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Told at Open House
Former Detroiter Ethel Cohen
Pioneer Women to Mark World Child's Day Opens World for Israeli Deaf
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
26—Friday, May 2, 1969
Danny is 41/2 years old. Four
times 'a week he travels 20 miles
or so to Micha — the Israel Society
for Preschool Deaf Children --
which is supported through United
Jewish Appeal contributions re-
ceived in Detroit through the Allied
One of the systems used at Micha
is "know yourself . . . by looking
at your picture," where a child
learns to pronounce the parts of
his face by looking at his portrait.
Ethel Cohen of Detroit (she is the
sister of Mrs. Boris Joffe) and her
assistants feel that they know
themselves a little better too by
looking at and listening to child-
ren learning to speak to the world
at Micha.
Jewish Campaign.
The tousle-haired boy with an
impish face puts on his earphones,
and his teacher shows him a large
photo of a cocker spaniel. "Dog,"
he says excitedly in a vocalized,
understandable voice. To get this
far has taken a few weeks, but for
Danny, who could hardly utter a
syllable when he first came to
Micha. it's a big step 'nearer to
becoming a normal child.
Watching a two-way mirror
which lets visitors observe the pro-
Canister co-chairmen Mesdames Philip Field (standing, left) and
gress without being seen, is Mrs.
Albert Herman (seated, center) announce that Pioneer Women will
Avraham Cohen, director of the
hold its World Jewish Child's Day Canister Drive Sunday through center. Mrs. Cohen migrated to Is-
Tuesday. Proceeds will go toward helping Israel's needy children in rael from Detroit with her hus-
Infant centers, day nurseries, kindergartens and summer camps and band and son, 18 years ago. She
educating Israel's youth in agricultural and vocational high schools, is a polite. smiling woman who
rarely gets annoyed — unless you
youth villages and training farms. With the co-chairmen are (from
mention the words "deaf mute
left) seated, Mesdames Samuel Halberstam and Aaron Katzman, children."
Council president; standing, Mesdames Harry Stein; Morris Order;
"There is no such thing," she
Sam Wasserman, Council vice president of funds; and Barnett Katz. retorts. "These children cannot
hear. Every child here at Micha
has some hearing and can profit
from binaural, that is to say, two
hearing aids. These aids do won-
ders for the children. They can be j:
taught to understand by lip reading • • -
and the aids lead them to a good
The annual meeting of the De- voice and clear talk!"
troit Section, National Counci:, of When Ethel Cohen first came to
By
Jewish Women, will be held noon Israel she was a housewife in the
Ruth
Wednesday at Cong. Shaarey Ze- heavily-American town of Herzli-
dek. ya. Her husband is director of,
Sirkis
Max Lerner, author, teacher and social services at Malben. the UJA-
• journalist, will speak on "In Tragic supported care program for aged, •
America, Can the Split in Amer- sick and handicapped immigrants.
lean Society be Healed?"
which was set up by the Joint Dis-
A MEAL IN A FRYING PAN
Lerner has lectured before univ- tribution Committee.
Malben donates part of its UJA
It is nice to have a recipe for a ersity • groups on six continents.
busy or lazy day. This one is for a and his newspaper column in the funds to Micha each year to as-
hearty and tasteful meal you can New York Post is syndicated sist in its expansion program.
make in 15 minutes. You will use in the United States and inter-1
; •. . One evening," she said, "a
only one frying pan, so the clean- nationally. He has written for neighbor came in for coffee and
up too. is quick and easy. While many national magazines and is when she asked me to give a hand
your meal cooks itself, prepare frequently seen on national tele- at Micha, I jumped at it. It all
the salad, and you are all set. The vision programs, including the To-' seemed so worthwhle — and it cer-
meal is planned for four.
night show. , tainly turned out that way. I don't
2 big potatoes (1 poundl—cooked
The following officers will be in- think anyone can imagine how we
in skins
stalled:
feel at Micha when a youngster
1 medium onion
2 Tbls. oil
President, Mrs. Frederick She- comes out with his first sentence
1 pound all beef franks
vin; vice presidents, Mesdames completely unaided."
2 eggs
1/2 cup water
Harold Kaufman, Oscar Silver-
Micha, founded in 1953 by Dr.
I tsp. salt
man, Max Blumberg, Marvin Ezra Korine and a group of physi-
Iitsp. pepper
cooked
in
skins.
1. Have 2 potatoes
Frenkel, Robert Welling and Max- cians and parents of deaf children,
They can be done ahead of time.
2. Chop the onion and fry it in the oil ine Rose; treasurer, Mrs. Joseph is a voluntary, nonprofit organiza-
in a large frying - Pan.
Klein: assistant treasurer, Mrs. tion. Recognized by the Israel min-
3. Peel the potatoes and dice them into
Saul Rosenblum: and secretaries, istry of social welfare, it receives
small cubes. Add to pan and fry.
4. Slice the franks into one-inch thick Mesdames Peter Cullman. Clement important financial support
slices and add them too. Add salt
through UJA funds by way of Mal-
and pepper and water. Cover the pan Hopp, Gerald Steinberg. Donald
and let cook for five minutes over Schiff and Ben Weintraub.
ben.
medium heat.
"We have nearly 90 deaf and
5. Beat the two eggs and add to pota-
toes and franks in the frying pan.
Middle
Age
hard
of hearing children between
Stir everything until eggs are done.
The youth gets together materials the ages of 6 months and 6
Serve hot with salad and pickles.
(Copyright 1969, JTA, Inc.)
for a bridge to the moon. and at , years who come to Tel Aviv Center
length the middle-aged man de- for 45-minute individual lessons
Nothing looks so. like innocence cides to make a woodshed with twice a week," said Mrs. Cohen,
them.—Henry David Thoreau.
as an indiscretion.—Oscar Wilde.
waving to a blond-haired little
girl whose mother had been on :-
the verge of a nervous breakdown
before she heard about Micha.
Since the progress of the children
depends so much on the care and
MISS MARLENE EASON
At a recent, open house, Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence C. Eason of Maple-
wood Ave., Livonia, announced the
engagement of their daughter Mar-
lene to Thomas E. Brown, son of
Mrs. Maud Brown of W. Chicago
Blvd.
A July 5 wedding is scheduled.
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SAM BELKIN
Formerly- Belkin's Market, 14847 W. 7 Mile
Announces That He Is Now Associated With
Morris Berg, former owner of the Super-Sol Super Market on
W. 7 Mile near Livernois
training they receive at home,
at
Micha has developed a compre-
hensive parents counseling pro-
gram.
"The UJA donations, although I
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that come through Malben, are a
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speech-wise. So, many of our chil-
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come to us twice a week. But we
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continually need more room, more
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meet their needs."
Some time ago she went back to
the United States with her hus-
band. While he carried out an as-
signment for the Joint Distribution
Committee—also supported by the
UJA — she studied her subject
from A to Z at the Lexington
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