THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Scientists Find Easier Way to Detect Mental Disorders REHOVOT — A new ap- nique, the Weizmann Insti- proach for identifying indi- tute's Dr. Avner Rotman ""viduals suffering' from or noted a well documented likely to contract certain correlation of certain men- mental disorders has been tal disorders, the reduced developed by a researcher at ability of nerve cells to ab- the Weizmann Institute of sorb the neurotransmitter Science and doctors from chemicals which transfer the Government Hospital of signals in the nervous sys- Nes Ziona and the Beilinson tem. Hospital in Peta Tikva. . Because of the difficulties In developing the tech- in measuring neuro- transmitter absorption in a brain, the scien- Congress Checks patient's tists sought a substitute cell Trifa Broadcast system which mirrors the WASHINGTON (JTA) — situation occurring in nerv- The House Judiciary •Sub- ous tissue. For this task, committee concerned with they chose platelets, blood Nazi war criminals residing cells responsible for clot- in the U.S., is investigating ting, which are easy to col- why Radio Free Europe, lect and have been shown to which is supported by gov- behave similarly to nervous ernment funds, broadcast_ tissue. In cooperation with Dr. an inverview on May 1 with Valerian Trifa, Archbishop Rochelle Caplan of the Nes of the Romanian Orthodox Ziona Government Hospital Church in Americas who and Prof. Henricus Wijsen- faces deportation hearings beek, Dr. Hanan Munitz, in July on charges of Dr. Ilan Modai, Dr. Zvi fraudulent entry into the Zamishlani and colleagues at Beilinson's Geha U.S. Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Trifa, a leader of Ihe Rotman measure dseroto- • Romanian facist Iron Guard nin absorption by platalets during World War II, has of psychiatric patients. The been accused of inciting at- researchers found that the rocities including the mass neurotransmitter take-up murder of Jews in was indeed reduced in • sev- Bucharest in 1941. eral varieties of mental dis- The broadcast was made orders, as compared with in connection with the 50th that of healthy volunteers. anniversary of the Roma- nian Orthodox Church in Israel is the world leader America which is headed by in its low ratio (14-to-1) of trifa, 64, and represents students to teachers in the about 80 percent of church- primary grades, according affiliated ethnic Romanians to a 1975 report published in the U.S. by the World Bank. No Monkeyshines for Alice Friday, June 1, 1979 Student Trip to Israel Will Include Three Stops NEW YORK — A special 51/2 week "High School Dis- covery" program in Israel, featuring 3'/2 weeks tour, ing, one week of Moshav liv- ing, and one week at a_ Jewish National Fund youth village, is being of- fered this summer for American high school stu- dents between the 'ages of 15 and 18: Departing New York on July 5, and returning Aug. 16, this program will com- bine extensive sightseeing, an opportunity to discover life on an_ Israeli moshav, PARTY-WEDDING-BRIDESMAID-BAR MITZVA LONG and SHORT Daily—Hospital Sympathy FRUIT BASKETS 3 Times Daily Nation-Wide Delivery $ 1595 RODNICK-L- McINERNEY'S 779-4140 772-4350 'DRESSES 1/2 OFF and a shared camping ex- perience with Israeli teena- gers at the JNF Youth Vil- lage at Nes Harim in the Jerusalem Hills._ FOR A PROUD FATHER OR GRANDFATHER A great gift idea from George Ohrenstein. 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