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SINAI HOSPITAL
Sinai is pleased to announce the formation of
Holocaust Survivors Support Groups
at the Jewish Community Centers:
Oak Park
Monday mornings
West Bloomfield
Monday evenings & Thursday afternoons
Group and individual counseling is available for
Holocaust survivors and their family members.
For more information, please call Program Director, Dr. Charles Silow, at
(810) 356-6668.
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KOSHER page 32
if it's kosher, it's of better quali-
ty," Mr. Lubinsky says.
Traditional kosher companies
are expanding. During the last
two years, low-fat lines have been
added to the existing labels. Fat-
free cookies, unsalted crackers
and sugar-free candy are now
available. Health-conscious
kosher Jews at last have more
options open to them.
"Today, it is not hard to be
kosher," Mr. Lerner says.
Registered dietitian Beverly
Price agrees. As long as one sticks
to the new low-fat kosher prod-
ucts now on the market as well
as whole grains, fruits and veg-
etables, there is nothing difficult
about keeping kosher or shop-
ping for kosher products, she
says. Ms. Price is a kosher veg-
etarian herself and says she finds
it easy to work with the food
available to her on the market.
Healthy choices only become a
problem with processed and
canned foods, though with the
health-line expansion under way
and the increase in kosher com-
panies, these foods may not cre-
ate much of a problem for long.
Debra Finkelstein, a registered
dietitian with a private practice
in the Farmington Hills area, has
worked with traditional Jewish
patients in trying to wean them
away from old-world Jewish
foods using chicken fat and whole
eggs. She says she finds modern,
low-fat kosher options easy to
come by.
"A yuppie kosher Jewish fam-
ily can work well with kosher
food to eat low in fat while still
keeping to traditional law," Ms.
Finkelstein says.
"For example, you can get
whole-grain matzah, or you can
buy egg matzah; it's a matter of
individual choice," she says.
The expanding kosher com-
munity is made up of different
cultures, religions and philoso-
phies. While the traditional
kosher community consisted of
religious Jews, the modern one
Also includes Muslims, Seventh-
Day Adventists, vegetarians, and
others attracted to kosher clean-
liness standards.
"Many of my customers are
just people looking for a pure
product," Mr. Lerner says.
Many Muslims and Seventh-
Day Adventists follow similar
diet guidelines to those stated in
the Torah. The rest of the com-
munity sees other benefits. But
whoever is keeping kosher and
for whatever reasons, Rabbi
Krupnik says he is thankful on
behalf of the kosher industry.
When the Jewish kosher com-
munity can join with other
groups, the influence on the com-
panies will be stronger, he says.
"It's a good thing for us be-
cause the number of kosher Jews
isn't enough to keep companies
maintained," Rabbi Krupnik
says. "Anyone who sees any ben-
efit is like a cherry on top — a
kosher one, of course."
With the kosher market's pop-
ularity and growing following,
there is still that one final ques-
tion:
What about the taste?
If it is better for you and it does
have different inspection stan-
dards, does the food taste differ-
ent? Will it resemble
kosher-for-Passover coconut mac-
aroons?
This important issue has been
tested and passed brilliantly by
the hardest audience — young-
sters.
Harvey Finkelberg of Tama-
rack Camps has a dietitian plan
the kosher meals for summer
campers each year, complete
with a vegetarian option. The re-
sult?
'The kids can't tell a thing," he
says. "They wouldn't know if the
food is kosher or not." ❑
Drugs During Pregnancy
Harm Sexual Capacities
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omen who take nar-
cotics during pregnan-
cy are likely to cause
harm to the sexual ca-
pacities of their male children, re-
search conducted at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem indi-
cates. The research was under-
taken with pregnant rats who
were fed narcotic drugs. The male
offspring of these rats were found
to have impaired sexual function
and enhanced female traits upon
reaching maturity.
These findings point to possi-
ble similar consequences for hu-
mans, who have some
physiological similarities to rats.
Research conducted in the
1970s in various parts of the
world showed that one could in-
fluence sexual behavior in rats
by exposing them to certain opi-
ates (such as morphine and hero-
in) during their prenatal
development. These drugs mim-
ic the effects of materials pro-
duced in the brain called
endogenous opioid peptides,
which have a variety of functions,
including those connected with
the development of male sexual
behavior.
The scientists believe that the
use by pregnant mothers of drugs
which mimic these natural sex-
ual behavior-inducing materials
can cause substantial, irre-
versible damage to the sexual de-
velopment of the embryo. ❑
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