THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS N.Y. to Train Rabbis to Aid Jewish Alcoholics (Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.) : agogues in the metropoli- tan area and to federation family welfare and voca- tional service agencies. Synagogue, a major Reform congregation, who has long been interested in the prob- lem Alcohol abuse has re- ceived wide attention in the media and among various social agencies but the Jew- ish community has, as in the case of the drug prob- lem, delayed in giving alco- holism among Jews ade- quate attention, according to Rabbi Isaac N. Trainin, commission director. By BEN GALLOB Evidence that alcoholism is a problem among Jews and that it may be a grow- ing one has spurred an ef- fort in New York City under Jewish communal auspices to determine the severity of the problem and to enlist the aid of rabbis to help the victims and their families. The first step was the re- cent creation of a Task Force on Alcoholism by the Commission on Synagogue Relations of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. The idea for such an agency was proposed to the com- mission by Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman of the Central The task force question- naire seeks information on the number of synagogues prepared to cooperate in meeting the problem. It also asks information on the in- cidence of alcoholism among congregants as related to family unrest, joblessness, accidents, irregularity in synagogue participation and requests to the rabbi for help. The results and impli- cations of the questionnaire will be examined at a special meeting of the task force. Rabbi Zimmerman said the task force hopes that ex- posure to persons involved in alcoholism will give the rabbis and Jewish commu- nity leaders a better under- standing of the problem. He also expressed the hope that the work of the task force would create an atmosphere in which synagogues could openly take part in assist- ance programs. The goal of the sensitivity program will be to enable rabbis to become alert to such problems among con- gregants and other Jews suffering from alcoholism. The rabbis will be shown how to reach out to alcohol- ics and their families and to become acquainted with the specialized agencies which can provide the treatment alcoholics need. To determine the nature and extent of alcoholism among Jews, a group tra- ditionally free of that problem, the task force prepared and distributed a questionnaire to syn- Weather getting you down? Walking around with a frown? Looking for something new in town? Here it is! 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Then Man- asseh ben Israel came to Crom.vell and pointed out to him that the Redemption, according to the Bible, couldn't take place until Jews were scattered all over the world and since there were no Jews in England, by the denial of admission to Jews, they were frustrating the coming of the messianic period. So Cromwell admit- ted the Jews. Many millions of people were to immigrate to Amer- ica, but even with liberal America, there was always opposition to immigration, not to emigration. The Indi- ans didn't like it for the whites to come. We know that the Puritans walked about with their flint pieces. When the Quakers came to Massachusetts, several of them were hung. When the first Jewish settlers landed at New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch gov- ernor, wanted to deport them and if he could have had his way, he would also have deported the English. Russia fears if she per- mits Jews to emigrate, other Russians will de- mand equal rights. 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"Brezhnev said to Kosy- gin, 'If emigration is relaxed as Jews demand, there won't be anyone left in the country but you and me, Al- exei Nikolaevich,' and Kosy- gin replied, 'Don't count on me, Leonid Ilyitch.' " Friday, May 30, 1975 39 FRESH FISH DEPARTMENT n. finest and largest selection in the area. We clean, bone, skin and grind all fish free of charge. For special service call JO 6-4640 The Jewish attitude to- ward was not considered ward medicine stems from ethical, the practice of medi- the beginning of Jewish his- cine was most often chosen tory until the present. Jews as a means of livelihood. have exercised a tremen- This trend was further dous influence on the devel- strengthened by the fact opment of medical science. that during the greater part They have always been soli- of the Middle Ages, Jews citous in their care for the were excluded from almost sick and held the medical all other occupations, in- profession in great esteem. eluding public office, and In ancient times medicine medicine was left as one of and religion were closely the few dignified occupa- connected. The priests were tions by which they could the custodians of public earn their living. Jews have contributed to health, the Encyclopaedia Judaica states. medicine both by the crea- The dispute as to the tion of new medical con- propriety of human inter- cepts and by the transmis- ference in sickness, re- sion of medical knowledge. garded as divine retribution, It was through the medieval ceased to trouble the Jews. Jewish physician-transla- Rather, they came to regard tors that the medical knowl- the physicians as the instru- edge of the East and much ment through whom God of ancient Greek medical could effect the cure. Jewish lore was preserved and physicians therefore consid- transmitted to the West. ered their vocation as spirit- During the last two cen- ually endowed and not turies, Jews throughout the merely an ordinary profes- world have excelled not only sion. By the same token, in the practice of medicine great demands were made but in all fields of medical of them, and the ethical research and teaching. The Judaica standards have always been Encyclopaedia very high, states that more than 20 The importance of medi- percent of all winners of the cine and physicians among Nobel Prize for medicine are the Jews is best seen in the Jewish. long line of rabbi-physicians that started during the tal- Israelis Vacate mudic period and continued Asian Countries until comparatively re- JERUSALEM (ZINS) — cently. Approximately 100 Israelis According to the ency- who had been working in clopedia, various factors Vietnam and Cambodia were responsible for this have returned to Israel. combination of profes- The Israelis were part of dons. Medicine was sane- development and building tioned by biblical and tal- teams sent by Israel to both mudic law and had an countries at the invitation of important bearing upon their respective govern- religious matters. ments. There are still Israeli Since teaching or study- specialists doing similar ing the word of God for re- work in Laos and Thailand. worried about the large German influx in Pennsyl- vania. When the big Jew- ish and Italian emigration began, Congress adopted stringent immigration laws with quotas. Even today in America, many are worried about hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants entering the United States. The Nvorry is always about im- migration—not emigration. In Russia, the reverse seems to be true. We have heard of no thousands trying to enter Russia. Russia is worried about departures. What is the explanation? Does Russia fear that little Israel may force it to some liberalizing? You can't ig- nore the Moscow joke. "The Personal Touch" Naomi iippet's Advance Fashions Ltd. SEE OUR SUMMER MERCHANDISE • 'PANTS SUITS • SEPARATtS• • EVENING WEAR • BLOUSLS • SWEATERS & much: more Sizes 10 to 20 11:=2:111 13721 W. 11 'ME RD. Diore Bldg.. Oak Park—Suitt 206 Ne. , to Sho,. 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