THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Sinai-Mt. Carmel Service Helps Quell Holiday Blues ••■■■ •"' The holidays are tradi- tionally a busy time full of activity and a sense of pur- pose, but for those whose lives don't fit the idealized concept of the holidays — a family gathering, a snow- covered house and enough money to. buy gifts for everyone — the holiday sea- son may mean suffering, perhaps even to the point of AiLuicide. "There's a big gulf for ome people between the spirit of the holidays and reality," said Dr. Gerald Shiener, Sinai Hospital psychiatrist and chief of a joint psychiatric emergency service between Mr. Carmel Mercy Hospital and Sinai Hospital of Detroit. "People see everyone else's wishes gratified, with gaeft-giving and family to- etherness implicit in the holiday season. But for people who are alone, or are unable to participate in family gift-giving for eco- nomic or other reasons, this perception makes for disap- pointment and generates more distress at this time of the year." The staff of the Sinai- Mount Carmel Emer- ge/thy Response Pro- gram note a greater in- flux of patients during the holidays, suffering from severe physical problems, which are ac- tually the result of psychiatric problems. When the physicians on staff who have initially examined the patient medi- cally, have identified a possible psychiatric con- cern, they will refer the patient to the Emergency Response Program. "We may see persons hav- ing difficulty in adjusting to a physical illness, depressed and suicidal patients, those who are experiencing se- vere anxiety or psychosis," said Bernadette Pieczynski, program coordinator. "We are often involved with rape and assault victims or vic- tims of child abuse, and we're also available to give support to those who take care of patients on the nurs- ing units," she explained. Helping a person recog- nize his or her physical or emotional concerns is a part of what the crisis interven- tion staff faces daily. The Sinai-Mt. Carmel program was developed in response to a per- ceived need for psychiat- ric crisis care for a sig- nificant segment of the more than 50,000 trauma and medical emergency patients entering Mt. Carmel's emergency room each year. The physician in charge of Mt. Carmel's emergency department initially asked Sinai Hospital's depart- ment of psychiatry to pro- vide an in-service education program for emergency room staff, so they could better understand and deal with the problems. But this program could only scratch the surface of the problems, noted Dr. Norman Rosenzweig, chairman of the department of psychiatry at Sinai, and Karen Baer, clinical spe- cialist in psychiatric nurs- ing at Sinai. Consquently, a joint task force of staff from both hospitals developed the Sinai-Mount Carmel Emergency Response Pro- gram, through which Sinai provides crisis intervention and psychiatric services on a contractual basis to Mt. Carmel Hospital. The staff includes a full- time psychiatrist, three clinical nursing specialists, four registered nurses and a secretary. The service is centrally located in Mt. Carmel's emergency room, where most crisis interven- tion activity takes place. Additionally, the staff pro- vides service for patients on the medical-surgical units. JFS Elderly Project Has Its First Anniversary Peter Weisberg to Mark 90th BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES' Dor Chadash will conduct its paper drive Monday through Jan. 8. A van will be parked on the synagogue grounds for pick-up. * * * BETH ACHIM Youth Commission announces the establishment of a Talit and Tefilin program, created for the hey classes by the men's club and the United Hebrew Schools branch principal. The program will meet 11 a.m. Sundays, beginning Jan. 11, as part of the reg- ular Hebrew school cur- riculum. Boys will be instructed on the wearing of talit and tefi- lin, and girls will discuss matters of Jewish interest. A bagel brunch follows. All students will attend Shaharit services. Joseph Silverstein is men's club chairman of the program. Among the instructors are: Arthur' Sugarman, Asher Ben- Moche and Men's Club President David Goldis. Parents are invited to participate. For information, call Rabbi Abraham Zentman, 353-2518; Silverstein, 355- 0594; or Jackye Drapkin, youth director, 352-8670. Junior congregation will not have services Saturday. Adviser Barry Lippitt will meet during the week with members who are practic- ing parts for the Jan. 10 Youth Shabat. Kochavim, Nitzanim and Lahav services will con- tinue as usual. * * * BNAI MOSHE Senior "Moshe Mouse" United Synagogue Youth will have a movie party Saturday in the home of the new Social Vice President S. J. Cher- rin, 1985 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills. The group will meet at the synagogue at 8 p.m. or at the Cherrin home at 8:15 p.m. Everyone is welcome and there is a nominal charge. Falafel Prentis Gift Benefits Hospital More than 80 persons gathered on Dec. 9 to celeb- rate the last night of Hanuka along with the one-year anniversary of the Jewish Family Service's "Group Residences for Elderly" program. Funded with a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of United Jewish Charities, the program, still in an ex- perimental phase, provides four apartment units to 12 senior adults who are unable to manage independent living but don't require institutional care. Shown dur- ing the holiday service are, from left: Cantor Sidney Resnick and three apartment residents, lighting the menora. • ) it •• ‘• Friday, December 26, 1980 45 Southfield's Providence Hospital has become one of only seven hospitals in the world pioneering the use of an argon laser in ear surgery. The argon microsurgical laser was made possible by a $25,000 gift from the Meyer and Anna Prentis Family Foundation, Inc., in honor of noted otologist Dr. T. Man- ford McGee, a staff physi- cian at Providence. Dr. McGee is one of very few physicians to employ the procedure known as the small fenestra stapedec- tomy for the treatment of otosclerosis. Dr. McGee re- ports that indications are that the level of the restored hearing will be even better than that achieved by the regular small fenestra stapedectomy. will be served. For reserva- tions, call Cherrin, 855- 9371; President Linda An- kerman, 544-0454; or Youth Director Sharon Levine, 548-3123, and leave a mes- sage. Talit and Tefilin Club will recess Sunday for a week and resume Jan. 4, with services and dis- cussions, followed with breakfast and bowling at 8:30 a.m. in the chapel. Everyone is welcome, and there is a nominal fee. Persons to help plan the Moshe Mouse USY, Kadima and Talit and Tefillin Club Tamarack winter weekend, Feb. 13-15 are still beging sought. To volunteer, call Moshe Mouse Tamarack Chairman Nancy Jacobs, 559-7792; Kadima adviser Ellen Taylor, 353-7108; or Marc Behar, 557-8551. Chalutzim and the third graders from Rishonim will go to Tamarack Jan. 9-11. The theme for the weekend is "Jewish Life Style." Be- sides Bnai Moshe staff, the other chaperones will be Danny Kaplan, Paul Levine and Michael Sabes. Anyone interested in helping with the plans or for information about the weekend should call Chalutzim adviser Jill Camen, 545-3088; Rishonim adviser Diane Shaw, 967-4156; or Mrs. Levine. USY services, junior con- gregation, Story Hour and the Shabat Nursery Pro- gram will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. Refreshments will be served. Peter Weisberg will mark his 90th birthday in Florida with a small family gather- ing on Monday. Chairman of the board and founder of Chatham Supermarkets, Weisberg came to the U.S.- from Czarist Russia at the age of 22. He moved to Detroit from Pittsburgh in 1923. Weisberg and his wife Clara have been active in support of the Zionist Organization , of America - Detroit District, Bnai Brith, Hillel Day School, Bar-Ilan University and Yeshiva University. Peter and Clara Weis- berg received the "Sword of the Haganah Award" from the state of Israel at Cong. Shaarey Zedek's Israel Bond dinner in 1974. The Weisbergs es- tablished a scholarship at the Jewish Theological. Seminary in recent years, as well as an annual con- cert at Shaarey Zedek. Jan Peerce performed at the inaugural event last June. Weisberg has long been active at Shaarey Zedek. He served as gabai and as chairman of the daily mi- nyan committee. He is also a member of the synagogue's Shomrim as a major contributor to the synagogue. PETER WEISBERG RABBI DR. LEO GOLDMAN Expert Mohel Serving Hospitals and Homes LI 2-4444 547-8555 Cantor Sidney RUBE Certified Mohel 358-1426 or 357-5544 Cantor SAMUEL GREENBAUM MOHEL Certified Serving Homes & Hoigifels 399-7194 ' 547.7910 REV. HERSHL ROTH Certified Mohel 557-0888 RABBI S. ZACHARIASH. Dec. 17 — To Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Krause (Linda Laskey), former De- troiters of Anderson, S.C., a son, Jay Leonard. Specialized MOHEL In Home or Hospital 557-9666 G 4111111.0e, . 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