22 Friday, December 10, 1982

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Doctor Disco

Plight of Battered Jewish Wives Explored

director of operations. He
reported that only physical
abuse, including sexual
abuse, was examined for
both Jewish and non-
Jewish families coming to
the JBFCS for help.
Seventy percent, or
about 1,800 families in the
study, were Jewish,
while the other 800 were
non-Jewish.
The study, covering the
agency's 1981 operations,
found that at least 84 per-
cent of the agency's
caseworkers questioned re-
ported at least one case of
family domestic violence.
The study found that 77
percent of the cases were
moderate — mostly sexual
abuse — defined as unac-
ceptable physical abuse but
not requiring medical at-
tention.
The study also found 13
percent of the 2,600 cases
involved severe physical
abuse, defined as requiring
medical attention; and
three percent required hos-
pitalization.
PersOnal testimony of
abuse was presented by an
Orthodox woman, who told
the conference that, in the
first six weeks of her mar-
riage, her husband slapped
her and pulled her hair. Her
husband apologized but, a
week later, he hit her hard
enough to make her black
and blue. The beatings con-
sistently became more se-
vere, she said.
She said she went to
her rabbi, who said to her
"What did you do to de-
serve such a beating?"
Eventually, she said she
sought and found refuge in

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TEL AVIV (JTA) — A
public opinion poll con-
ducted for the Monitin
monthly magazine by the
Dahaf Research Institute
, says that if former Premier
Yitzhak Rabin headed a
Labor Alignment list in
Knesset elections now, the
Labor Party list would gain
nine seats giving it 56 in the
120-member house while
the Likud would lose seven
seats, dropping it to only 41
seats.
The poll shows that De-
fense Minister Ariel Sha-
ron's popularity as possible
Prime Minister has dropped
from 22 percent to 12 per-
cent. Foreign Minister Yit-
zhak Shamir's popularity
for the Premiership rose
from 13 percent in July/
August to 16 percent now.
President Yitzhak Navon's
chances rose from 12 to 15
percent.

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