THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Standing Guard in S. Lebanon Sabbath Custom Explained By RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) • - • ;47,, • t W" ., "rip i F 4■ pc* - „ A" • "We r... T . :P . f • • J240101 :44.-: r I•Pg rot, 10 . 01-7 alt • 1- 4 = k• P.17-4 '• • A tank operated by the Christian militia in southern Lebanon is shown on a 'hillside protecting a village near the Israeli-Lebanon border. Nurse Designs Hospital Bed JERUSALEM — Leah Avni, director of Nursing Services at the Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, has designed a hos- pital bed that meets the needs of both patients and nurses. "I wanted a multipurpose bed, suitable for all wards including obstetrics, or- thopedics, rehabilitation and the emergency room," she said. "After combing through catalogues and inspecting beds in hospitals in the United States, England and Europe, I teamed up with Rafi Blumenfeld, Israel's leading interior designer, to design my own bed which would incorporate the best features of all the beds I had seen and would not be elec- tronically controlled since we are very energy con- scious in Israel. "We solved that prob- lem by using a special hydraulic jack from Germany which is very successful and, unlike a manually cranked one, not noisy." , The bed is now in use at the Mount Scopus hospital. She describes it as a "high- ," bed. "Elderly patients .1 it difficult to climb into high beds; nurses and doc- tors find it difficult to exam- ine and attend to patients when they have to stoop. The jack solves the prob- lem. "The bed also has a pull- out shelf at the foot which extends its length and is convenient for tall people. The shelf is also useful for extra blankets and pillows." She continues, "The side rails can be raised or low- ered easily. The elderly, post-operative or heavily medicated patients are often confused and try to get out of bed. While the rails prevent the patient from falling out, they are not too high..They.are also.short,sg. that there is a space at the planned this bed so that a foot of the bed where the patient, when he enters a patient can get off when he hospital, can be put on it is not confused. and never change bedi." In "The headrest is easily the emergency department, raised or lowered with a in intensive care and in car- knob at the side of the diac cases, the head and bed which a patient can footrests can be removed, if press. Furthermore, the necessary, so that nursing patient does not slip can be done from either end, down when sitting up be- as well as from the sides. cause the central section Although the bed does not of the base of the bed have any new features, by hinges at a very light combining all of the desired knee-break angle." features it is unique. - It is manufactured by the The material from which the base of the bed is made Pele Metal Works in Tel will not interfere with the Aviv under the name taking of X-rays so that "Leah's Bed." The bed is bedridden patients need not light, made of stainless be removed from the bed steel, with an attractive when X-ray pictures are colored formica finish, easy to clean and easy to wheel taken. • Nurse Avni concludes: "I from place to place. The Sabbath loaves (hal- las) are traditionally covered both from below and above when they are placed upon the Sabbath ta- ble. Some authorities claim that this is done because the Sabbath loaves are sup- posed to remind us of the manna which was provided for the Jews on their way through the wilderness. It is said of the manna that it was covered from below and above by a layer of dew to protect and preserve it. The same is done for the hallas of the Sabbath by having a cloth both above and below them. By SANDRA COHEN JERUSALEM — A non- profit, volunteer organiza- tion in Israel called "Shomer Achi Anochi" (My Brother's Keeper) has been fighting to awaken the con- science of Israel and the Free World to the plight of the Prisoners of Zion who are steadily deteriorating in the hell of Soviet prisons. Shomer Achi Anochi has one objective: the release of all Prisoners of Zion. To ac- complish this, they have struck out in varied direc- tions. Posters of Anatoly Shcharansky, bearing ex- cerpts from conversations with him before his arrest, have been displayed throughout the cities; demonstrations are fre- quently held; speaking engagements take place in schools, youth clubs and in private homes; press con- ferences are called periodi- cally; bulletins are sent out to libraries, youth groups, schools and kibutzim. Through correspondence ,and, „the, sending, gift packages during holidays, an attempt is made to estab- lish warm ties with each of the prisoners. More recently the organ- ization, which has a varied membership, most of whom are religious Jews, pub- lished a pamphlet in both Hebrew and English entitled "Testimony." In addition to individual tes- timonies of Prisoners of Zion, letters smuggled out of Russia reveal in shocking detail the living and work conditions, punishment cells, emotional stress, med- ical treatment, malnutri- tion and consequent de- velopment of diseases pre- valent throughout Soviet camps. 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