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According to Miss Gits- tein, the chapter has two functions: to provide addi- tional volunteer power and networking. Asked how B and P Chapter differs from other Jewish women's groups who meet in the evening, she said, "We don't have the fund- raising connotation that Federation Career Women's unit has. We also have non-Jewish members. It has to do with the nature of the branch." Flexibility is the key to the success of the chapter. Women can give an hour here or there — they can be as active or inactive as their job schedules allow. Miss Gitstein said that 70 percent of the members never joined a Jewish organization, and the other 30 percent are coming back to NCJW after having begun careers. She said the B and P Branch "works coopera- tively with the section," adding that there is a liaison relationship. "There is an ongoing information exchange. It is a cooperative relationship where everyone benefits." A social worker in pri- vate practice, Miss Gits- tein said that the chapter is developing a resource directory, comprised of members' names, just as its counterparts across the country are doing. The national office will act as a clearinghouse for the branches. Asked about the composi- tion of the branch, Miss Gitstein said it is comprised of single and married women. Not all work full- time, but they are all career-oriented. She said the emphasis of the branch is three fold: ad- vocacy, education and social action. "Business and pro- fessional women can relate to all three areas — that's what makes us different from other groups. "Involvement is more im- portant than mailing in a check." Dr. Weitzman to Discuss Lupus The Michigan Lupus Foundation will hear Dr. Raymond Weitzman discuss lupus, laboratory tests and monitoring the disease and psychological problems associated with it, at a meeting 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Farmington Library, 23500 Liberty. The meeting and discus- sion is open to the public. The former chairman of SPACE, the NCJW service for divorced and widowed men and women and their families, Miss Gitstein has been on the NCJW board since 1976. She is involved in the organiza- tion's CASA — Court Ap- pointed Special Advo- cate — program and the subcommittee on aging. She stressed that NCJW was a forward-thinking organization, adding that among its goals is the crea- Emancipator Emperor Joseph II of Au- stria rescinded anti-Jewish laws in 1872. tion of a national system to involve business and pro- fessional women in the vol- unteer sector. Ultimately, the aim is to increase chapters over the next five years so that every city that has a NCJW sec- tion will have a business and professional branch. "We have a responsibility to meet needs. As long as we do our job, people will join." For information on NCJW or Business and Pro- fessional Branch activities, call the NCJW, 557-9604. 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