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`The Healing of My People'

BY RUTH MIRIAM LEVINE

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Jewish News Staff Writer

Palestine
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Hadassah
Prjects
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Sept. 20 Dinner Will Open
'47 Honor Roll Campaign

Over 3,500 Detroit women, members of the Detroit . Chap-
ter.of Hadassah, will participate in extensive fund-raising and
educational projects this year, so that thousands of men,
women and children in Palestine may live fuller, healthier
lives.
With Hadassah members throughout the country, they
will be supporting Hadassah's medical, child welfare, voca-
tional guidance, Youth Aliyah, refugee aid and Jewish
National Fund program, in fulfillment of Hadassah's motto,
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"the healing of my people."

Honor Roll
Calendar

Sept. 20 Pre-campaign din-

her, • Book-Cadillac • Hotel,
for all members and hus-
bands. Judith Epstein, na-
tional Hadassah president,
guest speaker.
Sept. 26—General solicitation
brunches, for area units, at
members' homes. .
Oct. 1--Opening luncheon, at
Boole-Cadillac, for all mem-
bers. Ruth Gruber, special
Palestine reporter for N. Y.
Herald Tribune, guest
speaker.

Projected Medical School
Reflects Faith in Homeland

One of the most important news events of the entire
summer to Jews throughout the world, was the report of
ground-breaking ceremonies for the Biology Building of the
Hebiew University and Hadassah Medical School on Mt.
Scopus in Jerusalem. (See photo below).
It was the first step in construction of the first medical

school in Palestine, for which a •

$4,000,000 campaign is now being
boys--there will be no "quota"
conducted in the United States
system on Mt. Scopus.
by. Hadassah apd the American
Clinical facilities- for the medi-
Friends of the Hebrew Univer- cal students are already available
sity.
at the well-equipped Hadassah
Heading Detroit Hadassah's work for the year is Mrs. Harry L.
Jones a newcomer to Detroit, whose energy and enthusiasm have,
Of the many members of the Hospital, and many of the needed
in six short years, led her to the chapter presidency. Her pride in
Oct. 14—Area unit reports at
Detroit Jewish community who laboratories already exist' in the
Hadassah's successful Palestine program, and her deep determination
regular meetings.
were deeply in-
that Detroit shall be outstanding throughout the country for its
Oct. 28—Mid-campaign rally
terested in the
support, indicate that, with her leadership, the chapter will attain
at Jewish Community -Cen-
ground - break-
its goals of 1,500 new members and $100,000 in funds for 1947-48.
ter, for all members.
ing report, per-
To reach these goals, Hadassah sponsors an Honor Roll Cam-
Nov. 11—Victory Honor Roll
haps the most
paign, which begins this year with a pre-campaign dinner Sept. 20
celebration,,,at Institute of
pleased was Mrs.
at the Book-Cadillac Hotel.
Arts, for all members and
Dora Ehrlich,
The funds raised in the drive
husbands. Report of national
chairman of the
will support, first, the Hadassah ords are transferred to the ,
convention. Ferante a n d
hospitalcam-
/Medical Organization, the official schools. It is notable that 200 '
Teicher, two-piano team,
paign in Michi-
"it alth arm of the Jewish Agency. students now enrolled at the He- 1
guest artists.
gan, and a mem-
brew University are possessors of
ber of the na-
these "health diplomas."
the Jewish National Fund. Monies tional campaign
Once the children are in school,
Hadassah's watchfulness c o n- green b Hadassah already have committee.
President o f
tinues. Over 30,000 school chil- redeemed large sections of land the Women's
dren are given free lunches daily and planted many forests. Youth Division of the
in 340 institutions, and 4,000 non- Aliyah alumni have founded two Jewish Welfare
school children also are fed. settlements of their own.
1 Federation, for-
Guided Recreation
This is the work of Hadassah' mer president of
An extensive recreation pro- in Palestine, the destination for 1 Detroit Hadas-
grom is included in this division the $100,000 which Detroit Ha-1 sah, Mrs. Ehrlich
of Hadassah's efforts. Forty-five dassah will be seeking in its 19-t7 is one of the
playgrounds, each with trained Honor Roll. But Hadassah is still quietly enthusi-
leaders are available for year- more than just a fund-raising or- astic workers
round use, and 300 summer day ganizations. It has a wide study without whose
camps guide the children's va- program which attempts, as Mrs. efficient service
cation play. Rural summer camps Jones explained, "to develop hu- so many philan-
give city children country vaca- man beings who will understand thropic projects
tions for from two to four weeks. that the basic problem in the would f a i 1 to
Special emphasis is laid on world is to establish a pattern achieve success.
MRS. DORA EHRLICH
Hadassah's vocational training of human relations based upon When, in 1943, she was elected a
MRS. H. L. JONES
program. In Jerusalem, the Alice justice, equality, freedom and Detroit delegate to the American science division di the Hebrew
Jewish Conference, a nationally- University. Faculty members,
The HMO includes the Roths- L. Seligsberg Vocational High peace."
syndicated article described her too, will be drawn from the Hos-
child-Hadassah Hospital on Mt. School for Girls teaches young
Chapter Divisions
as "one of the most conscientious pital and University.
Scopus in Jerusalem; the Nathan- women - cooking, dressmaking,
The city's chapter is divided
Lena Strauss Health Center, tailoring, and clerical skills, fit- into six area groups, and also in- women in the nation."
The Palestine Medical School
which provides dental, ortho- ting them for homemaking or en- cludes a Business and Profession-
The great need for an institu- will differ widely from most such
pedic, and other out-patient abling them to support them- al unit, of which Goldie Slakter tion to train physicians in Pales- I institutions, in that it will lay
clinics; the Netti Lasker Social selves. For boys, the Julian W. is president; Junior Hadassah. tine was explained by Mrs. Ehr- emphasis on preventive medicine
Service Department; the Henri- Mack School and Workshops, also Dorothea Bond, president, for lich on the basis of the conditions and public health. Dr. James G.
etta Szold School of Nursing, located in Jerusalem, teaches young women 18 to 25, andd -Little in Europe during the last 15 McDonald, a long-time friend of
maintained largely by Junior trades in day and evening classes. Women of Hadassah, a teen-age years, when almost all of the Zionism who layed the corner-
trained Jewish doctors were liqui- stone for the Biology Building,
Hadassah; the Nathan Ratnoff
'Redeem the Children'
group.
dated by the Nazis.
Medical School for post-graduate
Youth Aliyah, a comparatively
stated recently:
Generally identified with the
"Although a number of out-
study and research; the Immi- recent program, is the third divi- General Zionist movement, as the
"In the teaching of public
grant Medical Service at Athlit sion of Hadassah's work in Pales- women's branch of the Zionist standing medical men were able
health, the new Medical School
Detention Camp; the Cyprus Med- tine. It was begun in'1935, as anti- Organization of America, Hadas- to emigrate to Palestine and are will have an important advantage
ical Mission, a combined project Semitism closed in in Europe, as sah aims at the physical and now Practicing there," Mrs. Ehr- which, I am told by leading doc-
Haddassah and the Joint Dis- an effort to "redeem the chil- spiritual survival of the Jewish lich said, "there are almost no tors here, not one medical school
tribution Committee; a special dren," and bring them to new
people. Inspired by the memory young men to carry on their in the United States possesses. In
100-bed TB hospital wing; Pales- life in Palestine. Originally, the of their revered founder, Hen- work."
this country, public health is a
tine Supplies, a New York ship- program was limited to boys and rietta Szold, and led by dynamic
In addition to filling the need field apart and distinct from the
ping center for hospital and clinic girls aged 15 to 17, who were
for doctors in Palestine and the
women such as Mrs. Jones, the
medical school. In Palestine, on
needs; and the projected Ha- given agricultural or other voca- women of Hadassah carry on
rest of the Middle East, the the contrary, the Hadassah health
dassah-Hebrew University Medi- tional training preparatory to
school will offer much needed
organization directs not only the
their extensive work to assure
cal School.
facilities to American-Jewish hospital, but also public health."
entering the Homeland. successful "healing of my people."
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Middle East Health Center
Today, however, Youth Aliyah
American Jewry, on the whole,
The beneficial effect of the seizes whatever opportunity is
has responded well to the hospit-
HMO upon the health of Pales- available to rescue children from
al campaign, Mrs. Ehrlich re-
tine's population is almost impos- the deep bog of displaced persons'
vealed. In several cities the drive
sible to describe. With its facili- status, and has abandoned any
was incorporated in the Jewish
ties open to all, regardless of race, age limits. Since its inception,
Welfare Federation solicitation.
Youth
Aliyah
has
settled
22,500
creed or color. it has become the
Detroit's quota of $85,000 al-
health center of the entire Middle children in Palestine. Eight
ready is half-completed, the
I thousand are now being trained,
East
with large
chairman said,
No patient is ever turned away and another 2,000 are on Cyprus.
gifts predominating. The re-
For these children., Hadassah
om the Hadassah Hospital or
mainder of the city's quota is
sponsors an .extensive program
( links. Fees are graded accord sponsors
expected to be raised this fall
rehabilitation through main-
free to the patients' means, and
by a group of physicians and
free service is available if needed. tenance and echwation. Though
interested laymen.
t
S.nce 1918 two million persons the
children ate given complete
Actual construction of the Med-
have attended Hadassah clinics, ' freedom in choosing their careers,
ical School buildings is expected
and the hospital has cared for . over 83 per cent of them choose
to begin early in 1948.
300.000 patients. Maternity mor- to remain on the soil.
Greet Children at Boat
tality. once a serious problem in
-"In one of the most critical per-
Palestine, has been reduced to I The basic idea behind Youth
iods of, world history and in the
less than one per cent for those Aliyah, instilled by Hadassah
life of Palestine, the Hebrew Uni-
mothers receiving Hadassah care. ! founder Henrietta Szold, is to
versity was conceived and built.
Trachoma, the dread eye-disease treat each child as an individual,
Today, when again an unhappy
formerly so p,.evalent among the `- not just one of many "refugees."
situation has arisen in the de-
Arabs, has reached a new low of To achieve this end, she made a
velopment of Palestine, the He-
2.29 per cent. I practice• of greeting children at
brew University and Hadassah-
The second major aspect of , the boat and helping them to ba-
the spirit of learning, progress,
Hadassah's program is that of come orientated to their new life.
science, health and healing—have
joined hands in declaring to the
child welfare and vocational The Henrietta Szold reception
guidance. Over 50 infant welfare center continues this work;
world their faith in the inde-
por-
Youth Aliyah takes a large
structibility of their ideal of
stations, located in cities and
tion
of
Hadassah
funds.
But
its
building a home for the Jewish
rural areas, provide pre- and
people." Mrs. Ehrlich concluded.
post-natal care for mothers, ob- excellent work inspires contribu-
Lions,
not
only
from
Hadassah
stetrical service, and public health
Although she makes no plea
from
other
Jews
but
care for children from birth to members,
for funds, the pledges will come
Pal-
and
non-Jews.
"Children
to
their graduation from school. The
in, proving that her statement re-
Dr. James G. McDonald (left), former American member of
clinics themselves supervise the estine," an all-Christian organi-
flects more than a dream, insur-
Committee
of
Inquiry
on
Palestine,
is
shown
zation,
has
donated
over
$100,000.
the Anglo-American
childrens' health records until the
ing the actuality of a Medical
breaking
ground
for
the
Biology
Building
of
the
Hebrew
Univer
Finally,
Hadassah,
like
all
age of four, when "health diplo-
School in Palestine.
(See story above.)
situ
and
Hadassah
Medical
School
in
Jerusalem.
Zionist
organizations,
supports
n-,as" are and the rec-

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