Dr Paul Ehrmann
listens as Natalie
Thomas receives
her CHIPs
diploma.

ed our exercise initiative. The program
taught students and parents important
principles of developing life-long good
eating habits."
Dr. Ehrmann plans to meet with
Oakland County school superintend-
ents and offer the program as a tem-
plate to districts and community health
organizations throughout the state.
"The Michigan Osteopathic
Association (MOA), endorses this pro-
gram because it is closely aligned to our
philosophy of preventing illness, and
obesity is a high-risk factor for many
diseases," says Dennis Paradis, MOA
executive director. "Paul is to be corn-
mended for his forword thinking and
for doing something now that won't
pay off until 30 or 40 years down the
road, when these students are adults."
Overweight children are 3 to 5
times more likely to suffer a heart
attack or stroke before they reach the
age of 65. The leading causes are obe-
sity, poor diet, smoking and physical
inactivity. One in 3 children born after
2000 will develop diabetes mellitus
unless the trend is halted.
"'These factors are being seen at an
alarmingly early age and I believe we
must initiate action to protect children
from these risks," says Dr. Ehrmann.
"My hope is that CHIPs will bring great
interest to the community, that the word
will spread, and that more adults will
become involved in children's health."
An increasing number of schools are
encouraging healthy lifestyle behav-
iors. More nutritious choices in cafete-
rias and vending machines, such as
salad bars and baked food rather than
fried, encourage students to try items
other than sodas and candy bars.
Some schools offer increased physical
activity through intramural sportspro-
grams. Students are engaging in more
school activities that emphasize person-
al fitness and aerobic conditioning. ❑

Jewish Studies Colloquium

The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies will host the Midwest Jewish
Studies Colloquium at McGregor
Memorial Conference Center on the
Detroit campus of Wayne State
University. On Sunday, May 22, from
11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Midwest schol-
ars in the field of Judaic studies will
meet to share their research and to dis-
cuss a book on the subject of modern
-Hebrew women's writing.
In the morning, Dr. Kristine Peleg
of Century College will lead off a
works-in-progress panel with a presen-
tation "Miriam Falk Biderman: A
North American Proponent of Aliyah
in the Pre-State Period." Dr. Oliver
Leaman of the University of Kentucky
will discuss "Maimonides in the
Contemporary World: A Survey of
Recent Scholarly Work," followed by
Dr. David Brenner, of Kent State
University, who will analyze "Fiddler
in the Cattle Car: The Tragedy in
Holocaust Comedy."
Dr. Kenneth Waltzer, of Michigan
State University, in a session "Sixty
Years after the Liberation of the
Camps," will present "The Rescue of
the Children in Buchenwald." The
final academics-only session will be a
discussion of And Rachel Stole the Idols
... the Emergence of Modern Hebrew
Women's Writing (Wayne State
University Press, 2004), led by the
author, Dr. Wendy I. Zierler, of •
Hebrew Union College New York.
At 7:30 p.m., the colloquium will
conclude with a panel discussion "Ten
Years After: The Legacy of Yitzhak
Rabin." It will take place at Temple
Beth El. Featured panelists will be Dr.
Frederic S. Pearson, director of the
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
at Wayne State; Dr. Alan Dowry, of
the University of Notre Dame and
University of Calgary; and Dr. Ilai
Alon, of the University of Tel Aviv,
University of Chicago and
Northwestern University.
This program is free and open to
the public. For information or reser-
vations by May 19, call the Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies,
(313) 577-2679.

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Camp Gan Shalom Set

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Monday, June 20, at Congregation
Beth Shalom. The four-day-a-week
camp will run Monday through
Thursday from 9 a.m.-noon.
For information and registration,
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