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Skinhead Activity Up
New York/JTA Racist skinhead activi-

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Meet one of the faces of success

David Eisenstein, M.D., is the
founder and division head of
the Department of Pelvic Pain
and Laparoscopic Services at
Henry Ford Hospital in
Detroit. A member of the
Henry Ford Medical Group,
he performs gynecological
surgeries at Henry Ford
Hospital, Henry Ford Medical
Center-West Bloomfield and
Henry Ford Medical Center-
Sterling Heights.

Accepted into medical school
from high school, Dr.
Eisenstein participated in an
advanced studies program
through his years at the
University of Michigan. His
father, a well-known surgeon,
was his role model for a career
in medicine.

"There have been many
advances in the field of obstet-
rics and gynecology," says Dr.
Eisenstein. "I am fortunate to
be associated with Henry Ford,
a world leader in robotic laparo-
scopic surgery. Part of my work
involves the development of
robotic surgery for gynecology.

"Currently, my practice
involves performing advanced
surgical procedures, including
laparoscopic supracervical hys-
terectomies. In addition, I lead
the multi-disciplinary clinic for
chronic pelvic pain, and teach
laparoscopic surgical skills to
residents."

Laparoscopic procedures are
minimally invasive surgical
methods, using small incisions,
which usually result in less dis-
comfort and faster recovery times
for the patient. Gynecologists
who perform these procedures
have achieved a degree of
specialization within their field.'

Dr. Eisensteiri he still enjoys
the special moments of deliver-
ing babies.

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"An obstetri-
cian/gynecol-
ogist has a
close bond
with a
patient," he
says. "When
you're dealing
with child-
-bearing
Dise
issues, it can
be very emotional.

Settlements Cost Billions
Jerusalem/JTA Settlements have cost
Israelis more than $14 billion, not •
counting military expenditures, an
independent Israeli study said.
The study, released by the Research
Institute for Economic and Social
Affairs, also said the government .
spends twice as much on settlements
as it does on local authorities inside
Israel. The institute, funded by a
German group that backs Israel-Arab
dialogue, took 18 months to calculate
the costs of four decades of settlement
in areas claimed by the Palestinians.

"I remember a patient who had
had two miscarriages, after hav-
ing had two children. We were
able to determine that she had a
particular antibody in her blood.
After treatment, she was able to
have a successful pregnancy and
welcomed her third son."

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His interest in health issues
extends to his personal life. He
has participated in numerous
marathons.

"In the past, I've run
marathons to benefit lym-
phoma and leukemia research,"
said Dr. Eisenstein. "In
October, I ran in the Detroit
Free Press Marathon in memo-
ry of a friend from the study
group at Temple Beth El."

Professor Denies Holocaust
Chicago/JTA The president of
Northwestern University blasted one of
his professors for denying the
Holocaust.
The president, Henry Bienen, said
Monday that Arthur Butz's comments
are a "contemptible insult to all decent
and feeling people." Butz, an engineer-
ing- professor, e-mailed comments
denying the Holocaust to an Iranian
news agency, backing remarks by Iran's
president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
that denied the Holocaust. In com-
ments that were also posted on his Web
site, Butz called the Holocaust a "delib-
erately contrived falsehood" and con-
gratulated Ahmadinejad.
The Hillel at Northwestern, which
has a substantial Jewish population,
published an advertisement protesting
Butz's comments in the schoo's news-
paper and called for a community
meeting Tuesday night to address the
Holocaust.

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"This year, I want to raise funds
for organizations in Israel help-
ing individuals and families
cope with the after effects of
terrorist violence, both physical
and psychological."

Dr. Eisenstein has strong ties to
the loCal Jewish community,
beginning with his attendance
at Akiva Day School prior to his
high school years. He is cur-
rently a Melton student.
Melton School is a part of
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Hebrew University in
Jerusalem.

He lives in Bloomfield,
Township with his wife, Kate,
and their four children.

Israel Continues Contacts
Jerusalem/JTA Israel's acting prime
minister said ties to the Palestinian.
Authority would continue as long as it
is not led by Hamas. Ehud Olmert said
the monthly transfers of taxes levied

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February 9 • 2006

ty in the United States is on the rise,
according to a new report.
The activity, including an increase in
violent skinhead attacks, has been
fueled in part by the Internet, the Anti-
Defamation League says, along with a
growing hate music industry. Racist
skinheads are part of a "fluid move-
ment in which skinheads do not neces-
sarily belong to a particular group:' said
Abraham Foxman, the ADL's national
director. The group has launched an
online racist skinhead project at
www.adl.org/racist_skinheads to track
the activity by state and region.

on behalf of the Palestinians by Israel
would continue, but on a case-by-case
basis, as long as Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas remains
independent of llamas, the Islamic ter-
rorist group that won parliamentary
elections last month.
Addresing a Tel Aviv economic con-
ference, Olmert said that withholding
the tax transfers, which he had consid-
ered, would only "play into the.hands
of the extremists!' The Palestinians
have several weeks to form a new
Palestinian Authority government.

Assassin's Marriage OK
Jerusalem/JTA Israel's attorney gener-
al recognized the jailhouse wedding of
Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, Yigal Amir.
Menachem Mazuz this week ordered
the Interior Ministry to register Amir
and his wife, Larissa .Trimbobler, as
married, after more than a year of
deliberations. Amir, who is serving a
life sentence in isolation for assassinat-
ing the prime minister in 1995, mar-
ried Trimbobler by arranging for an
intermediary to pass her a ring. Rabbis
recognized the union, prompting
Mazuz's ruling.
Amir's lawyer said the decision could
help get Amir conjugal rights.

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Leading Feminist Dies
Washington/JTA Betty Friedan, whose
book The Feminine Mystique launched

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the feminist revolution in the United
States, died Saturday at 85.
Friedan died of congestive heart fail- .
ure in Washington. In her book; Friedan
used her own experiences as a wife and
mother to critique the role of women in
U.S. society. In 1966, she helped found
the National Organization for Women,
which helped launch feminism.

New Reform Social Action
New York/JTA Reform Jews in the
United States formed a new social action
group.
Just Congregations, established by the
Union for Reform Judaism, intends to
organize congregations to unite with
religious groups of other faiths in order
to address local social and economic
needs, such as education, health care
and living wages.
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, whose Temple
Israel in Boston is the model for this
project, will create manuals for the con-
gregations, and travel to synagogues to
train individual congregations. The proj-
ect is funded by the Nathan Cummings
Foundation and individual donors, and
Jewish Funds for Justice, which will
also help run it. [11

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