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35,000 Jews Live in Italy
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The Detroit Jewish community ' which is doing psychiatric and
is on the threshold of a new ven- medical evaluations of the resi-
ture in service to the retarded: dence applicants, under the lead-
a residential facility.
ership of Dr. Ronald Trunsky. The
After several false starts and Jewish Family and Children's
disappointments, the Parents As- Service and Jewish Vocational
sociation for Jewish Residential Service also have offered assist-
Care announced this week that it ance, as have the private organi-
is ready to house six mentally re- zations of Northwest Child Rescue
tarded individuals who have Women and National Council of
demonstrated that they are cap- Jewish Women.
able of self-care. Age range is
But Mandell credited the Par-
25-50, but flexibility was stressed ents Association for its persistence
by the association
in acquiring a residence. He and
The residence is the former Harry Berlin, president of the as-
Sheruth House, a two-story dwell- sociation, agreed that this home
ing at Evergreen and Pembroke is just a start and "once this is
Rds. It will be ready for occu- off the ground, we'll look for
others." Berlin said the group
pancy by the first of August.
At this point, the only fly in the hopes to open another residence
ointment is the lack of housepar- "before the year is out.
"We hope to prove to the Jewish
ents. However, a part-time direc-
tor, Ed Mandell, has been ap- Welfare Federation that this can
work,"
he said, "so that it will
pointed. Mandell, 29, was super-
visor of the counseling staff of the want to join us in future plans."
Jewish
Vocational Service. He
The association on Thursday
holds a bachelors degree in psy-
evening paid tribute to those
chology and a masters in rehabili-
groups and individuals who, it
tation counseling from Wayne
State University and has worked
extensively with retarder" children.
Mantel' said that the -residence
can accommodate six persons and,
if necessary. eight. There are a
NEW YORK (JTA)—A spokes
TV-sitting room. basement recrea-
tion room and kitchen, along with ! man for the Jewish Defense
bedrooms, bathrooms and sepa- League said that some money and
rate houseparents' quarters. The pledges had been received in a
Parents Association has under- JDL effort to raise $105,000 in bail
taken a complete refurbi,hing of money for three JDL members who
were arrested in the Jan. 26 fire-
the house.
bombings of two Manhattan book-
All of the residents will be
ing agencies which handle Soviet
engaged in some activity dur-
artists.
ing the day, including employ-
The spokesman said no estimate
ment in sheltered wo-kshops.
could be made of the total but
Top priority for placement are
that an effort would be made at a
those retarded who have no par-
hearing in federal court in Man-
ents and are living in inadequate
dwellings in the city. But those hattan for reduction of bail.
Four JDL members were seized
who base one parent or who
in the arrests. Three were linked
have an unhappy home situa-
to
both the bombing of the offices
tion also will be considered at
of Hurok Concerts, Inc. in which
the top of the list.
a secretary died of smoke inhala-
Mandell said the Parents Asso- tion: and of the Columbia Artists
ciation will be looking to Plym-
Management, in which there were
outh and Lapeer state homes for no injuries.
those who are institutionalized, as
The three held in lieu of $35,000
well as those retarded who have
bail each on federal charges of
been placed in foster homes
setting off an explosive device in
Sheruth House is owned by offices "used in activities affecting
United Jewish Charities of the inter-state and foreign commerce"
Jewish Welfare Federation, and are Stuart Carl Cohen, 19, Flush-
it is being rented to the Parents ing: Sheldon Siegel, 25, East Hills,
Association.
L. I : and Sheldon Davis. 19, Ja-
The director added that the as- maica, N. Y. Officials said the
sociation has had much assistance I charges could involve a death
from the staff of the Jewish Center,1 penalty on conviction.
who have been servicing groups!
The fourth JDL member, Jef-
of Jew7ish retarded for many
frey Smilow, 17, of Brooklyn, was
years. Other Federation agencies 1 allegedly linked only to the
also hate had a hand in the ef-
Columbia Artists bombing. He
fort, including Sinai Hospital.
n as arraigned in Manhattan
Criminal Court on second degree
arson charges and released on
$3,500 bail for a hearing.
At a news conference. Rabbi
Meir Kahane, JDI., founder, re - '
HUNDREDS
peated his description, at the time
OF NEW
of the bombings, as "an act of in-
sanity and insisted the four JDL
CHEVROLETS
members were "absolutely inno-
TO CHOOSE
cent." He urged Jewish organiza-
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tions to raise bail money for the
three federal defendants
In Jerusalem. five black Pan-
thers were arrested on suspicion
that they planned to fire-bomb the
Jewish Defense League office. They
are charged with conspiracy to
commit a crime
P011( e said two of the suspects
were found in a car containing'
Molotov cocktails which was park-
ed in the street where the JDL
office is located and the other
three were loitering nearby. JDL
merrhers exchange-I Mow. with
Panther, ant m•nthers of leftist
:;roisp , at a .lerusait.711 (':ifs' several .
Arrested
1 JDL'ers
in Office Bombing
Nilchrgat:
flISer.Ity
wa< the
;1!
land
felt, had been instrumental in
the establishment of a residen-
tial home. Honorees included:
The Jewish Center group serv-
ROME (JTA) — Only 35,000 regis -
tered Jews live in Italy, sit-cording
to a survey prepared and just
published in Rome by the Council
of Italian Jewish communities.
About half live in Rome.
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ices division, which has hosted
programs for the retarded for a
dozen years; Northwest Child Res-
cue Women, which has subsidized
much of the activity of the Center
retarded group; National Council
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