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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1989
SUZI & RANDY
In the Great American Bldg., Next to Crowley's
280 N. Woodward, Downtown Birmingham
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Dependency
Continued from Page 5
Both she and Cooper will be
speakers during a five-week
educational series called
"Alcohol & Drugs: Use and
Misuse — A Jewish Concern"
to be held at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek on the five
Wednesday evenings in
March. The free seminars
beginning next week are co-
sponsored by 35 Jewish con-
gregations and organizations,
along with Detroit Edison
and Ford Hospital.
"In essence, the Jewish
population is being urged to
educate itself about alcohol
and chemical dependency,
just as it would about any im-
portant issue in the com-
munity," says Cooper. "We
must recognize the fact that
we are not immune to
substance abuse, as was once
thought. I see problems on a
daily basis in the courtroom.
Jews of all ages are affected
by alcoholism and drug
abuse."
"Many parents and grand-
parents have lamented to me,
`If I had only recognized the
symptoms. I didn't think it
could happen to us because
we're Jewish. "
"Alcoholism," says Gerber,
"is recognized by the
American Medical Associa-
tion as a progressive and
ultimately terminal disease.
The alcoholic suffers from a
real disease like cancer or
heart disease, not from mere-
ly a lack of will power."
"Through the seminars we
will offer the community facts
and information about
alcoholism and drug abuse.
But, most of all, we want to
reach them with a message of
hope. We want them to know
that if either they or someone
they know has the problem of
alcoholism and/or drug
dependency, it doesn't mean
that nothing can be done.
There is hope and there are
solutions."
Cooper and Gerger, who
helped organize the upcoming
series, say they are optimistic
about the turn-out based on
the "strong outpouring of sup-
port and encouragement from
the community." Over 35,000
fliers have been made
available by Detroit Edison to
local schools, synagogues and
community organizations.
The weekly sessions will in-
clude speakers, panels and
films, as well as participation
by recovering professionals,
community and youth leaders
and treatment professionals
and educators.
The series begins 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Shaarey Zedek
with a program called "The
Disease of Chemical
Dependency." Dr. Eric
Loranger of the pediatrics
department at Henry Ford
Hospital will speak. A film,
"I'll Quit TDmorrow," will be
shown.
Others are:
March 8 — Alcohol, Drugs
and Teens: Impact on the
Adolescent, Indicators and
Progression. Jane Reiser
Williams, student assistance
coordinator at Huron Valley
Schools.
March 15 — Impact on the
Family. Sis Wenger, manager
of community education at
Henry Ford
Hospital/Maplegrove. "The
Family Trap" film.
March 22 — Intervention: A
Way to Enable the Chemical-
ly Dependent Person to Ac-
cept Help. Renee Gerger.
"The Intervention" film
about a recovering family.
March 29 — Our Jewish
Community's Response:
What Can We Do? Panel
discussion moderated by
Judge Cooper.
NEWS I
Judge Refuses
Pollard Request
Rochester, Minn. (JTA) —
The federal magistrate hear-
ing the case of Anne Hender-
son Pollard ruled recently
that the Federal Medical
Center prison facility here
has the right to continue a
24-hour watch of Pollard,
despite her private physi-
cian's contention that such
surveillance could be harmful
to her medical treatment.
Magistrate Janice Sym-
chych, presiding over the
prison courtroom hearing,
refused to suspend the con-
tinuous surveillance placed
on the wife of Jonathan
Pollard, convicted of spying
for Israel, saying medical opi-
nion was divided on the value
of the close observation.
That decision, however, is
pending further medical
testimony, which is expected
to be presented at the hear-
ing's continuation, scheduled
for this Thursday and Friday.
This hearing marked the
first time Pollard has been
able to legally direct her
grievances to prison or
medical authorities. She has
claimed through her family
and attorneys that prison
authorities have forbidden
her to have the treatment she
needs for several diseases
which she claims are
life-threatening.
She reportedly suffers from
several serious ailments, in-
cluding digestive and
gynecological disorders, a
skin disease — visible in the
courtroom below her rolled-up
sleeves — as well as a
neurological disorder.
One of Pollard's lawyers,