Chiropractic Health Hints WITH DR. STANLEY LEVINE, D.C. SCIATIC PAIN elderly and children. Because it was difficult to return home every day before the 6 p.m. curfew, the young people had left for the new city. On Nov. 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to par- tition Palestine. The Arabs declared a three-day strike and a siege on the Jewish Quarter. By then, 8,500 Jews were left in the area. During the six months of the siege, the population of the Jewish Quarter continued to decrease. At first, the British Army brought in food. But whenever they wanted to punish the Jews, the British stopped the convoys. After two months, there were no telephones and no electrici- ty. Many families left Or HaChaim Street, and those who stayed moved deeper in- to the Jewish Quarter. Every time a Jewish family left, an Arab family moved in. The Weingartens were left alone on their street. When the British withdrew from Palestine in May 1948, the Arabs attacked from all sides. The 700 Jews left in the Old City were not prepared for war. The Weingarten home was bombed and fell; Rivca Weingarten's mother had a stroke and was paralyz- ed. The family moved to another home which also was bombed. On Lag B'Omer, the in- habitants of the Jewish Quarter gathered in the Rav Yochanan Ben Zachai Syna- gogue and decided to evacu- ate. The women and children left as refugees; the men were taken as prisoners of war. At her parents' request, Rivca left with the refugees. The rest of her family were taken with the prisoners of war. The only family removed from its home by force, the We- ingartens became the last to leave the Jewish Quarter in 1948. When, on June 9, 1967, Riv- ca Weingarten returned to the Jewish Quarter to point out areas to the Israeli soldiers, she found it as she had left it in 1948: destroyed, with sewage running the streets. She made her way to her family's house. It was oc- cupied by Arab refugees. When she saw her home she said she wanted to do three things: return there to live, renovate and repair the Or HaChaim synagogue and do something to remind people of the past as nothing remain- ed of it. The army evacuated the refugees from the synagogues and fenced off the buildings. They also expelled the Arabs from the Weingarten house. On July 23, Rivca We- ingarten held the first public celebration in the Jewish Quarter. But it was only in late 1968, with the establishment of the Company for the Reconstruc- tion and Development of the Jewish Quarter of the Old Ci- ty of Jerusalem, that the quarter began to once again thrive. Today, the area is a juxtaposition of the ancient and modern, its apartments, shops and yeshivot forming the texture of the Jewish Quarter's life. And the Old Yishuv Court Museum, established by Mrs. We- ingarten and opened Jerusalem Day 1976, flags the way into the quarter, a tribute to the heart of a city reunited. Sciatica can be a severely painful condition. It is caused by in- flammation of the sciatic nerve, a nerve which runs from the lower back through the hip and down the leg. The most common cause of sciatica is pinching or irritation of the nerve in the lower spine. Sciatica is one of the most common conditions for back surgery and has a high risk of complications. More recent interest in non- surgical treatments for sciatic nerve pain has caused several re- At DR. LEVINE searchers to look at chiropractic manipulation as an alternative. Researchers at St. Thomas Hospital in London recently reported the results of non- surgical treatments for back and sciatic nerve pain in the British Journal of Rheumatology; they found Chiropractic manipulation the single most effective treat- ment in the 513 patients studied. A similar study, at the California College of Medicine at the University of Califor- nia Irvine, also found manipulation to significantly improve clinical signs of sciatic nerve compression. Clearly, chiropractic manipulation is one of the most effective con- servative treatments in those with sciatic nerve pain and should be the first considera- tion in those with sciatica. Don't Live With Pain. We Can Help! LEVINE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC • 855-2666 31390 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills 48018 Dr. Stanley B. Levine • Dr. Stephen M. Tepper • Dr. Robert W. Levine Fashion doesn't stop with your wardrobe -41 ad Leather sofa shown • Sale priced $1588.00 (matching loveseat and chair available) Design a fashionable, made-to-order look for your home now and save through May 31st. 35 day delivery in your choice of styles, fabrics and leathers. Beni. 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