E R M IN G THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Notable Abramson Family Mixing Sports and Medicine By HASKELL COHEN (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) Generally speaking, there is little in the field of sports that relates to Mis= hna or Talmud or, for that matter, any theological area. However, the thought strikes me that we have a situation in which a man who has dedicated hislife to sports, Jack Abramson, is the father of two eminent doctors who have done much to improve the wel- fare of their fellow man and their co-religionists. The thought strikes me that the Mishna,- in the fourth chapter of Ethics of the Fathers, which asks the question, "who is rich?"- is applicable to Jack Abram- son. The Misluia goes on to answer that the rich man is he who is happy with his lot. Abramson certainly has to be happy with the work of both of his boys in the medi- cal field. Approximately a year ago, Abramson's oldest boy, Alan, an ear, nose and throat specialist gained some renown, un- looked for, in operating on a young Hungarian Jewish child, the offspr- ing of parents who had gone through the Holocaust. This Hunga- rian youngster had been -brought across the sea to undergo delicate treat- ment by doctor Alan Ab- ramson, who performed the surgery gratis, and 'then was publicized to a great extent by all facets of the media. A few weeks ago Alan's kid brother David came up with an important piece of research in his field which is eye surgery and treatment of the retina. David, an assistant head of his de- partment in Colunibia Presbyterian Hospital, lo- cated in New York City brought out the fact that the feces of dogs sometimes gets into the eyes of people and causes blindness. He had a lengthy report in this area and was inter- viewed extensively by sev- eral of the most prominent commentators on the New York television circuit. As a matter of fact, Dr. Frank Field, after interviewing Dr. David Abramson, said "Aren't there any other doc- tors but Abramsons in the city of New York who come up with amazing work in their respective fields?" Both of the Abramsons were members of the U.S. Maccabia swimming teams which participated over the past few decades- in the Maccabiot held every four years, the year after the Olympic year, with consid- erable success. Alan was a rather mediocre swimmer, but his kid brother David went on, in the year 1961 to win a total of four gold med- als in individual events with one gold medal for a medley relay. His records stood for several years until a guy like Mark Spitz came along and smashed every record in sight. Truly, one must say that Jack Abramson is a rich man, and his wife Ruth a rich woman in giv- ing us the opportunity to benefit from the medical skills of their two bril- liant children, who are prominent physicians. Meanwhile, activity con- tinues at a rapid pace in Is- rael in the sports firma- ment. At the moment, Chaim Glovinsky, honorary treasurer of the Israel Olympic team is in Russia completing plans and ar- rangements for housing and feeding the Israeli athletes who will participate in the 1980 Games. Unless some- thing unforseen comes up, Israel, definitely, will be competitive in the upcom- ing Games. Friday, June 29, 1919 - 25 III Sale at III all three ■ PsTisH stories. KNIT SUITS $975° Peace Challenges Is Theme of Schiff Speech NEW YORK — Dr. Alvin I. Schiff, executive vice president of the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New ' York, cautioned that "in the wake of peace will come many serious challenges to Israel and the Diaspora in all ph- ases of Jewish life," during his keynote address at the Zalman Shazar Prize cere- mony in Israel recently. Speaking before Jewish educators, world Zionist leaders and representatives of the Israeli government at the residence of - Israeli President Yitzhak Navon, Schiff also paid tribute to several Diaspora com- munities and to Dr. Azriel Eisenberg, who served as BJE executive vice president for 17 years. •• •our entire stock and more. UJA Regional Set- in Cleveland NEW YORK — Detroiter Joel D. Tauber, United Jewish Appeal -regional chairman for the East Cen- tral Region, has announced that the 1979 regional con- ference will - be held in Cleveland, Oct. 18-21. "A special feature of the conference," Tauber said "will be a day devoted ex- clusively to Women's Di- vision programming." • • •our Fenkell store forever! Prof Honored for Rights Work PERMIT No. 1446 NEW YORK — Prof. Lee A. Belford of New York University's department of religious education was honored by the university, the New York Diocese of the Episcopal Church and the Anti-Defamation League -of Bnai Brith "for his efforts on behalf of social justice, in- cluding the civil rights movement and Jewish- Christian relations." Oil to Portugal CAIRO (ZINS) — Por- tugal has signed agree- ments with Egypt to pur- chase Sinai oil. No date has been set for the first of three shipments, which will cost $400 million. HEY DAMON SPORT SHIRTS $900 ■ • SALES ARE FINAL • MINIMUM CHARGE ON ALTERATIONS • CASH. BANK CARDS AND O'BRIEN'S CHARGE • MAN'S WORLD • GRANDLAND (Fenkell at Grand River) Open Mon.. Tues.. Thurs. and Fri. until 9. Wed. and Sat. until 6. Closed Sun. • NORTHLAND (Lot El Open Every Night until 9. Sun.. 12-6. • LIVONIA (7 Mile at Farmington Road) Open Mon.. Tues.. Thurs. and Fri. until 9. Wed. and Sat. until 6. Closed Sun.