The Detroit Medical Center Wayne State University Hutzel Hospital ENHANCED GENETIC SCREENING OF JEWISH DISEASES For over 20 years, genetic screening has been used in the Jewish population to identify couples at risk for having a child with Tay-Sachs disease. Screening for other genetic diseases commonly found in the Jewish population has previously not been possible. However, advances in genetic technology have led to the identification of other genes known to cause certain genetic disorders frequently found in the Jewish population. The application of this technology is now avail- able to prov4de Enhanced Genetic Screening to the Jewish population for certain inherited diseases for which they and their children are at increased risk. The Enhanced Genetic Screening detects couples at risk with a high degree of accuracy All Jewish persons of reproductive age should consider having this testing. Below are three genetic diseases frequently found in the Jewish population for which Enhanced Genetic Screening is currently poss • 1 in 25 Eastern Europeans Jews carry the gene for Tay Sachs disease • 1 in 10 Eastern Europeans Jews carry the gene for Gaucher disease • 1 in 29 Eastern Europeans Jews carry the gene for Cystic Fibrosis. Several medical centers in New York City have successfully implemented enhanced genetic screening programs for the Jewish population. DMC/Hutzel Hospital's Division of Reproductive Genetics, headed by Dr. Mark Evans, has pioneered the development of many new genetic services and is proud to be the first to offer Enhanced Genetic Screening to the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish community. For additional written material or to schedule an appointment for more information, please contact the Division of Reproductive Genetics at Hutzel Hospital. FROM THE HANGARS AT LAGUARDIA TO THE HANGERS AT HANNAH. The latest looks from seven "HOT" New York designers - Kiko, Todd Oldham, Blue Fish, Flax, Et Vous, Isabel Ardee and Betsey Johnson have just landed at Hannah Rose. Hurry! They're taking off fast. HANNAH ROSE c'v BLOOMFIELD PLAZA, MAPLE & TELEGRAPH HOURS: Mon. thru Sat. 10-6 OPEN THURS. NIGHT TIL 8PM News Rabin Says %yet' To Russian Involvement Jerusalem (JTA) — Prime Min- ister Yitzhak Rabin has reject- ed a Russian request to be involved in future Israeli-Pales- tinian negotiations on the status of Jerusalem. Mr. Rabin turned down the re- quest during a meeting with Vik- tor Posovalyuk, Russia's Middle East peace envoy. Russia and the United States are co-sponsors of the Middle East peace process launched in October 1991 in Madrid. Arguing for a Russian role in the negotiations over Jerusalem, Posovalyuk cited the sizable number of properties in the city owned by the Russian Orthodox Church. He also pointed to the sub- stantial following the Orthodox churches have in Israel and to the fact that Russia is home to a large Muslim community. All these factors, Posovalyuk said, give Russia the right to be involved in any future discussions centering on Jerusalem. The envoy came to Israel Aug. 25 during the course of a Mideast tour that had taken him to Dam- ascus, Beirut and Amman. During his visit to Israel, Mr. Posovalyuk met with Mr. Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi In his conversation with Mr. Rabin last week, Mr. Posovalyuk reportedly pledged Moscow's sup- port for Israel's effort to hold high- level and direct negotiations with Syria. The Israeli-Syrian negotiations have been deadlocked for months over the question of the extent of the Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights and the nature of the peace Damascus would es- tablish with Israel in exchange for withdrawal. Mr. Posovalyuk told Mr. Rabin that while there are "pockets of resistance" in Damascus to the peace process, the decision of Syr- ian President Hafez Assad to seek peace with Israel is widely supported. On the issue ofJerusalem, Mr. Rabin said that Russia, like oth- er parties, had the right to be in- volved in discussions about religious aspects of the issue, but not in political discussions that would determine the future sta- tus of the city. Mr. Peres, who met with the envoy in Tel Aviv, reportedly sought to put a more positive spin on the Israeli stance. He stressed Israel's readiness to discuss any claim, demand or request of the Russian Orthodox Church regarding holy places within Jerusalem or regarding its church properties or adher- ents elsewhere in Israel. But Mr. Peres, too, emphasized that the issue of Jerusalem, which Israel claims as its eternal, undivided capital, was not to be negotiated in the international arena. "Israel won't place Jerusalem on the international negotiating table," Mr. Peres said on Israel Radio. "It is between us and the Palestinians." Mr. Peres noted that Israel's commitment, under the terms of the declaration of principles signed last September in Wash- Mr. Peres emphasized that the issue of Jerusalem was not to be negotiated in the international arena. ington, was to negotiate the issue ofJerusalem with the Palestini- ans when the proper time came. The declaration of principles calls for negotiations on the ques- tion ofJerusalem, along with the status of Israeli settlements, to begin no later than May 1996, two years after the official launch of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank enclave of Jericho. The Palestinians claim east- ern Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Because of this claim, the Palestinian leadership has op- posed bitterly a clause in the July 25 non-belligerency pact Israel signed with Jordan that gave high priority to Jordan's special role as guardian of the holy Mus- lim sites in Jerusalem. El Al Flies To Hong Kong Tel Aviv (JTA) — El Al Airlines will open a new charter route to Hong Kong starting in October as the result of an agreement signed with several Far East air carriers. Under the new arrangement, passengers from Tel Aviv can book flights on El Al to Hong Kong. From there, they will be able to take flights aboard vari- ous Far Eastern airlines at sharply discounted prices to such destinations as Japan, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan.