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Temple Beth El

presents the

FIRST ANNUAL MILTON M. ALEXANDER MEMORIAL LECTURE

with guest speaker

DR. FRED ROSNER

• Director, Department of Medicine,
Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York
• Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Nationally known authority on medical ethics

speaking on

"GENETICS FROM
THE JEWISH PERSPECTIVE"

SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 29 • 7:00 P.M.
TEMPLE BETH EL

7400 Telegraph Road at 14 Mile Road

Open to the Community without Charge

For more information, please call the Temple office, 851-1100

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happen to me,'" said Ra.utbort, who
hopes that teens who go through the
program can identify potentially abu-
sive relationships.
"The concept of an abusive rela-
tionship to most people at this age is
O.J. Simpson," she said.
Rautbort assures program partici-
pants that abuse extends beyond the
physical, often including verbal and
emotional intimidation.
She primarily goes to high schools
and religious schools to give her hour-
long presentations, but also conducts
them for youth groups. Boys and girls
participate at the same time.
"After the students are informed,
they take the issue more seriously," she
said. "At the age they're at, they don't
know what's right in a relationship. If
some come from a home where there
is abuse, they may think it's the
norm."
In the handbook, Rautbort includes
myths and facts about dating violence,
how to deal with anger and violence
and some characteristics of victims in
abusive relationships.
The first step, Rautbort tells the
participants, is identifying the abusive
characteristic, whether it is jealousy,
possessiveness and control or being
verbally degraded. Rautbort also tells
students about stalking and how to
file a personal protection order, as well
as resources available outside the com-
munity.
Rautbort conducted two seminars
this week, one yesterday for freshmen
at West Bloomfield High School and
the other on Monday for seniors at
Temple Israel's religious school.
"I think the program was beneficial
to everyone," said Temple Israel stu-
dent Johannah Whitefield. "I didn't
realize how common [abuse in rela-
tionships] was."
Whitefield and Trepeck appreciated
the informal nature of the program.
Andy Schwartz, who has heard
Rautbort before, said, "I didn't feel
like I was being picked on [because
I'm male], but I understand where she
was coming from, because it primarily
happens to women. I can't relate to it
in my own relationship or any of my
friends' relationships, but I can tell
[from the presentation] that it's out
there and that it takes place."
Said Fran Pearlman, director of
education at Temple Israel, "We want
the students to know that this is an
issue. The students should know the
resources available to them, both
Jewish and secular, and if it does hap-
pen, that they aren't alone."

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