THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, July 8, 1977 23

Open Heart Surgery Done on Pregnant Woman in Israel

TEL AVIV—For the first
time in Israel, open-heart
surgery was performed on
a woman in an advanced
stage of pregnancy. The sur-
geon, Tel Aviv University
professor, Dr. Morris Levy,
head of the Department of
Thoracic and Cardiac Sur-
gery at Beilinson Medical
Center, operated on a 23-
year-old woman with se-
vere valvular disease in her
eighth month of.pregnancy.
The operation, in itself a
complicated emergency
valve replacement, was fur-
ther complicated by the ne-
cessity to monitor the vital
life signs of both the fetus
and the mother. Thus, the
surgery was performed in
cooperation with the • obstet-
rics department.
The fetus survived the op-
eration without side effects
of anesthesia or surgeiy
and was delivered by Caesa-
rean section three weeks
later. Both mother and
child have recovered well.
Meanwhile, the hitherto
elusive cause of arterioscle-
rosis, considered one of the
worst enemies of the West-
ern world, may have been
revealed as a result of a re-
search project - headed by
Prof. Moshe Wolman and
his associates, Dr. Edith
Gaton and Prof. Josef
Bubis, all of the Depart-

ment of Pathology of the
Sackler School of Medicine
of Tel Aviv. _

The researchers point out
that the principal phenome-
non of this disease is the de-
position of fats in the arte-
rial wall, resulting in a vari-
ety of often catastrophic
consequences for the person
afflicted.
The researchers believe
that this accumulation of
fat in the arterial smooth
muscle cell is caused by a
lack of an enzyme called
"Acid Esterase", which is
normally to be found in a
cell organelle called lyso-
some. Under normal condi-
tions this enzyme breaks up
the fat, but when it is lack-
ing or its activity is decreas-
ed, the fats accumulate in
the cell. -
Prof. Wolman came to re-
search this problem while
investigating a disease
known as "Wolman's Dis-
ease" named for him in rec-
ognition of his contribution
to this cause of -infant mor-
tality. In Wolman's disease
a genetically determined
lack of acid estrase activity
results in deposits of fats
similar to that found in arte-
riosclerosis:
The studies of Prof. Wol-
man's group indicate tha'
under various natural alit.
experimental conditions the

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development of arterioscle-
rosis is related to a relative
insufficiency of acid estrase
activity in the arterial
smooth muscle cells.

In other research at Tel
Aviv U. it has been ob-
served that it is a curious
fact that the color black, de-
spite its well-known charac-
teristic of absorbing the
heat, is a wide-spread fea-
ture of the desert: Beduin
clothing, Beduin tents,
many desert birds, and
most desert goats are
black.
This, phenomenon was a
subject of research for a
team of zoologists: Prof.

Amiram Shkolnik, head of
the Zoology department of
the university and his asso-
ciate, .Dr. Razi Dmiel;
Prof. Richard Taylor and
Dr. Virginia Finch of Har-
vard University; and Prof.
Arieh Borut of Hebrew Uni-
versity.

The team examined the
phenomenon both during
the summer and the winter,
when the desert is extreme-
ly cold, and they came to
the conclusion that the
black color of animals can
be of significant importance
in maintianing body heat in
the winter season, and that

Jews and Alcohol Subject of Study

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (JTA)
— The "immunization" of
Jews against alcohol abuse
will be examined by a Syr-
acuse University sociologist
in a year-long study, the uni-
versity has reported.
The study, described as a
pilot research project, will
be started in the fall by
Barry Glassner, an assist-
ant professor of sociology
in the university's Maxwell
school of citizenship and
public- affairs.
Prof. Glassner, who is
also a senior research asso-
ciate at the university's
Maxwell policy center on

aging, has received a grant
of $8,000 from the Distilled
Spirits Council to make the
study. He will examine dif-
ferences in alcohol use by
Jews among three age
groups: high school and col-
lege age; ages 25 to 50; and
older.

Various opinions have
been, expressed regarding
Job's literary genre. John
Milton considered it an epic
similar - to the Homeric
epics. Samuel Terrien view-
ed Job "not as a drama
composed for theatrical pro-
duction, but as lyrical medi-
tation with a dramatis per-
sonae.
'Horace Meyer ' Kallen
maintained that Job's dia-
logues lack action. Robert
Gordis wrote : "Job... is
characterized by a total
lack of plot."
However, S. Michael Gel-
ber, author of "Job Stands
Up" (Union of American
Hebrew Congregations)
points out that the move-
ment of the book's col-
loquies "is demonstrably
dramatic and is evidence
that the Book of Job is in-
deed a play."
Is Job then a Greek play?
Does it have the dramatic
elements formulated by
Aristotle in "Poetics?" Gel-
ber does not think so. He
proves that Job lacks the
three unities postulated by
Aristotle, namely, the
unities- of time, place and
action. He admits, though,
"that
Hellenic • in-
fluences...may have _acted
on the writer of Job."
Is Job a Jewish play?
ber replies in the affirma-
five. He demonstrates that
the Jewish people since
time immemorial "have
been endowed with a flair
for the dramatic." The
Bible stories "reflect a the-
atrical gift, their words ex-
press tension, form vivid
images, and create pic-
tures." He asserts that Job
reveals all characteristics
of a Jewish play, and is "a
work of art created within
Jewish civilization."
The play "Job "Stands
Up" is preceded by an inter-

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pretiveessay which, among
others, examines the old
problem of suffering, and is
followed by a manual that
provides instructions ' and
study techniques for produc-
ing the play.
The play consists of two
acts divided into 29 scenes,
and is presented as a contin-
uous performance. Besides
Job, some of the dramatis
personae are : Job's wife
(she is also the story-
teller); Satan; Eliphaz (in
the role of a public speak-
er); Bildad (simulates t, a
lawyer); and Zophar (pre-
tends to be a teacher).
Elihu is not included in the
play.
Job's wife's part consists
of two laconic, but impres-
sive sentences:
"Dost thou still hold fast
to thine integrity?
Curse God and die!",
The , author compares
Satan to "the leader of His
Majesty's disloyal opposi-
tion." He is :characterized
as "a bureacrat in our pub-
lic school system... or un-
ambitious executive direc-
tor of a social welfare
agency."
It is interesting to note
that Job and the comforters
(Eliphaz, Bildad and Zoph-
ar) have both speaking and
singing parts. Job, more-
over, has also a wrestling
bout wit Satin a la Jacob's
wrestling match with the
angel,
The storyteller com-
mences the performance:

"There was a man in the
land of Uz whose name was
Job. He was whole-hearted
and upright, and fared God,
and shunned evil...this man
was the greatest of all the
children of the east"

The following two stanzas
are a good example of a
song Job chants, while fond-
ling a Torah scroll with his
cheek:

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black animals may require
less food in the cold weath-
er.
The researchers have no
exact figures or conclusions
yet about humans, but the
principle for desert humans
is probably the same.

SUMMER SAVING
TIME

"This also will be my sal-
vation,
That a hypocrite cannot
before Him.
That a hypocrite cannot
come before Him,
Will be my salvation–,
"Though he slay rne,`yet
will I trust in Him!
But I will argue my ways
before Him!
I will argue my ways, even
though He slay .me,
Yet will I trust in Him!"

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The play "Job Stands
Up" is interesting and ab-
sorbing. The dialogues are
fast moving and the charac-
ters are engaging.

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NAZIS READY TO MARCH - WHAT'S NEXT?

Survivors of,the Nazi Holocaust invite the public to an
informative meeting

1. Guest speaker -Dave Diles

2. "The Roots of Nazism in the United
States"

37, - Our Legal Rights —Attorney W. Sim-

kovitz and E. Charlip ,

4.

Closing —Martin Rose

Sun. July 17
7:30 P.M.

at Temple Emanuel

W. Ten Mile Rd.

HY SHENKMAN
Survivor writer

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