Tel Aviv, Ramon was drafted into the military and attended flight training school. When he was just 19 years old, Ramon was tapped to serve in the 1973 Yom Kippur War; The danger, however, did nothing to quench his desire to fly.
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JERUS'ALEM-Poor nutrition, as we know, equals poor health. But the right nutrition, it seems, not only equals good health, it actively heals. "Evidence is piling up that diet has a major effect on whether we're healthy or sick, on our state of mind and on our cognitive abilities," says Prof. Elliot Berry of the Human Nutrition & Metabolism Department at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalem. "'We are what we eat' has never seemed more relevant." In Israel, a range of fruits, vegetables, herbs and grains are coming under the microscopes of scien- Technion Professor Michael Aviram has tists countrywide. Remarkably, these researchers developed a white wine with the health benePhoto courtesy Technion. are finding that heart disease and cancer, the fits of red wine. West's two greatest killers, are often susceptible to cells in the laboratory, annihilating up to half of the same foodstuff. them in three days. White wine, long the poor relation of red wine in A compound found in garlic, for example, destroys build-up of plaque in coronary arteries the nutritional health stakes, has come into its own and kills cancer cells, as well as preventing high in another Technion study, led by Prof. Michael blood pressure, protecting against diabetes, curing Aviram of the Technion's Faculty of Medicine. Flavonoids, the grape-skin chemicals which coundiarrhea and possibly preventing weight gain. Biochemist David Mirelman and his team at the teract damage done by cholesterol oxidation (and in Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have iso- which red wines are traditionally rich), have been lated pungent allicin from garlic, cloned its gene introduced into Chardonnay and Muscat without and synthesized it. Although there's a decade of compromising either taste or aroma. In a related labor before production of allicin-based medica- study, the team discovered that Israeli wines, red tions, Mirelman believes they have a potential and now white, have a far higher flavonoid content than comparable wines made in France. 'wonder drug'. Explaining how garlic and other micronutrients Nutritional health depends not only on what we (lycopene in tomato, isophenols in soy and terpanes eat but also on how much of it. A theoretical in rosemary) fight prostate, mammary and study,by Prof. David Eichler of Ben-Gurion endometrial malignancies is the focus of University's I n s t i t u t e s for Applied Research researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev showed that fast-growing cancers can be controlled in Beersheba. Clinical biochemists Profs. Joseph by meeting no more than the body's minimal nutriLevy and Yoav Sharoni are studying how these tional requirements. Faced with a stressful undercompounds interact with sex hormones, anti-hor- supply of nutrients, rapidly replicating cancer cells mones, vitamin D, retinoic acid and IGF in the can't compete with normal cells for sugars, fats and •belief that diet is a more promising strategy proteins, and die more readily, sending metastases against these cancers than drug interventions. into hibernation. Red algae may yield another of tomorrow's wonTo help cancer patients reduce their diet so drasder drugs. A study by Ben-Gurion University Profs. tically, dieticians may be more successful than Shraga Shany, Reuven Hayot and Shoshana Arad, physicians. In a recent Ben-Gurion University revealed a significant reduction in cholesterol lev- study of patients trying to reduce high blood choels and triglycerides in the blood of animals fed lesterol through diet, researchers found that those tablets of single-cell red algae in their food. The guided by dieticians achieved double the cholesalgae's unique combination of nutritional fiber, terol reduction of those in physician-led groups. unsaturated fatty acids, and vitamins and minerals "Good nutrition involves forward-planning, could lower the risk of heart disease and intestinal informed choices and smart grocery shopping," cancer. explains dietician and public health expert Dorit The pomegranate, too, harbors important health Adler, head of the Nutrition & Dietetic Department secrets. Three years ago, researchers at the at Hadassah. Adler and her team of 20 dieticians not Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa showed only help patients control cholesterol levels, but also that a daily glass of pomegranate juice dramatical- develop programs ranging from healthy eating for ly lowered oxidation of LDL cholesterol, eliminat- diabetics, the overweight and those with high blood ing plaque from coronary arteries. Last summer, pressure to lectures on principles of nutrition, how to another Technion team, headed by Dr. Ephraim read food packets, guided visits to the supermarket Lansky, found that oil from pomegranate seeds and cookery classes for children with cancer. (Continued on page 21) triggers a self-destruct mechanism in breast cancer
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in the Kitchen Cabinet (Continued from page 20) ».-»»»-••»»—-—While overeating, empty calories and bad nutritional habits constitute a problem for many Western societies, hunger remains the pressing need in most of the world. Investigation of red algae at Ben-Gurion University is yielding not only potential treatment for killer diseases, but also a futuristic plan to plant the world's oceans with food crops. The idea is to discover which of the algae genes allow crops to grow in seawater, and transplant these genes. Profs. Yacob Weinstein and Shoshana Arad, who are currently deciphering the algae's genetic code, expect to find 5,000 to 10,000 "exciting new genes," with which to change the plant world. With plants providing the globe's only renewable resource of food, cloned plant genes are already being manipulated and studied to grow more and better quality food, using less chemical fertilizer and herbicide. Biologists at the Weizmann Institute have improved an impressive range of fruits and vegetables. They've developed hybrid cucumbers resistant to viral disease and created tomatoes able to fight wilt disease with the help of a protective gene obtained from a strain of wild tomatoes. They've dramatically improved the nutritional value of cultivated wheat by adding genes from wild wheat from the Fertile Crescent and, with genetic engineering techniques, they're persuading a range of plants to increase their production of essential amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. A weed-fighting strategy developed at Weizmann has tripled corn yields on experimental plots in Kenya, and potato plants encoding a protein toxic to bacterial diseases (but safe to higher animals) is now being readied. With awareness of the interaction of diet, health, nutrition, culture, cognition and behavior increasing, and its investigation under the spotlight of leading researchers in Israel and worldwide, a vast area stretching from food-and-mood to the combating of world hunger has been opened up and is about to change beyond recognition.
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by BERT LEWIS — — _ And they aren't friendly, despite the attempt at It seems somebody has come up some to have helpful employees ready to direct with a wonderful idea, to make life the shopper right to the canned artichokes or easier for us these days when the barbecue charcoal. we're all so busy. The idea? How about delivering milk and other That's another thing I could do without all those dairy products right to our door? That extraneous items sharing space with produce, is, instead of including those items in staples and whatever else belongs in the grothe regular grocery shopping list, actucery store. If I want to buy a toaster, I'll go ally receive them from somebody who to a store that sells small appliances, for personally brings them to us. crying out loud. This was actually introduced as an Oh oh, this is turning into a rant I hadidea whose time has come, so to speak! n't intended, so I'd better cool it. I assume the person who thought it up However, I still have to laugh when I is somewhere under the age of 50, who think of the Madison Avenue genius has no recollection of home delivery, as that thinks home deliver of milk is it once was. new. He'd better go back to the drawOh yes, I also heard that along with ing board and come up with somethis idea, another innovation was to interthing else, if he's looking to introest bakery people in home delivery of bread duce a brand new idea. and other such products. As I said, when I This one won't fly! heard all this, I laughed out loud. Depending on your age, you might find all this funny too. I mean, if you've been around long enough to remember when milk came in bottles, you also will remember when it was brought right Kids Around the World Cook! to the kitchen door. by ARLETTE BRAMAN (John Wiley, $12.95) You might also remember your mom putting •• • empty bottles outside in the special box the dairy Reviewed by LOIS FRIEDMAN—— The ethnic recipes in this cookbook are shared provided. The man known as "the milkman" would arrive on stipulated days, collect the empties and family favorites and have been tested by fourthgraders. The information and recipes in Kids replace with whatever his instructions advised. Sometimes, in certain cases, he would just walk Around the World Cook! will give you a "tour" of in, open the fridge and see for himself what was countries from around the globe and a taste of needed. Often, the lady of the house knew him well foods from many cultures." Following instructions on Kitchen Safety for chilenough to call him by his first name, and the dog knew him well enough to not bark at him! So much dren are five chapters on the tour: Wet Your for this brand new idea of having milk delivered Whistle, Great Grains, Soups and Starters, The Main Event, and For the Sweet Tooth. right to the door. The 21 recipes include information on Cooking As for bread also being available on such a personalized basis, I know that, too, is hardly a new Up Some History, Here's What You Need-ingrediidea. Not from my memory of a bakery delivery to ents and equipment, Tasty Tidbits, Here's What my mother's kitchen, because we didn't use "goy- you do-numerical, detailed instructions, and some isha" bread, and that was what was delivered in black and white drawing and photographs. our neighborhood. 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Composers & Performers with a Warm Jewish Soul
Cool Jazz, hot sun: Israel's perennially popular Red Sea resort, the city of Eilat (pronounced aye-lot), has always been the ultimate spot for glorious beaches, tiny bikinis, an almost-endless array of hotels in every category, a fabulous underwater observatory, dining, dancing, dolphins and jeep excursions into the Negev Desert. Eilat, in short, is always hot. And during its annual Jazz Festival in August, Eilat is also cool! For four days and nights, from Aug. 26-29, cool jazz swings under the hot sun with master classes all morning and jam sessions 'til dawn. The following are a few highlights of the many internationallyrenowned artists who will "play their hearts out" in Eilat: s The Regina Carter Quintet: Over the past three years, she stormed the jazz world. Time Magazine said Carter, "...creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and at times breathtakingly daring." Time also named her "Rhythms of The Heart" album as one of the top ten recordings of the year.
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Freddy Cole Quartet: Younger brother of Nat "King" Cole, has a smoky, silky voice. The New York Times called him "...the most maturely expressive male jazz singer of his generation." • Jorge Pardo: One of the most outstanding prayers of flamenco/jazz fusion in the world. He has ^performed with Chick Corea, Paco de Lucia, and Astrud Gilberto. In addition to the above, there will also be performances by: Spyro Gyra, The Phil Woods Quintet, Robert and Erez, Jeanne Rabin, Mike Stern and an All-Star Tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, and more. For further information and tickets, check out the jazzily graphic website: www.maariv.co.il/redseajazz .
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LOS ANGELES (JTA) - Contrary to popular notion, not all Jewish immigrants to the United States came through Ellis Island and settled in New York or other cities along the Eastern Seaboard. Many of the more adventurous sought their fortunes along the evershifting frontier of the American West, which stretched from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The lives and deeds of these pioneers are traced in an ambitious and richly documented exhibit, "Jewish Life in the American West," which runs through Jan. 30, 2003 at the
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July 12, 2002
Kathy Schmitt Appointed Program Director at Beth El by OZZIE NOGG —
Indianapolis, IN. In addition to her programming responsibilities at Beth El, she will also each fourth grade Hebrew and eighth grade Jewish Values at BESTT-Beth El Synagogue Talmud Torah. "Beth El has a vibrant and comprehensive Programming Kathy Schmitt, Beth El's new D e p a r t m e n t Director has already already in place," is bright and ere- Program started working in her office Schmitt said. "The ative and were the synagogue shul calendar is delighted to have her on our staff. In addition to her filled, with Shabbat dinners, Snack strong background in Jewish educa- and Learn for pre-schoolers, Perek tion and event planning, Kathy has Yomi study sessions, weekend 18 years of experience as a project Scholars-in-Residence, Deli nights, manager, working extensively with HAZAK outings and Men's Club and interdisciplinary teams. That back- Sisterhood activities. ground fits right in with what she'll My goal," she continued, "is to be doing at Beth El—interacting with increase participation in the existing lots of people to create lots of differ- programs and also add new programs ent opportunities for growth." that will contribute to Beth El, to the After graduating with a BA in Omaha Jewish community and to the Hebrew Language and Literature community at large. from Indiana. University, "As far as I'm concerned, the sky's Bloomington, Schmitt served as the limit and I'm counting on Beth El Administrative Assistant in the members to bring me their dreams. Jewish Studies Program. While at Some of the things I'm strongly conIndiana she concentrated on Modern sidering are book discussions and Hebrew Language and Literature, programs in the areas of Social Old Testament, Literature of the Action, Hebrew language and Holocaust and Literature of women's issues, to name a few. American Jewish Writers. Her stud"Right now, my first priority is to ies in modern conversational Hebrew revamp the High Holiday Youth and Biblical Hebrew were continued Program," she added. "I'm open to at Hebrew University in Jerusalem new ideas and invite everyone's and during her stay at Kibbutz Farod input. I'm also looking for volunteers in the Galilee. to heLp put Beth El's programs on the Schmitt has taught Basic Judaism, map. Please feel free to call me anyEthics and Hebrew Language to time!" grade school students and adults in Kathy Schmitt can be reached at Des Moines, IA, Montpelier, VT, and Beth El, at 492-8550. Kathy Schmitt has been named Program Director at Beth El Synagogue, according to Sally Zipursky, Board of Trustees Secretary and Chairman of the Personnel Committee. "Kathy comes to this job with fine credentials and great enthusiasm,"
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