THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6 Friday, August 14, 1964

Epidemics Unmated_ in Iran Shiraz by JDC's Health Effort

Attractive, simple and function-
al, the new Mother and Child
Health Center has changed the ap-
pearance of the Mahalleh (ghetto)
in Shiraz, in southern Iran. The old
center, in a rented building, was
small and cramped. During peak

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hours the narrow staircase was there are no more epidemics of trachoma, and gastric and skin in-
filled with patients waiting to be smallpox, typhoid, d i p h t h e r i a, fections in Shiraz.
treated and mothers and children
arriving for milk distribution or
to attend a class on infant care.
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more affluent members, and under-
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Week entertainment
meet you, if requested.
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took to raise 10 per cent of the
• 2 Dining Rooms—Ye Olde Cellar
cost of construction. The balance
Cocktail Lounge.
• Dancing nightly ... weekend enter-
cat tiinrga 1-ndeligF[tfu
was financed by the Joint Distri-
tainment.
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bution Committee and the Central
• Nightly free movies and surprises
tonese foods and ex-
galore.
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day
British Fund.
• Relax in our indoor sun lamp
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Night with
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solarium.
This month, the building was
• For greater pleasure try our Sulphur
Floor
finally completed. It brought joy
Baths, Sauna Baths and massages.
to the Mahelleh. The Jews of Shiraz
In Detroit Call
Mrs. S. L. Segal VE 8-0330
now talk about "their" center,
Whitcomb Sulphur Springs Hotel
"their" building and "their" health
St. Joseph, Michigan
service. They have formed a special
committee to help run it. They
New Swimming Pool
know that for some 1,000 impover-
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ished Jewish families crowding the
ancient ghetto there will be milk
for the children and medical care.
There are close to 7,000 Jews in
Shiraz, most of them living in the
Mahalleh. The average family, with
Why not make arrangements now to spend a pleasant
six to ten children, lives, cooks and
sleeps in a single room, one of
time with us during the High Holidays?
many such one-room houses, clus-
tered round a single courtyard. A
Choice accommodations available.
small professional and middle class
and an even smaller number of
wealthy Jews live outside the
Mahalleh. They add up to only a
Mount Clemens, Michigan
few hundred, about 10 per cent of
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the total Shiraz Jewish community.
In the Mahalleh the Jews are un-
Dietary laws carefully adhered to.
der educated, under-employed and
under-paid. Most of them are ped-
Free transportation from any of the
dlers and unskilled laborers whose
Depots
or Airports in Detroit.
average earnings rarely go above
$1.00 a day. Tied to the house by
their many children, the women
Write or phone
cannot work to supplement the
family income.
There are seven mother and
child health centers in Iran serv-
ing an average of 6,140 persons
Your Host
per month. Two centers are in
Teheran, and one each in Shiraz,
MAX ELKIN
Osfahan, Hamadan, Kerman and
Yazd. In all, some 21,000 Jews of a
Managing
total Jewish population of 80,000
Owner
in Iran are helped by one or an-
other of JDC's health, welfare and
rehabilitation programs. JDC re-
ceives its fun-ds from the campaigns
of the United Jewish Appeal.
When JDC inaugurated its health
program in Shiraz in 1951 its first
major task was to provide safe
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drinking water for the Mahalleh.
Next was an attack on malnutri-
tion which affected most of the
LEWISTON LODGE IS ONE OF THE
youngsters, and the epidemics of
infectious diseases. It sent sanitar-
MOST BEAUTIFUL AND CHALLENGING
ians throughout the area to disen-
fect, whitewash, clean up and cover
the disease-laden water cisterns.
It opened the mother and child
health center, distributed milk for
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the infants and provided vaccina-
tions, immunizations, medical treat-
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ment, pre-natal and infant care and
classes on child care. As a result
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Laws Concerning Loans
OR ACTION, GOOD FOOD,
By GERALD FRIEDLANDER
SWIMMING, HIKING, TENNIS,
It is an affirmative precept to
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lend to a poor Israelite . . . A poor
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man who is a relative takes pre-
cedence before other poor people
and the poor in one's city take
precedence before the poor of
another city. The religious act of
lending to the poor is greater than
the act of giving charity to the
poor.
It is forbidden to lend money
to a scholar without having wit-
nesses, unless a pledge be forth-
coming. The best course is to have
a deed drawn up referring to the
loan.
It is forbidden to exact payment
from the borrower when it is
known that he is unable to pay,
even to confront him is prohibited
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By popular demand, the mag-
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* AUGUST 23-30--"SINGLES SUMMER
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a special fun-filled week of programs
for single people. There'll be special
romantic activities and events, care-
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tail and get-together parties, a moonlight swim and dance party, sweetheart golf,
tennis, and table-tennis tournaments, special entertainment, special late shows, and
dancing afternoon, evening and night to four great bands.

* August 22—Caesarea (Israel) International Golf Tournament for the Rothschild
Trophy. August 29-1964 Dr. Leo Michel pro-guest golf tournament. Prominent pros
will team with guests. Before the tournament, the pros will conduct a free instruction
clinic for the guests. (An outstanding golf tournament is held at Grossinger's every
week during the summer!)

* Eddie Cantor and Milton Berle Tennis Trophy Tournaments every week. Tennis exhi-
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every week by Eli E. Epstein, coach of the Yeshiva University tennis varsity. Variety
tournaments.
* Special programs for single people every week. * Children's Day Camp. * Teen
Center. * Complete Daytime Activities Program directed by Lou "Simon Says" Gold-
stein. * Four great bands for dancing. * Art instruction. * Lectures * Health Clubs
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and clay tennis courts. * Outdoor and Indoor Swimming Pools. * Private Lake. * Free
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Sarajevo Monument Opens

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (JTA)
—A memorial to Jewish soldiers
of the Serbian army who fell in
the two World Wars was erected
in Sarajevo yesterday by the local
municipality.

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