THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 28, 1980 21 Israeli Institutions Practice Jewish Approach to Ecology Best Wishes for a happy, healthy and joyous Passover to the entire community on national and universal themes for which solu- tions were found in the The new approach to ecol- Bible. Awareness of this ogy is that it is a study inter-relationship is the which embraces the key to understanding the natural, social and spiritual little explored and sciences from a human largely unknown field of point of view. Whereas such human ecology. fields as chemistry and The Israel Institute for political science, for exam- Ecological Problems is an- ple, can be defined in terms other laboratory for the of specific goals within their study of human ecological discipline, ecology explores behavior. Headed by former the influences of these sub- Soviet Prisoner of Con- jects upon man. science Dr. Abraham Mar- In Israel, this novel ap- kowitz, its programs and proach is taken one step projects embrace the physi- further. Issues are exam- cal, spiritual and mental ined and treated from a bi- health fields. Some of the blical point of view, adding fascinating issues currently the spiritual dimension to in progress are an investi- create order out of chaos. gation into the relationship Two institutions, which de- between spiritual laws in vote themselves to studying the Torah and laws in the Jewish sources in order to science of physics; a pro- find solutions to ecological gram for the reinstitution of problems, are the Sadnat ethical values in the politi- Enosh Center for Spiritual cal sciences; and the appli- Guidance and the Israel In- cation of scientific knowl- stitute for Ecological Prob- edge to Jewish legal prob- lems. lems. At Sadnat Enosh (human The Israel institution is workshop), Jewish sources in its infancy. About half of are seen to endow the its funds came from private ecological system with a un- organizations abroad, but ified structure providing increasing awareness of the order, discipline, a scale of validity of its program on priorities and a clear and the part of Israeli govern- specific system of attitudes ment circles is witnessed by to every component of the some funding from the environment. The pivotal Ministries of Education, point in this system is man. Health and Agriculture. During the past seven At present, many years, work at Sadnat laboratories and offices at Enosh has centered on the disposal of the insti- problems of society and tute's members are scat- the individual, on Ac tered throughout the coun- duty and self-awar Mess, try. Negotiations are under way, however, with both Tel Mrs. Jacobson Aviv and Bar-Ilan univer- sities, to inaugurate de- Wins an Award partments of human ecol- NEW YORK (JTA) — ogy, as has been done in The Association of Ameri- many institutes of higher cans and Canadians, which education abroad. held its 22nd convention in Maalot, Israel, last week, presented its foremost honor this year, the Hen- rietta Szold Award, to Mrs. Charlotte Jacobson, chair- man of the World Zionist Organization-American Section. The association paid trib- ute to Mrs. Jacobson "for her tireless efforts on behalf of American olim, with spe- cial emphasis on the prob- lem of housing for single olim, and the protection of their immigrant rights." By DULCY LEIBLER World Zionist Press Service . 4. 111 FROM THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF rCHC CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP CLINTON TOWNSHIP 50650 Gratiot Avenue 949-5950 HAMTRAMCK 9301 Joseph Campau 871-9400 REDFORD TOWNSHIP STERLING HEIGHTS 25719 Grand River Ave. 538-4405 WATERFORD TOWNSHIP 44500 Van Dyke 739-0300 WEST BLOOMFIELD 4396 Highland Road 681.4830 6705 Orchard Lake Road 626-3970 Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:30-4:30, Friday, 9:30-7:30, Saturday 9:30-4:30 (Except Hamtramck and Chesterfield) Drive-In Hours: Monday thru Friday 8-8, Saturday 9:30-4:30 (Except Hamtramck and Chesterfield) M1104111.11.110 A Commemoration of Faith, Freedom, and Human Dignity Hag Sameach Matchmakers Are Advocated NEW YORK — The in- creasing number of single- parent Jewish families should be a matter of high priority concern for the Jewish community and its communal agencies, even to the point of providing matchmakers for those who wish to remarry, according to a new booklet just issued by the American Jewish Committee. "Single-Parent Families: A Challenge to the Jewish Community" by Dr. Chaim I. Waxman, is the first pub- lication of AJCommittee's recently established Na- tional Jewish Family Cen- ter. 16673 E. 15 Mile Road 792-1470 • • • 111 . • s 11•• Passover 5740 rim The Republican Party