Follow up

A fresh look at some recent stories in the headlines.

Sinai Operates
On Bosnian Man

Hidden Shelter,
Open Response

RUTH LITTPAANN STAFF WRITER

JENNIFER FINER JEWISH NEWS INTERN

S

inai Hospital took
an injured Bosnian
man under its wing
last month to suc-
cessfully perform surgery
he could not obtain in his
homeland.
Last spring, Safet
Dzaferagio, 38, suffered
gunshot and shrapnel
wounds. Part of his right
leg was amputated and
he sustained serious arm
injuries. A fractured jaw
prevented him from eat-
ing, and he became se-
verely malnourished.
Sinai Hospital and
the local Muslim Ameri-
can Alliance joined to
help this father of two
and former engineer sur-
vive. The Muslim Amer-
ican Alliance paid for
transportation costs and
Sinai donated all medical
care.
Dr. Lewis Clayman,
chairman of Sinai's de-
partment of dentistry

and oral and maxillofa-
cial surgery, operated on
Mr. Dzaferagio's jaw. A
leg prosthesis will be ar-
riving soon and the pa-
tient will begin physical
therapy with the help of
other Sinai doctors.

"His spirits are great,"
Dr. Clayman reports.
Though Mr. Dzafera-
gio is expected to be re-
leased from the hospital
soon, doctors are unsure
of when he will be re-
turning to Bosnia.

S

ince the dedication
of Safe Place, the
Jewish communi-
ty's shelter for vic-
tims of domestic abuse, a
number of Jewish fami-
lies have made use of the
shelter or made tentative
requests for it.
Sandra Jaffa, program
manager for Windows,
the Jewish Family Ser-
vice's domestic violence
program, said families of-
ten call about Safe Place
and are unaware there
are other options, like
Windows, which deals
with all kinds of abuse
and can involve all mem-
bers of the family.
"Because the shelter is
`concrete,' women are
more aware of it," Ms.
Jaffa said.
Ms. Jaffa will not say
how many families have
made use of Safe Place.
She also said it is too ear-
ly to determine the feasi-

bility of another
apartment be-
cause trends in
its use need to
first be estab-
lished.
"Since Sep-
tember, when
Safe Place was
dedicated, only
a handful of
families have
made use of it,"
she said. "To
protect their
anonymity I
will not release
those figures to
anyone for
about a year."
The community re-
sponse to Safe Place has
been most astonishing to
Ms. Jaffa, JFS and the
National Council of Jew-
ish Women, which has
also been heavily in-
volved in the Jewish
shelter.
"We have had 150

women volunteer to take
part in advocacy for this
shelter and that's really
incredible when volun-
teers are so hard to come
by. This is just a fabulous
indication of how this
program and concept
have been embraced by
the community."
Safe Place is at an
undisclosed location.

Chanukah Artists
Have A Party

Wolpe Moving To Town,
Campaign Progressing

ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER

I

he 523 artists who
participated in The
Jewish News an-
nual Chanukah
Art Contest are invited
to the Jimmy Prentis

Morris Jewish Commu-
nity Center (JPM) in Oak
Park next Tuesday night
to see their artwork dis-
played and to par-

ticipate in a holiday par-
ty.
The 7 p.m. program
will include a Chanukah
menorah candlelighting,
Chanukah crafts pro-
jects, a sing-along with
Alyssa Goldberg and ac-
companist Marlene Nes-
sel, and refreshments.
JPM director Leslie
Bash said the hour-long
Chanukah party is for
"grandparents, parents
and kids, and gives
them the opportunity to
see all the artwork, as
well as the remodeled
JPM."
The contest gives
the children "a mar-
velous way to express
their creativity Jew-
ishly," Ms. Bash said.
Winning entries
were displayed in
the Dec. 3 Jewish
News. They will be
on display at JPM
throughout Chanukah.

H

oward Wolpe, who
hopes to become
Michigan's first
Jewish governor,
is moving forward in the
Detroit political arena.
If he wins the hotly
contested Democratic pri-
mary for governor next
summer, Mr. Wolpe, a
Democrat of Lansing,
will challenge Gov. John
Engler next November.
Meanwhile, he is look-
ing for homes in the De-
troit area, has joined
Temple Kol Ami, and he
is actively raising money
from members of the
Jewish community.
Other likely Democra-
tic candidates are former
East Lansing Mayor Lar-
ry Owen, state Sen. Deb-
bie Stabenow and state
Sen. Lynn Jondahl.
Last week, Mr. Wolpe,
a former member of Con-
gress from Kalamazoo,
hosted a successful fund-

raiser at the Southfield
Embassy Suites Hotel.
Among the 100 support-
ers at the event, which so
far has raised $12,000 for
Mr. Wolpe's gubernato-
rial bid, were some com-
munity notables like
Larry Sherman, Linda
Klein, Diane and Emery
Klein, Mandell Berman
and Larry

Howard
Wolpe

Deitch, who is the cam-
paign treasurer.
So far, Mr. Wolpe has
raised $300,000 in his
quest to secure $850,000.
Campaign officials say he
hopes to seek available
state matching grants,
which could boost his to-
tal campaign fund to
$1.85 million.