48 Friday, April 15, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Report Meeting to Honor Campaign Division Leaders
Division leaders of the
1977 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign-Israel Emergency
Fund will be honored at the
first Campaign report meet-
ing, 9:45 a.m. Sunday, in
the Jewish Community Cen-
ter Studio Theater.
Guest speaker at the
meeting, where campaign
leaders will share the re-
sults of their workers' solic-
itation efforts to date, will
by Hy Kalus, artistic direc-
tor of the Jerusalem Thea-
ter.
A native of Providence,
R.I., Kalus decided to
live and work in Israel
after visiting the country iri
1963. He is now one of Is-
rael's leading stage and mo-
tion picture producer-direc-
tors.
paign Chairman Dulcie
Rosenfeld.
A second report meeting,
at 9:45 a.m. April 24 at the
Jewish Community Center,
Those on hand at the
start of the report meeting
will be able to view Chan-
nel 2's "Highlights" pro-
gram at 9:45 a.m. which
will feature an interview
with Jewish Welfare Feder-
ation President Martin E.
Citrin; Daniel M. Honig-
man, general chairman of
the 1977 Campaign; and
Women's Division Cam-
will feature guest speaker
Ira Hirschmann, banker,
diplomat and authority on
Israel and the Middle East.
ment, appeared in Look
magazine.
A New York City resi-
dent, Hirschmann is the au-
thor of several books deal-
ing with the Middle East
and European political
movements. His latest,
"Caution to the Winds,"
was a best-seller.
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Hirschmann has made
many intensive survey trips
to Israel and the Arab
states. A report of his in-
vestigation of the Arab refu-
gee camps, made on behalf
of the U.S. State Depart-
WOMEN'S DIVISION
SPRING FORUM SET
Anti-Semitism, as viewed
by two obServers, will be
the focus of the annual
Spring Forum of the Jewish
Welfare Federation
Women's Division, April 28,
at the Jewish Community
Center.
Entitled "Apart . . . or a
Part Of," the program will
consist of two sessions, with
special guests Robert Naf-
taly, a member and officer
of the national executive
committee of the Anti-Defa-
mation League of Bnai
Brith; and Aaron D. Rose-
nbaum, of Washington,
D.C., director of research
for the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) and an editor of
Near East Report.
During the morning ses-
sion, which starts at 9:30,
members of the Forum
Planning Committee will
present three vignettes
dramatizing instances of
contemporary anti-Semi-
tism.
A buzz session will follow
each vignette. Naftaly, who
is co-chairman of the Pro-
fessional Division of the
1977 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign-Israel Emergency
Fund and a member of the
national agencies budget
and planning division of
Federation, will moderate
and respond to questions
arising from the discussion.
He is past chairman of
ADL's Michigan Regional
Advisory Board.
Rosenbaum, a contributor
to the Near East Report's
special survey Myths and
Facts, will address the
Forum after lunch, focusing
on the problems of anti-
Semitism throughout the
world. A University of Mich-
igan Angell Scholar for his
studies in Soviet and Chi-
nese political science and
history, Rosenbaum has lec-
tured widely on the Middle
East conflict.
Shelly Jackier is chair-
man of the Spring Forum
committee. Assisting her,
along with the committee,
are Maida Portnoy, co-
chairman; Roberta Stul-
berg. adviser; Linda Jack-
ier, invitation design;
Marcy Feldman, decora-
tions chairman; and Rich-
ard Lobenthal, executive di-
rector of the Anti-Defama-
tion League, consultant.
President of the Women's
Division is Carolyn Green-
berg. Nancy Hirsch is vice
president of education.
For reservations
luncheon and the prog
call the Women's Division
office, 965-3939.
Center Hosts UJA Walk-A-Thon
_ In February, former De-
troiter Irwin S. Field of Los
Angeles, chairman of the
first United Jewish Appeal
Walk-A-Thon, announced
that the event will be held-
May 15 in more than 100
American communities as
the final public event of the
UJA's 1977 campaign.
The Detroit Walk-A-Thon
will be hosted by the Jew-
ish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit at its
main building in West
Bloomfield. Community or-
ganizations have been in-
vited to participate by chap-
ters or groups, and individ-
uals may also join in.
The Walk-A-Thon will in-
clude a walk on the Center
grounds, jogging on the out-
door jogging track, and
swimming in the indoor
pool. Groups may partici-
pate in any of the events.
The Walk-A-Thon's goals
are to raise funds and dem-
onstrate the American Jew-
ish community's unity and
solidarity with Israel.
For information, call
Steve Horowitz at the Jew-
ish Community Center, 661-
1000.
Medical, Social Interns Helping Elderly at Home for Aged
"You get a stereotyped
image of old people as
alone and decrepit and not
interested in what's hap-
pening, said William
Lucas, "but when you work
with them, you see they
have a lot left to live for
and to work with. Most of
them are not even aware of
the energy they have."
Lucas, a second-year nurs-
ing student at Wayne State
University, is learning
about aging from expe-
rience as well as from a
textbook. He and 35 .other
student nurses from WSU
are spending part of their
sophomore year 'in an inter-
nship at the Jewish Horne
for Aged, a Jewish Welfare
Federation agency funded
by the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign-Israel Emergency
Fund.
In addition, the Home for
Aged is helping to train a
senior psychiatry resident
from Sinai Hospital, several
social work students from
the University of Michigan,
two graduate students in
counseling from WSU , two
occupational therapy stu-
dents from Eastern Mich-
igan University and two stu-
dents of gerontology from
Madonna College.
The internship programs
are offered at Borman Hall,
on W. Seven Mile Rd., one
of the Jewish Home for
Aged's two facilities. The
training programs were
started two years ago by
the home's executive direc-
tor, Charles Wolfe. Herbert
Aronsson is president of the
agency.
The Jewish Home for
Aged is one of only a few
homes in the country to
have such as internship pro-
gram, said Wolfe. And he
1 Would like to see the pro-
ram grow by the addition of
a month-long elective rota-
tion for senior residents in
internal medicine from
Sinai.
The students, who spend
an average of one or two
days a week at the home,
find their work is changing
many of their ideas abou t
aging.
"I figured they grew old
and accepted it," said
Sheree Williams, a student
nurse from Wayne. "I
thought they didn't want to
be bothered by outsiders
when in fact it's just the op-
posite; they think we won't
be interested in what they
have to say. -
The internship program
fits right in with Wolfe's
general philosophy.
"I hate quiet," he said,
standing in the middle of
the home's bustling lobby.
"We like to have as many
different people here as pos-
sible. We have no limited
visiting hours, and our park-
ing lot is always full. We en-
cogage families to visit
and
join in our activities.
"The more people who
are physically present in
the building, the greater the
range of stimulation and en-
couragement for the resi-
dents, - he said. "The stu-
dent program brings in a
new fresh stream of people
with different viewpoints.
Many of the residents have
met more people since
they've been here than they
met on the outside where
they were isolated because
of infirmity."
Wolfe said some of last
year's student interns estab-
lished such good relation-
ships with the residents
that they often come back
to visit.
"I hope some of them
will return here to work
after graduation," he said.
Wolfe says he tries to
make life at the home as
much like life on the "out-
side" as he can, "so resi-
dents don't feel they've
taken much of a step back
from their involvement
with the community."
Unlike most nursing
homes, where residents eat
from trays brought to their
rooms, Borman Hall resi-
dents eat in a central din-
ing room at tables set with
china dishes and metal cut-
lery.
"And what does every
Jewish woman do every
Friday night? Light the Sha-
bat candles," he said. "We
came up with a way to do
that here. We have a spe-
cial candle room where the
lights meet all the ritual re-
quirements b'ut are electric.
Now the women don't have
to feel separated from that
part of their life."
- The atmosphere here is
thoroughly and traditionally
Jewish," said president
Aronsson. "All the holidays
are celebrated, and reli-
gious services are encour-
aged. We have a small chap-
el for weekday minyanim
as • well as a larger syna-
gogue for Shabat and festi-
Jewish community in-
volvement has always in-
cluded helping others, said
Aronsson, and that part of
Jewish life is not neglected
at the Home for the Aged.
"We have a phenomenal
drive for the Allied Jewish
Campaign-Israel Emergen-
cy Fund here," Wolfe
added. The 210 Borman
Hall residents and the 90
residents of the Prentis
Manor branch of the home
together raised $1,400 for
last year's campaign, he
said.
The money comes from
their savings and from the
small amount residents
earn in the home's shel-
tered workshop, where they
do simple assembly, pack-
ing and labeling jobs for
area business firms. Some
work up to four hours a
day, five days a week.
"And on Tu . b'Shevat for
the last two years the resi-
dents have donated a 100-
tree garden to Israel, —
Wolfe said.
Another unique program
is the cocktail party.
There's no reason why resi-
dents who are not medical-
ly restricted should not
enjoy a drink once in a
while, _Wolfe said. The
twice-a-month parties offer
both alcoholic and soft
drinks, and hors d'oeuvres
are served by resident and
staff hostesses.
Wolfe and his male staf-
fers tend bar, while Gizella
Okrent, a staff social work-
er, plays old favorites on an
upright piano. At a cocktail
party on March 17, ever y-
one celebrated St. Patrick's
Day with spirited renditions
of "When Irish Eyes are
Smiling" and "The Band
Played On. -
"These cocktail parties
are the most popular aetivi-
ty here, - said Wolfe. In-
deed, 15 minutes before
the party's scheduled start,
residents thronged the corri-
dor waiting to get into the
room.
- The parties last 45 min-
utes, and when they're over
we have to shoo them out
with a broom, - joked staff
occupational therapist De-
De Doneson, who sports a
button reading Like
Older Men - on her uni-
form.
"In general, we try to do
here what the residents
liked most before, including
cocktails and vacations,"
said Wolfe. Last year we
took a group on a trip to
Niagara Falls. This year
we're planning to spend sev-
eral days at Camp Tama-
rack. We're also planning
some shorter trips, like up
north for the fall colors,
and perhaps to Holland for
the Tulip Festival.
"The idea is that this
place ought to be as much
fun as possible. To me the
highest praise a resident
can give is that this is a fun
place."
In the top photograph, Charles S. Wolfe, executive direc-
tor of the Jewish Home for Aged, looks on as two student
interns work with residents of Borman Hall. From left,
Mrs. Adele Deutsch; Chris Malyn, an occupational therapy
student at Eastern Michigan University; Lisa Beiermeis-
ter, a social work student at the University of Mich-
igan—Dearborn; Wolfe; and Mrs. Toba Mark. In the bot-
tom photograph, from left, Borman Hall residents Eliza-
beth Margolis, Dora Smith, Dora Greenfield and Mollie
Baseman, far right, join the Home's assistant executive di-
rector Sylvia Serwin, second from right, in song at a cock- '
tail party as social worker Gizella Okrent accompanies at 1
the piano.