COMMUNITY
Keshet, an organization of
Jewish parents with han-
dicapped children, will hold
its first Detroit chapter
meeting 7:30 p.m. Mar. 6 in
the Friedman Room at the
Agency for Jewish Education.
The speaker will be Sara
Bland, executive director of
the Chicago-based Keshet
organization.
Keshet is based on the
belief that every Jewish child
should be able to participate
as fully as possible in the
mainstream of Jewish life,
regardless of disability. Par-
ticipation is open to Jewish
families of all denominations
whose children have any type
of handicap, including learn-
ing disabilities, physical han-
dicaps and developmental
disabilities.
The meeting will serve to
introduce the Keshet pro-
gram to the Detroit area and
also to plan future meetings
and programs.
The Detroit-area Keshet
chapter will offer a variety of
programs and services based
on the needs of its member
families and the community.
For information and to res-
pond for the Mar. 6 meeting,
call Ronelle Grier, 661-6905;
or Bayla Landsman,
354-1050.
CHAIM Is Planning
Holocaust Program
Young Adults Hear
Rev. James Lyons
The Rev. James Lyons will
launch a series of political
awareness lectures sponsored
by the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion Young Adult Division
7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Adat
Shalom Synagogue.
For the first talk of the
three-part series on "The
Arab-Israeli Conflict: How
Much Do You Really Know?"
the Rev. Lyons will give a
background of Zionism, ex-
amine the beginnings of the
conflict and give a history of
the development of the Israeli
state.
Founding director of the
Ecumenical Institute for
Jewish-Christian Studies, the
Rev. Lyons participated in a
cross-country tour on behalf
of the American Jewish Corn-
mittee two years ago.
There is a charge for the in-
dividual lectures or a fee for
the entire series. For details,
call Scott Mittelman,
965-3939, Ext. 140.
Ceil Rubin, Clara Sabin and Ruth Higer ride the bus.
Rides And Questions
And Lots Of Answers
Mideast Expert
To Speak Feb. 25
Joseph Fischhoff
Renee Wohl
Children of
CHAIM
Holocaust Survivors Associa-
tion in Michigan's program
"Between Parent and Child:
Talking To Children about
the Holocaust" will be held
7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the
Maple-Drake Jewish Com-
munity Center.
Child psychiatrist, Dr.
Joseph Fischhoff and
educator, Mrs. Renee Wohl
will speak. Dr. Fischhoff is
director of psychiatry and
psychology at Children's
Hospital of Michigan and
director of the child adoles-
cent psychiatry training pro-
gram at Wayne State Univer-
sity Medical School.
Mrs. Wohl is director of the
Resource Center at the Agen-
cy for Jewish Education. She
also teaches at the Communi-
ty Jewish High School and at
the Midrasha College of
Jewish Studies.
Dr. Fischhoff will address
the psychological issues of
children and adolescents and
how best to discuss the
Holocaust with children and
adolescents from a psycho-
logical perspective. She will
discuss the specific educa-
tional materials that are now
available for children and
adolescents.
There is no charge for
CHAIM members; there is a
charge for non-members. Re-
freshments will be served.
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Dr. Clinton Bailey, an ex-
pert on Israel Arabrelations
and professor at Tel Aviv
University, will speak to the
Professional Service Division
on behalf of the Allied Jewish
Campaign 5:30 p.m. Feb. 25,
at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
The reception, featuring
cocktails and hors d'oeuvres,
is for contributors of $1,000 or
more in the service
professions.
MAZON
Makes Grant
An $8,000 grant to the
Gleaners Community Food
Bank of Detroit announced
this week by Mazon: A Jewish
Response to Hunger will help
purchase a walk-in refrigera-
tor for the food bank, which
distributed more than 9 mil-
lion pounds of food last year.
The allocation was one of 72
semi-annual grants totalling
$550,000 made by Mazon to
agencies helping the hungry
and homeless.
Clinton Bailey
Past Israeli liaison with the
Lebanese Shiite Moslem com-
munity, Dr. Bailey also serv-
ed as a key adviser to the
Israeli Ministry of Defense.
He is professor of Middle East
history and has published
several works on the Middle
East.
There is a charge for the
reception. For information,
call Ken Mintzer, 965-3939.
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Editor's note: The Jewish
Information Service is a
community resource and
referral service that pro-
vides information on
Jewish education, agencies,
recreational programs and
a broad spectrum of facts
about Jewish life and ser-
vices. Supported by con-
tributions to the Allied
Jewish Campaign, JIS
handles thousands of calls
each year.
Clara Sabin thought she
was destined to stare at
the four walls. So did Ceil
Rubin. And Ruth Higer.
But the Jewish Informa-
tion Service came to their
rescue with its door-to-door
transportation service.
Each week, the three
women call Barbara Lef-
ton, JIS coordinator, to ar-
range transportation from
their Detroit homes to the
Jimmy Prentis Morris
branch of the Jewish Com-
munity Center, where they
participate in Widowed
Support Group discussions,
art, music and social
programs.
"God bless the bus," Mrs.
Sabin said. "If it didn't
come, I would be looking at
the four walls."
Begun three years ago,
the door-to-door service for
older adults operates on
Mondays and Wednesdays.
However, if four or five
riders wish to attend a
Center program on a dif-
ferent day, pickup can be
arranged.
The buses, provided by
the United Hebrew
Schools Transportation
Department, make about
80 pickups each week in
Detroit, Southfield, Royal
Oak, Berkley and Oak
Park. Riders are brought to
the Center by 10 a.m. and
depart about 2:30 p.m.
There is a suggested dona-
tion of $1 per roundtrip
ride.
According to Mrs. Lefton,
a camaraderie has
developed among the
riders. They've made new
friends and renewed old
friendships. "I've met peo-
ple I like very much," Mrs.
Sabin said. If one is ill, the
others call with support
and good wishes. "We look
out for each other."
Mrs. Higer likes having
the opportunity to meet
people her own age. Mrs.
Rubin said having trans-
portation to the Jewish
Center gives her a break
from caring for her aunt
and brother. She looks for-
ward to attending the rab-
bi's study group, using the
library and exercising in
the gym.
Jewish Information Ser-
vice was established in
1985 and operates out of
the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community
Center, Monday through
Friday, 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
JIS Director Carol Kac-
zander oversees a
volunteer contingent of 14.
Nearly 14,000 calls have
been received since its
founding, with an average
of between 250 and 300
calls per month. The JIS
resource file has thousands
of listings on a variety of
topics.
Need the address of a
Jewish institution? Want
to know the Jewish popula-
tion of another city? Have
something to donate? A
call to JIS, 967-HELP
(4357), will find the need-
ed resource.
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