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"YES,THERE IS
LIFE AFTER
BREAST CANCER.
AND THAT'S THE
WHOLE POINT:'

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—Ann Milian

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New book explores the meaning behind our words.

A lot of women are so afraid of
breast cancer they don't want to
hear about it.
And that's what frightens me.
Because those women won't
practice breast self-examination
regularly.
Those women, particularly
those over 35, won't ask their doc-
tor about a mammogram.
Yet that's what's required for
breast cancer to be detected
early. When the cure rate is 90%.
And when there's a good chance
it won't involve the loss of a
breast.
But no matter what it involves,
take it from someone who's been
through it all.
Life is just too wonderful to
give up on. And, as I found out,
you don't have to give up on any
of it. Not work, not play, not even
romance.
Oh. there is one thing, though.
You do have to give up being
afraid to take care of yourself.

SHELLI DORFMAN

Staff Writer

f you asked Rabbi Adin
Steinsaltz to define the simple
word "name," he could tell
you the story of his own.
Six years ago, with the advice of a
Lubavitch rabbi, he changed his
name for the prospect of moving his
life to a new
place, a step
ahead."
Agreeing with
the premise that
the name itself is
not what brings
impact, but the
meaning behind
it, he chose the
name Evan Israel,
defined in
Thinking About
English, he says,
as the rock of
What Really
Israel," taken from
Matter;3 in Life
a biblical story in
Genesis, chapter
59. The rabbi,
who continues to
write under the
name of Adin
Steinsaltz, speaks
about his philoso-
phy Sunday at the
Steinsaltz is the author of works
Jewish Book Fair in connection With
rana b ina b from detective novels to
his newest work, Simple Words:
books
on mystical thought. He is
Thinking About What Really Matters
best
known
for his multi-volume
(Simon
and
Schuster,
$22.)
in Life
translation, interpretation and com-
A compilation of short chapters,
mentaries of the Jewish Talmud (the
each discusses the connotation of a
authoritative body of
Jewish law and commen-
taries). He intends Simple
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz will speak at the Jewish
nrds for people with an
Book Fair 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, at the D.
interest in spiritual mat-
Dan & Betty Kahn Building of the Jewish
ters, be they Jewish, non-
Community Center in West Bloomfield, co-
Jewish or without religious
and
sponsored by Young Israel of
faith.
the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit.
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Thomas Nisell, the rabbi's personal
assistant, has "an incredible amount
of Steinsaltz in it — his view, his
approach to the world — to the sim-
ple things in life that are so difficult
and yet so simple at the same time."
Although the rabbi says he feels
that he "can write and speak to a
thousand people on a superficial
level, speaking to just one person
who needs me will make a signifi-
cant difference."
Referring to prayers, he says
when a family member is ill,
the Mi She-beirach (prayer for
healing) takes on significance
that was never there before. In
the same way, he hopes readers
find an area in his new book
that "illuminates or interests"
what is going on in their lives.
He suggests that the infor-
mation in Simple Words will
have a different impact on peo-
ple at different points in their
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
lives, offering new impressions
when re-read.
He stresses that the book "is
not a sermon," but a guide to daily
living that will hopefully "make peo-
ple think and change in a good
direction." ri

different basic, everyday word.
Rabbi Steinsaltz writes that it is
the reflection and the intensely per-
sonal place of origin of such words
as "God" or "love" or "family" that
gives importance to the terms. He
says we may use a word such as
"friend" to describe a multitude of
different relationships in our lives.
A multilingual scholar, teacher,
scientist,
Rabbi

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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is an
author and scholar who lives
with his wife and three children
in Israel. He is the founder of
the Israel Institute for Talmudic
Publications and the Jewish
Universities in Moscow and St.
Petersburg. A resident scholar at
Yale University and the Institute
for Advanced Study in
Princeton, N.J., he is the dean
N'lekor Chaim of
of
Jerusalem network of schools.ri

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