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Alyn Hospital fest to highlight its life-giving rehab

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n 1932, Dr. Henry Keller, an
American orthopedist, and
great uncle of Paula Glazier of
Bloomfield Hills, retired to
pre-Israel Palestine. Any thoughts of
retirement, however, were dashed
when he discovered the shocking
lack of facilities for physically handi-
capped children there.
His work, along with that of oth-
ers, led to the formation of the
Society for Crippled Children,
which eventually grew into a hospi-
tal in Jerusalem called "Alyn,' a
Hebrew acronym for Organization
to Aid Handicapped Children.
But friends of hospital in the
United States translate the Alyn
acronym another way: All the Love
You Need.
Over the years, Alyn has developed
into Israel's only orthopedic rehabili-
tation center for disabled children
and young adults.

While the Israeli government and
the center's fees pay for 70 percent
of Alyn's budget, the nonprofit hos-
pital must raise the rest through pri-
vate donations from its international
network of supporters.
The Detroit Friends of Alyn
Hospital, formed 13 years ago, will
hold its "bar mitzvah" fund-raiser
dinner in honor of Debbie and
Michael Balkin of West Bloomfield
6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield.
"Alyn Hospital is a very special
place that doesn't look at who you
are or where you're from," says hon-
oree Michael Balkin. "It's totally
non-denominational, serving Jewish,
Christian and Arab children."
Besides the hospital's regular work
serving children with physical dis-
abilities ranging from cerebral palsy
to congenital deformities, Alyn has

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