THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
56 Friday, October 31, 1980
Levin Is Seeking Re-Election to Court
Judge Charles L. Levin is Court of Appeals the same
seeking re-election as a jus-
He is a member of the
tice of the Michigan Sup-
Detroit, Oakland County
reme Court. Judge Levin, year.
54, was first elected to the and American bar asso-
ciations, the American
Supreme Court in 1972.
He earned his BA and law Law Institute, American
degrees from the University Judicature Society and
of Michigan. He served on Association of the Bar of
the Michigan Law Revision the City of New York.
He is also a member of the
Commission in 1966 and
was elected to the Michigan Visitors' Committees of the
Ben-Gurion U. Developing a Speedy
Test for Carcinogenic Toxic Chemicals
BEERSHEVA — Rapid dramatically reduces the chemicals passing this sc-
reen will be subjected to the
technological advances in time necessary to determine
more lengthy, rigorous test
the chemical field are re- which chemicals are
of introducing the chemical
sulting in the synthesis of cancer-causing. Based on
to a laboratory animal and
an ever-increasing number CMMS, biologists will be
waiting to see if tumors de-
of new chemicals for use in able to weed out and reject
agriculture and the food and within three weeks those velop. Results using this
method are obtained after
pharmaceutical industry. chemicals which provoke a
These chemicals must carcinogenic response. Only six months.
undergo stringent testing to
assure that they are not car-
cinogenic before their re-
lease for wide-sale commer-
cial use.
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At its 19th anniversary treasurer; Harry Larlr
22101 Coolidge,
There soon may be short-
1 Block S. of 9 Mi.,
term screening tests avail- celebration at Cong. Bnai sman, financial treasurer;
JUDGE LEVIN
able in Israel allowing Moshe, the Center Clarence Gottesman, secre-
University of Michigan, biologists to reject more Businessmen's Club re- tary; and Benjamin
Wayne State University quickly those chemicals called its achievements on Williams, co-secretary.
and the University of which are potential car- behalf of the Israel Emer- Harry Weinberg is the pub-
We Bone—Skin—Grind—Fish Free
Chicago law schools.
cinogens. Dr. Dina Raveh, gency Fund. licity chairman.
WE WRAP FOR FREEZING
The club meets 12:30 p.m.
He is a cousin of Sen. Carl of the Biology Department
To date, the club has
-•••nnise Levin.
raised
$130,000
for
the
IEF.
Wednesdays
at the Morris
of Ben-Gurion University of
the Negev, is one of a group The anniversary event also Branch of the Jewish Corn-
of scientists working to de- was the occasion to install munity Center. There are
new officers. still some openings for new
velop these tests.
They are: Jack Bressler, members.
The South African-born
For information, call Irv-
president;
Harry Friedman,
and Hebrew Universtiy-
vice
president;
Max
Smith,
ing
Hermelin, 424-8361.
educated Dr. Raveh ex-
* * *
plains, "The currently ac-
cepted approach for iden-
Detroit Area Retail Kosher
Meat Dealers Assoc.
tifying potential carcino-
gens is to subject them to a
battery of screening tests,
the most well-known being
lb.
the Ames test is hotly dis-
U.S.D.A.
puted by members of the
scientific community."
lb.
.000.•• ■■.■
The method she is in-
SINGERS KOSHER MEAT MARKET
vestigating, known as
FRANKLIN KOSHER MEATS & POULTRY
13721 W. Nine Mile, Oak Park
32930 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills
the cell mediated
LI 7-8111
Philip Swarin
855-1020 Ben Smith, Don Barden
mutagenesis system
PASADENA KOSHER MEATS
DEXTER DAVISON KOSHER MEATS
(CMMS), measures the
and LOUIS COHEN & SON
19835 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield
carcinogenic potential of
24721 Coolidge, Oak Park LI 3-8860
557-7677 Feldman Brothers
Allan Al Cohen, Joe Felstein, Michael Cohen
different chemicals
DEXTER DAVISON KOSHER MEATS
based..on the correlation
NORTHGATE KOSHER MEAT & POULTRY
25760 Coolidge, Oak Park
25254 Greenfield, Oak Park
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between carcinogenic
LI 8-6800 Feldman Brothers
967-3907 Jack Miller
and mutagenic effect.
COHEN & SON KOSHER MEAT MARKET
Celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Center
HARVARD ROW KOSHER MEATS
26035 Coolidge, Oak Park
Research-has shown that Businessmen's Club, are, seated from left: Sam Mil-
21780 W. 11 Mile, Southfield
LI 7-4121 Jack Cohen
99 percent of chemicals grom, Harry Friedman, Jack Bressler and Herman
356-5110 John Katz.
Lincoln Kosher Meat & Poultry
which mutate are also Levine. Standing, from left, are: Max Smith, Ben
Under supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis
968-7450 Zalman Kohen, Alex Greenberger
carcinogenic.
While quantities last and we also reserve right to limit quantities.
Williams and Clarence Gottesman.
Elaborating, Dr. 'Raveh
says,
"In
the
CMMS
two
■
different cell types are cul-
tivated together in the same
Petrie dish. One has the
ability to activate foreign
chemicals and:reveal latent
carcinogenic potential. The
second cell type, containing
no activating ingredients, is
susceptible to genetic dam-
PERPETUAL GRAVE MAINTENANCE
age by the activated chemi-
FLOWERS PLANTED ANNUALLY
cal and gives a clear indica-
.tion of the amount of car-
cinogen present.
The chief advantage of
the CMMS is that whole
cells are used to activate the
A DEPARTMENT
chemicals being tested
DEVOTED TO MAINTAIN
rather than subcellar frac-
• A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL
tions
as
in
the
Ames
test.
THE BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE
• A MAN OF PRINCIPLE
Since the integrity of the
• A . MAN OF HIGHEST QUALIFICATIONS
- OF THE CEMETERY
cells is maintained, they
function in the CMMS as
• A MAN OF VISION — OF CONTINUING CONCERNS FOR
WITH LOVING CARE
they do_ inside the body. Dr.
THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTY.
Raveh's preliminary results
indicate that whole cells
mimic the carcinogen-
activating ability of the
entire organism and give a
When You
most reliable test.
The method that Dr.
Raveh is - investigating
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