SINAI HOSPITAL
Women's Health Series
Join us for an informative discussion
presented by specialists in the field of women's health care.
Lectures are held 7-9 p.m., the first and third Wednesday of
each month at one of the following locations:
First Wednesday
Third Wednesday
Sinai Hospital
Zuckerman Auditorium
6767 W. Outer Drive
(between Greenfield & Hubbell)
Detroit
Bloomfield Township Library
L.H. Green Room
1099 Lone Pine Road
(southeast corner of Lone Pine
and Telegraph)
Schedule of Topics
July 7
Sinai Hospital
Genetic Testing:
What Can It Tell Me?
July 21
Bloomfield Township Library
Breast Cancer
August 4
Sinai Hospital
Menopause and
Hormonal Replacement
August 18
Bloomfield Township Library
Women & Stress:
Why Am I So Tired?
These free lectures are open to the public.
To reserve a seat, please call
1-800-248-3627.
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Port Of Eilat
May Have To Close
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Eilat's
port is in danger of being
closed down because cargo
ships, seeking to avoid
delays caused by inspectors
enforcing a blockade of Iraq
in effect since the Persian
Gulf War, are reaching
Israel via the Suez Canal in-
stead.
Inspectors from the allied
force continue to stop ships
in the Gulf of Aqaba to pre-
vent the supply of war
materiel to Iraq.
At the beginning of the
Gulf War, the Jordanian
port of Aqaba, a dozen miles
from Eilat across the gulf,
was the main transit point
where goods destined for
Iraq were off-loaded and
transported by road to Iraq.
In order to cut off this
supply route, allied forces
instituted sea searches at
the southern approach to the
gulf where vessels from the
Red Sea and the Indian
Ocean turn northward.
Delays of up to several
days have resulted in fewer
and fewer vessels sailing to
Eilat, as it is proving
cheaper and faster to con-
tinue sailing on to Israel via
the Suez Canal.
Not one cargo ship has
arrived at Eilat during the
past month, and the port is
now in danger of being clos-
ed down due to lack of use.
The searches were clearly
not introduced to halt or ex-
amine shipping bound for
Eilat, which of course could
not be presumed to contain
contraband goods intended
for Iraq.
Nevertheless, Israeli
vessels or those bound for
Eilat are among the ships
most strictly inspected, with
sailing delays of up to
several days.
No contraband goods have
ever been found aboard
Eilat-bound vessels, but the
searches go on anyway.
Especially singled out for
search are container
transporters, and European
and American companies
complain that they have
special difficulties in dealing
with containers stacked
more than three high on
their decks. Shipowners say
that stacking less than three
containers makes the voyage
uneconomical.
The search system, shown
in a recent Israel Television
program, begins when the
vessels are ordered to halt
and all crew members are
assembled on deck to be
counted by helicopters flying
overhead.
Inspectors aboard the hov-
ering helicopters then
scramble down ropes to the
vessels, where ship
manifests and cargos are
minutely inspected, in an
operation lasting many
hours or days.
Israel has suggested that
Israel-bound ships be ex-
cluded from the search
order, or alternately that
allied inspectors board the
vessels at the entrance to the
gulf and complete their in-
spections during the trip to
Eilat, to save time.
Inspectors could even be
based in Eilat to inspect the
cargoes upon their arrival.
But all these suggestions
have been rejected.
Synagogue
Is Rededicated
Amsterdam (JTA) — This
city's 300-year-old Sephardic
Esnoga — the Ladino word
for synagogue — was
rededicated this week after
extensive restoration, in a
ceremony attended by some
800 invited guests, including
Prince Claus, the husband of
Queen Beatrix of Holland.
The restoration took 2 1/2
years and cost some $5 mill-
ion.
The Amsterdam Sephardic
congregation, which today is
the only Sephardic con-
gregation still existing in
the Netherlands, has only
some 600 members. They
were unable to raise the
necessary funds by them-
selves.
The restoration was made
possible by gifts from the
Prince Bernhard Fund and
other Dutch institutions.
The Society of Friends of the
Esnoga enabled donors to
adopt parts of the building
ranging from roof tiles to
portions of the walls and
lamps.
The total sum for the res-
toration has yet to be col-
lected.
The Esnoga was built in
the 17th century to replace
earlier, smaller Sephardic
synagogues in Amsterdam.
In contrast to other Dutch
synagogues, the Esnoga did
not suffer during the World
War II German occupation
since it was declared a pro-
tected monument.