I OPINION THE UNBEATABLE DEALER • THE UNBEATABLE DEALER, TEL-12 DEALERS Jewish Elderly Continued from Page 7 TENT LE CCP m CCP m C7 m m • L BEATAB m 140 lifflittittfit AT THE TEL-12 MALL Look For The Big Tent On Telegraph JULY 20, 21, 22 z CCP —I CCP r— m 0 m r — m 73 • ON THE SPOT DELI VERY!! FINANCING 11Z:M31110 as low as z CX/ ONO%r sit s REBATES as high as $2500 Bring Your Title, Payment Book... We're Dealing!! 6000 CARS * TRUCKS * VANS AVAILABLE AT THE TEL-12 MALL FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Remember .. . when the Tel-12 CO PRICES ARE, DOWN DOWN, OPEN DOWN!!! 0 ,r- 73 • m CO m FREE —4 REFRESHMENTS 02 r- Dealer CHEVROLET'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR CUSTOMER STATISFACTION 0 V O • TELEGRAPH At 12 MILE & 1-696 • 10 FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1989 355-1000 Planners might think in terms of finding the proper balance between nonsec- tarian or government services and Jewish services that will meet the needs of contem- porary clients without un- necessary fragmentation or duplication of efforts. Research has shown that people do not "get religion" in their later years if they have not been sensitized to it in their formative years. The generation of the new Jewish elderly was raised with a strong sense of ethnic identification; the generation of younger Jewish leaders and professionals are increasing- ly oriented towards religious self-identity and expression. This has already led to ten- sion between service- providers and clients over the degree of "Jewishness" that should be incorporated into Jewish services and institutions. For those elderly who have had an upbringing rich in Jewish tradition and learn- ing, however, it is clearly a major force later in life, when the ability to participate in ritual and religious activity becomes an important source of empowerment and self-esteem. Our tradition teaches us to "rise before the aged and show deference to the old." (Leviticus 19:32). We must now begin to find ways to ex- press that honor to a new generation of Jewish elderly with different strengths and different needs. ❑ m Dealers Tents are up, Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Geo on select models for federal legislation that will offer all elderly Americans appropriate sup- port and assistance. Priority issues include the need for national health in- surance and catastrophic and long-term health care, with attention to the related pro- blems of cost and personnel. The elderly also need affor- dable housing, opportunities for continued employment or training for new employment, and changes in the Social Security system to encourage incentives toward work. Joan Fuld of the Council of Jewish Federations asserts that the elderly must be brought as equal partners in- to the planning process. Jewish communal policies and programs must take into account the extent to which the elderly prefer to have their concerns and activities "mainstreamed" into the larger communal agenda rather than treated separately. Also to be considered are the appropriate roles to be played by agencies, family members and the elderly themselves in implementing these policies and programs. While the new Jewish elderly are concerned with such issues as housing, employment opportunities, transportation, and retire- ment and relocation counsel- ing, they would also like to have these issues dealt with, to a degree, in the context of specifically Jewish services and institutions. NEWS 1 Auschwitz Protesters Attacked At Convent New York (JTA) — An assault on seven American Jews demonstrating last week at the Carmelite con- vent at Auschwitz has shock- ed and deeply disturbed the Jewish community. The demonstrators, led by Rabbi Avraham Weiss of the Riverdale section of the Bronx, were drenched with water and then beaten by workers as they were dragg- ed off the grounds of the con- vent, which lies on the perimeter of the site of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. The demonstrators had climbed over a fence and on- to the convent's porch, in an effort, they told reporters, to talk to the nuns, who have shirked international demands to leave the premises. As he was being dragged off, Weiss shouted, "Nazi Poles, anti-Semites," at the convent workers. Five police officers, a priest and about 20 others did not intervene as the Jews were punched and kicked by the workers for 20 minutes, accor- ding to reports from Poland. "Rip off their skullcaps, drag them out," a Polish stu- dent priest was quoted as shouting as he watched the struggle. A protest against the attack has been filed at the Polish Embassy in the United States by Kalman Sultanik, vice president of the World Jewish Congress and president of the Federation of Polish Jews. The incident was the latest in the ongoing battle over the 5-year-old Auschwitz convent, which many Jews consider a desecration.