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January 22, 1982 - Image 37

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1982-01-22

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 22, 1982 31

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GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER OF HADASSAH

19111 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield 48075 • 357-2920

BLIND STUDENTS USE BRAILLE COMPUTERS
AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN JERUSALEM

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GIFT MADE IN
MEMORY OF
FRIEDA SILVERFARB

Through the generosity of
friends and family of the
late Frieda Silverfarb, who
had been Treasurer of the
Business and Professional
Group for the past twenty
years,• a plaque has been
placed on The Wall of Heal-
ing" in the Medical Center
Court of Honor at the
Hadassah Hospital in
Jerusalem.
The Silverfarb family
wishes to express its
gratitude for honoring
Frieda's memory.
The family has estab-
lished a Memorial to Frieda
to further advance edcua-
tion in the Henrietta
Szold-Hadassah School of
Nursing where a memorial
plaque has also been placed
on the School's Wall of Heal-
ing.

Major encouragement for
the blind in this United Na-
tions Year of the Disabled
flows from the success of the
Hadassah Community Col-
lege in Jerusalem which
trains blind students to pro-
gram highly sophisticated
computers by the use of
braille, Rosalie Schechter,
national Hadassah Israel
Education Services chair-
man, reported to the Hadas-
sah annual convention
meeting at the New York
Hilton here, August 9
through 12th.
"Amos Baba, who
graduated from the Hadas-
sah Community College a
year ago works for the police
as a computer pro-
grammer," Mrs. Schechter
said, "and another blind
student, Shalom Chansib, a
member of a family of nine
brothers and sisters, will
finish a similar course this
year."
Aida Polar, a recent im-
migrant from Venezuela,
won this year's Hazel
Greenwald Berkowitz Prize
for the best photograph in
her course. She calls it "Re-
membrance of Things Past,"
and it won great praise from
Israel Prsident Navon. It is
a study of an old woman,
who is a member of the

famous Rivlin family of Is-
raeli pioneers, looking nos-
talgically at old photo al-
bums.
Aida came to Israel ahead
of her parents, two brothers
and a sister. They will fol-
low me," she asserts.
"Meanwhile, I am learning
photography, which I love,
in the city of Jerusalem,
which I love, and I am enjoy-
ing my life here very much."
Those examples indicate
the way in which the
Hadassah Community Col-
lege prepares students of
diverse origins and with dif-
fering problems to find their
niches in the economy of Is-
rael, Mrs. Schechter ex-
plains. The College differs
from most advanced schools
in Israel because its aims
are utilitarian and specific.
It is designed to meet the
needs of the Israeli economy
after careful analysis has
shown what these are, and
it also equips students to
earn a livelihood. Providing
a general education is not
the objective.
A review of what became
of graduates, in the ten
years since the college was
established by Hadassah at
the request of the Israel
Government's Ministries of
Labor and Education, reve-

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Annette Meskin, President

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR
THIRD HADASSAH 'FAMILY
LIVE IN ISRAEL EXPERIENCE'

Families or individuals
considering settling in Is-
rael have an opportunity to
give it a try in a program
sponsored by Hadassah.
The Aliyah Department
of Hadassah has organized a
month "Live-in-Israel Ex-
perience" from June 30 to
July 29 at Neve Ilan — a
beautiful suburb, 10 miles
from Jerusalem, situated in
a pine forest in the Judaen
Hills.
The total package pro-
vides: round-trip airfare,
New York-Israel; transfers,
service charges, entrance
fees; three Shabbat dinners
and 12 additional dinners
and breakfasts. The rate for
a family of two adults and
two children, 5-12 years old,
is $5,796. For couples who
share_ a house, it is $1696 a
person.
Each family will live in a
house — with three bed-
rooms and 11/2 baths —
where it can prepare its own
meals and shop in-the corn-
munity'§ mini-market,
should it want to do so.
During this period, the
American visitors will learn
about employment oppor-
tunities, housing, and .
whether they and their

children can adapt to the Is-
raeli lifestyle. Neve Ilan,
which is a cooperative
community, is composed of
native Israelis, Americans
and other English-speaking
people who have settled in
Israeli.
Three buses daily travel
to and from Jerusalem. In
addition to first-hand dis-
cussions with experts on
housing, earning and in-
vestment opportunities,
and schools, there will be
meetings with professional
counterparts, as well as 12
days of touring including
visits to absorption centers
and development towns.

Sylvia Eisen, national
Hadassah Aliyah chairman
said that families with
young children make par-
ticularly successful aliyah
because the children adjust
to the new schools and
friendships easily.
Applications should be
sent in before February 1st
because the group is limited
to 40 people, we urge those
who are interested to send
in a deposit of $100 per per-
son along with the request
for registration forms, since
we will accept people on a
first-come basis.

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ROSES TO OUR ROSE

HADASSAH

After thirty-three years
of devoted service to Hadas-
sah, Mrs. Al Naftal, our
Rose, is retiring.
Starting in our office on
Linwood above Graeme
Florist in 1949, Rose has
been typist, layout super-
:, visor, printer, bookkeeper,
office manager and general
all-around information and
good will ambassador for
our organization. She has
worked under sixteen
presidents from Jennie
Jones to Annette Meskin.
Able to put her finger on
anything a volunteer might
need, and always with a
ready smile, we will truly
miss her.
, We wish her all the best
7 )in her retirement and want
to express our deepest
gratitude for her many
years of skills and devotion.

presents



A Musical Salute

Starring

The Tracey Twins





Tuesday, February 2, 1982, 12:30 p.m. — Congregation Shaarey Zedek

A potpourri of Hebrew, Yiddish and American Pop Music
from movies and plays mostly by Jewish Composers and Performers

A New Emphasis on Youth Education

UPDATE

Susan Rose, Vice-
President of Education an-
nounced that the next "Up-
date" will be on Tuesday
morning, January 26 at the
Farmington Hills Public
Library from 10:00-11:30.
Geri Levit will lead the dis-
cussion concerning contem-
porary issues. Cake and cof-
fee will be served. We look
forward to seeing you.

als that 94 percent of them
are working productively in
the professions they ac-
quired in the college. Fur-
thermore, other studies
show that the graduates are
snapped up as soon as they
qualify. Many university
students are not as fortu-
nate. It must also be borne
in mind that the courses last
only two years, as compared
to the many years needed at
a university to acquire suf-
ficiently good academic de-
grees to get appointments
without difficulty.
The college was created
when the Government and
Hadassah realized that a
bottleneck was holding up
industrial development in
Israel: While there was a
glut of university graduates
for management, research
and development, and there
was suitable personnel such
as foremen, there was a
great shortage of
technologist&
The two-year courses pre-
sently provided by the col-
lege include computer sci-
ences, electronics, photog-
raphy, laboratory techni-
cians, medical secretaries,
dental hygienists.
Funds raised by Detroit
Hadassah's `E.Y.E. Bank
Day" benefit the college.

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"E.Y.E. Bank Day"...1982"

Free babysitting by
reservations: 357-2920
Thrift Shop Van will be waiting
for your gently used items.

Contribution:
One filled E.Y.E. Bank or $8.00

Prizes

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