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A Shot In The Arm

Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center dinner
to help renew Detroit ties.

DON COHEN

Special to the Jewish News

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f you are born in Jerusalem,
chances are you are born at
Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Founded in 1902 with support of the
Jewish community of Germany, the
500-bed hospital delivers more than
half the babies in Jerusalem.
Known for being very patient-ori-
ented, the hospital used to get strong
support from the Detroit Jewish com-
munity because of the dedication of
the late Alex Roberg, who served as its
unofficial fund-raiser in Detroit for
more than 40 years.
Ronald D. Abrams, Midwest co-
chair of the American Friends of

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plan is to bring the
community together
to reinvigorate local
support for the med-
ical center.
Shaare Zedek's
emergency room is
world renowned for
Traison
its innovative proce-
dures and techniques
that had been overseen by the late
Dr. David Applebaum, who headed
its department of emergency medi-
cine. Dr. Applebaum, a former
Detroiter, died with his daughter in
a terrorist attack in 2003 at a
Jerusalem cafe the evening before her
wedding.
Seven minutes closer to the city

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Alison Pure-Slo6in-and Ronald D.
Abrams fi-om the American Friends of
Shaare Zedek visited fiorn Chicago to
assist md-raisino-

Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and
Regional Director Alison Pure-Slovin
recently visited from Chicago to meet
with use Roberg of Southfield to
thank her for their generosity and dis-
cuss how best to carry on her late hus-
band's work.
Shaare Zedek hasn't had a local din-
ner here for 12 years, but with the
leadership of Detroit attorney Michael
Traison, who serves on regional board,
along with the Roberg family and
many others who have maintained
their connections over the years, the

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center than Hadassah Hospital, Shaare
Zedek treats the most serious injuries
needing immediate treatment.
Abrams takes pride in how the hos-
pital serves all the people of Jerusalem.
"When you come to the door you
stop being an Arab or a Jew, you are a
person who needs help and support,"
he said. "It's a statement of what we
should be as a State of Israel."
To get involved in an event in mem-
ory of Alex Roberg, contact Alison
Pure-Slovin at (847) 410-0340 or
midwestregion@acsz.org .

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