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Detroit Jews Face
Facts About AIDS
RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER
lizabeth Stoler still
wears braces and her
friend, Rachel Mar-
golis, sports a youth-
ful ponytail.
But the two pre-teens
from Temple Israel have
decided they aren't too
young to learn about AIDS.
"People could pressure us
into sex and we'd have to
make sure that they had
protection," Elizabeth said.
Approximately 350 Jews
expressed similar concerns
last Sunday at an AIDS
forum sponsored by 26
local Jewish institutions.
"Even In the Best of
Families...A Jewish Forum
On AIDS" was held at the
Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center. With a
panel discussion and work-
shops, the program was
aimed at educating people
about HIV, AIDS and ser-
vices available for those
affected by the disease.
The event also sparked
activism in the Jewish
community and compassion
for AIDS victims, said pro-
gram chair Linda Lee.
"I had wanted to do the
program two years ago, but
no one would listen to me,"
Mrs. Lee said. "I got
nowhere with it."
But in two years, the
number of Jewish AIDS
victims buried through Ira
Kaufman Chapel increased
to more than 70, according
to Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg
of Congregation Shir
Tikvah, who spoke during a
panel discussion.
The panelists ageed:
AIDS is a Jewish problem.
Nevertheless, Jews
aren't facing the facts,
fumed 24-year-old Shana
Vinegar from Temple
Israel.
"Being Jewish, being
educated, living in beauti-
ful homes and wearing
beautiful clothes, we think
we're insulated," she said.
"I find it appalling."
Ms. Vinegar and others
who attended a workshop
on "Dating in the '90s"
learned tips for discussing
safe sex with lovers.
"When do you approach
it? How do you approach it?
How do you incorporate
using a condom in love-
making?" Ms. Vinegar
asked. "These are the kinds
of things people need to
E
know today."
Her questions were
anticipated by workshop
facilitator Joy Schumacher
from the Oakland County
Health Department.
"It's OK to feel uncom-
fortable," she said. "You
can even say to the person,
`I'm embarrassed (to talk
about condoms), but I think
we need to discuss it.' "
"Set limits with people,"
Mrs. Schumacher said.
"Know what you're willing
to do sexually. Practice
saying it in front of a mir-
ror."
In another workshop,
"How To Tell Your
Children About AIDS," par-
ents expressed confusion
about child rearing in the
'90s.
"When our kids go out on
dates, do we give them con-
doms instead of a dime for
a phone call — like we used
to get from our parents?"
asked one father.
"Yes," said workshop
facilitators Diane Sasson
"I've been
celibate rather
than deal with the
whole thing."
— Shana Vinegar
and Marge Samson from
the Michigan Jewish AIDS
Coalition.
For Shana Vinegar, real-
ism means abstinence.
"I've been celibate rather
than even deal with the
whole thing," she said.
"AIDS has taken us to the
point that we're looking at
relationships the way they
should be looked at: intel-
lectually, emotionally, psy-
chologically. I wouldn't
wish AIDS on anybody, but
I really think it's forcing us
to take a look at ourselves
and our priorities."
In other workshops, Ira
Wise, educator from
Temple Emanu-El, spoke
on why "Prevention Is a
Mitzvah." Iry Gladstone,
who has two relatives who
are gay, represented the
group PFLAG, Parents and
Friends of Lesbians and
Gays. He spoke about
accepting homosexuals as
regular people. 0
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