THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
38 Friday, January 29, 1982
Israeli Team Crosses Country Conducting Program for Aged
Joint Distribution Committee
NEW YORK — The
Brookdale Institute of
Gerontology and Adult
Human Development,
which is supported by the
American Jewish Joint Dis-
tribution Committee (JDC),
has been using a mobile van
homes for the aged, hostels,
sheltered housing projects
and clubrooms from Metula
on the northern border to
Beersheva in the Negev.
On a typical morning,
Benny Rimon, the techni-
cian, and driver Albert El-
fasi, load the closed circuit
to bring lecturers and in-
formational material, films
and slide shows to clubs and
homes for the aged in all
parts of the country.
The white minibus has
become a familiar sight on
Israeli roads, logging 1,000
km. a week, calling at
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TV system and supply of
educational films and set
out on a grueling day-long
tour from the JDC-
Brookdale Institute head-
quarters on Givat Joint
(JDC Hill) in Jerusalem.
On the outskirts of the
tow, Shoshana Adler, a
gerontologist, joins the
team. She introduces the
film, showing how three
elderly women had each
dealt with the problem of
widowhood and old age.
After the showing she
leads the audience in a
discussion on the ques-
tions it had raised.
"Our major problem," she
noted as the van drove to the
Neve Yisrael Club in a de-
pressed section of town, "is
how to combat the sense of
loneliness that permeates
the lives of the aged wher-
ever they live. It's a chal-
lenge to try to show these
people their lives are not yet
over, that they are still an
integral part of society with
something to contribute."
A second group waited for
the van at the comfortable,
new Shilene Residency
Home for the Aged.
There, 60 elderly people
(again, most of them
women) gave their wel-
come in Yiddish. Almost all
Only if a man knows him-
self, and has no illusion
about himself, and under-
stands every existing thing
in relation to itself, will he
find real peace of mind.
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Our once-a-year sale
is almost over.
As January comes to a close,
so does our once-a-year store
wide sale where we take 10-40%
off almost everything.
What's everything? All our
best stuff—and that includes our
butcher block tables, upholstery,
storage systems, music benches,
desks, bedrooms, chairs and
even marvelous accessories. Of
course, there are some things,
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of them came from Eastern
Europe, survivors of the
Holocaust, or recent arri-
vals from behind the Iron
Curtain.
Many were single sur-
vivors. Their families had
perished in Europe,
others had come with
children, who now lived
in distant places, some of
them abroad. But the old,
nagging sore of
loneliness festered in
them.
At the Herzliya Home for
the Aged, in a quiet suburb,
there was another Yiddish
speaking group. They were
far more dependent on the
home than the residents of
the hostel. The level of edu-
cation was considerably
lower. The average age was
higher, the apathy greater,
and the surroundings
bleaker.
Menashe Galperin, the
director of the Home was on
hand to show the crew
where to set up their video
equipment. "There are a
hundred residents here
from very different cul-
tures," he said. "Some of
them may have seen each
other in the hallways but
not exchanged a word in
half a year. If the program
can get them to begin speak-
ing with each other, then it
will be very useful."
Off to the Nof Yam club,
and a group of 40 lively
seniors, mostly veteran Is-
raelis, who badgered
Shoshana with all kinds of
penetrating questions over
tea they served following
the film.
Finally at 9 p.m. the last
stop of the day, the Gol-
den Age Club. Again a
veteran Israeli group
Proudly they showed ol
the sparkling new prem-
ises: workshops, reading
rooms, classrooms, a buf-
fet.
It was 11:30 p.m. when we
returned to JDC-Brookdale
in -Jerusalem. Wearily
Benny and Albert unloaded
the van. Tomorrow they
would be off to Afula in the
north.
Pioneer Women, JNF Join
for Project to Benefit Israel
Women/
Pioneer
Na'amat, in conjunction
with the Jewish National
Fund, has undertaken a
project to underwrite the
cost of building the access
road to Avshalom Nature
Reserve in the American
Independence Park in Is-
rael.
As part of the project,
Greater Detroit Council of
Pioneer Women/ Na'amat
will have a Tu b'Shevat
wine and cheese celebration
2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Pioneer
Women offices.
Edith Margolis, Pioneer
Women/ Na'amat national
board member, will speak
and Cantor Max Shimansky
of Cong. Beth Achim will
entertain. The members of
Degania Chapter will be
hostesses.
Admission is gained with
the purchase of a tree. For
information, call the
Pioneer Women office,
967-4750. The public is in-
vited.
Women's Hebrew Seminar
at the Kollel Begins Classes
The Hebrew Seminar for
Women, co-sponsored by the
Kollel Institute, will begin a
new semester of classes in
February.
Founded by Rabbi
Binyomin Rothstein, the
classes include Hebrew lan-
guage, daily prayers,
Jewish history and philos-
ophy.
Rabbi Rothstein is a
graduate fellow of the Kol-
lel. He was graduated from
the Telshe Yeshiva in
Chicago and received
semikha from Rabbi Mor-
dechai Gifter of the Telshe
Yeshiva.
Classes are held at the
Kollel, 15230 Lincoln, Oak
Park, and in the rabbi's
home, 25363 N.
Montmartre Ct., Oak Park.
For details, call Rabbi
Rothstein, 968-4950; or the
Kollel, 968-0764.
Jessica Savitch Due Here
for Women's Career Parley
NBC newswoman Jessica
Savitch will be the keynote
speaker at the first Career
Convention for Women
slated to take place Feb. 12
and 13 at the Westin Hotel.
Ms. Savitch will speak on
"The Pursuit of Excellence."
Beginning in radio, Ms.
Savitch moved to TV and
held anchorwoman posts in
Houston, Tex., and
Philadelphia, Pa., prior to
anchoring her national
newscasts on NBC.
Representatives of busi-
ness and industry will de-
liver talks throughout the
convention.
There is a charge for ad-
JESSICA SAVITCH
mission. Tickets are avail-
able at the door.