A Friendly Place

where other people struggling like
Danny can find friendship and sup-
port," said Sam Sobel.
"One of the strengths of the Jewish
people is our ability to harness the
power that exists in grief and turn it
into positive action," Rabbi Levi
Shemtov, Friendship Circle executive
director told the crowd of more than
200 people who came to the ground-
breaking ceremony. "Coming together
here for this occasion is proof of that
power."
The 2,500-square-foot Daniel B.
Sobel Friendship House, which is
expected to be open in the spring of
2005, will offer a variety of programs;
including classes in Jewish spirituality,
AA and NA meetings, counseling ses-
sions and informal social gatherings.
The Friendship House also will
include a program specifically for

Ground was broken Oct. 17 for the
Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House, part
of the Meer Family Friendship Center
in West Bloomfield.
Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, Friendship
House director, believes the new build-
ing will break ground in more than the
traditional way, serving as a haven of
friendship, support and acceptance for
people in crisis from drug addiction,
alcoholism, isolation and other sorts of
conditions that threaten their health
and well-being.
Sam and Carol Sobel, former
Detroiters who now live in Boca Raton,
Fla., donated the funds to build the
Friendship House in loving memory of
their son Daniel, who died in 1993 at
age 28 after years of suffering from
severe mental and emotional disorders.
"We wanted to reach out and help
someone else, to provide a safe place

Carole and Sam Sobel, right, donated Ands to build Friendship House in memory
of their son Daniel. Other members of the Sobel family, from left, Mike Kalt of
Farmington Hills and Laura and Jeff Sobel of Birmingham.

women struggling with various kinds of
addiction, either personally or within
their families, called Women Helping
Women, which is funded by a recent

grant from the Jewish Women's
Foundation of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit.

—

Ronelle Grier, special writer

Breaking The Silence

As reported in the JNOct. 22, Elaine Greenberg of
Farmington Hills is on a mission to inform women
about the "cancer that whispers" or the "silent cancer"
— ovarian cancer. She's survived nearly five years and
seeks to spread the word that there's hope and a
chance of survival for anyone who has experienced any
form of the disease.
Greenberg has two CDs available, with the profits
going to help cancer patients. To arrange for her to
speak to groups or individuals about coping with and
beating cancer, or to order a CD, log on to the Web
site of Living For Music Inc.,
www.livingformusic.com
Symptoms or potential signs of ovarian cancer
include pelvic or abdominal pain or discomfort; vague,

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Which Hebrew prophet is said to be buried near
an Iraqi city which is also a pilgrimage site for
Detroit's Chaldean community?

—

Goldfein

-sapsai Tinto DITotpvD
u-etuoll alp Jo
uzapfeto alp Jo daqs!q alp
a.TaTim‘bE.ii Insow man painoT sr turnIEN latIdaid
Fouqrq alp Jo quiol FuopIp-an aril, :.Tammy

but persistent gastrointestinal upsets such
as gas, nausea and indigestion; frequency
and/or urgency of urination in absence of
an infection; unexplained changes in
bowel habits; unexplained weight gain or
weight loss, particularly weight gain in the
abdominal region; pelvic and/or abdomi-
nal swelling, bloating and/or feeling of
fullness; pain during intercourse; ongoing
unusual fatigue; abnormal post-
menopausal bleeding (rare).
Risk factors include personal or family
history of breast, ovarian, endometrial,
prostate or colon cancer; hereditary non-
polyposis colorectal cancer or syndrome;

Elaine Greenberg

increasing age; unexplained infertility; no
pregnancies and no history of birth con-
trol pill usage; use of high-dose estrogen
for long periods without progesterone;
North American or Northern European
heritage and/or Ashkenazi Jewish popu-
lation; living in an industrialized coun-
try.
According to the Ovarian Cancer
Coalition www.ovarian.org the latest sta-
tistics from the American Cancer Society
are an estimated 25,580 new cases and
an estimated 16,090 deaths each year.

— Robert A. Sklar, editor

Yiddish Limericks

Do You Remember?

Complained a young mother of one,
"I must have the laziest son!
He sits home and potshkies*
With all of his tsotskies,**
And never gets anything done!"

November 1984
Matthew Paletz, son of Susan and Robert Paletz
of Farmington Hills, was awarded the Jonathan
Lazarus Silets Memorial Scholarship at
Interlochen Music Camp.
Paletz, 11, played percussion in the intermedi-
ate band. He is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills.

— Martha Jo Fleischmann

* - plays around with in a time-wasting manner
** - playthings

— Sy Manello, editorial assistant

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