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Auschwitz Renamed
Allschwitz/JTA—
The site of the
Auschwitz death camp is to be renamed.
Poland's Culture Ministry said that, in
line with a United Nations decision, the
most notorious site of World War II's
Jewish genocide would be changed to
stress Nazi responsibility.
Auschwitz Concentration Camp, a
U.N. heritage site, will be renamed the
Former Nazi German Concentration
Camp of Auschwitz, the ministry said
in a statement. Poland had lobbied the
United Nations for the name change in
hope of distancing Polish citizens from
the masterminds of the Holocaust.
U.S. Aid To Palestinians
Washington/JTA — The United States
donated $50 million for Palestinian
humanitarian relief David Welch, the top
State Department envoy to the region,
announced the donation last Friday at
a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the
Palestinian Authority president.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency,
the organization that administers to
Palestinian refugees, will administer the
money. The Bush administration has
been looking for ways to get assistance
to the Palestinians now that Hamas, a
terrorist group, governs the Palestinian
Authority.
Staying In Israel
New York/JTA — North American
Jewish youth groups on summer pro-
grams say they will stay in Israel despite
escalating violence.
"At this critical point in time for the
State of Israel and the Jewish people, we
the Jewish youth movements and Israel
Experience providers from all across
North America, responsible for more
than 5,000 Jewish teenagers who are
traveling in Israel this summer, want
to let the North American Jewish com-
munity know that our participants are
in very safe hands and are continuing to
have the experience of a lifetime," said
the letter from Young Judaea, Ramah,
BBYO, United Synagogue Youth, Union
for Reform Judaism, the Alexander
Muss Institute and the Elie and Bessie
Cohen Camps.
Saudi Slams Terror
Jerusalein/JTA — Saudi Arabia issued
a rare condemnation of Hezbollah and
Hamas violence.
Statements by the government
in Riyadh on the recent fighting in
Lebanon and the Gaza Strip departed
from traditional Saudi censure of Israel
by blaming Hezbollah and llamas for
their provocative attacks. "Some ele-
ments and groups have got loose and
slipped into taking decisions on their
own that Israel has exploited to wage a
ferocious war against Lebanon and to
imprison the entire Palestinian people,'
a Cabinet statement said Monday.
It appeared to be a veiled reference
to abductions of Israeli soldiers car-
ried out by the Lebanese militia and
the radical Palestinian Islamist faction,
which prompted Israel's retaliatory
offensives. But Saudi Arabia, which has
championed an regional peace proposal
under which Israel would relinquish all
territories captured in the 1967 Six-Day
War, also suggested that U.S. support
for the Jewish state was holding up
rapprochement. "Some countries' total
support for Israeli policies has hindered
taking a decision',' the statement said.
Rewards For Buying Green
New York/JTA — The American
Jewish Committee is offering a bonus
to employees who buy or lease hybrid
cars. The AJCommittee is offering up
to $2,500 in the program. The group
strongly backed the Vehicle and Fuel
Choices for American Security Act,
introduced last year in. Congress.
Fuel Sales To Israel
Washington/JTA — The U.S. Defense
Department is selling Israel jet fuel "to
keep peace and security in the region','
the Pentagon said. Last Friday's state-
ment announcing the sale did not say
when Israel requested the fuel, valued
at up to $210 million. "The proposed
sale of the JP-8 aviation fuel will enable
Israel to maintain the operational
capability of its aircraft inventory',' the
Pentagon said in the notice of such sales
that it's required to give Congress.
Mission To Israel
New York/JTA — The United Jewish
Communities is organizing a solidar-
ity mission to Israel. The July 22-27
mission was announced in a memo
Monday to federations.
Participants will tour the North,
which has suffered the brunt of rocket
attacks launched since last week by
Hezbollah, and will meet with top offi-
cials including Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert; Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, the mili-
tary chief of staff; Yona Yahav, mayor of
Haifa; and Stanley Fisher, the Bank of
Israel governor who will brief them on
the economic impact of the escalation
in violence. They also will tour commu-
nities near the Gaza Strip, where rocket
fire also has increased in recent weeks,
and visit a summer camp for child refu-
gees from the North.
Impaired sleep
affects your
uality of life
Meet one of the faces of success
Thomas Roth, Ph.D., director,
Sleep Disorders and Research
Center at Henry Ford Hospital, is
a board-certified specialist in sleep
medicine, and a member of the
Henry Ford Medical Group.
A graduate of Yeshiva University
High School and City College in
New York City, Dr. Roth's work in
the dream lab at the University of
Cincinnati Medical School in the
late 196os led to his lifelong
enthusiasm with the field of sleep
medicine.
He has been working in sleep med-
icine departments since 1970.
When he started the sleep lab at
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in
1978, it was the first sleep center in
Southeast Michigan, and one of the
first in the United States.
"We have been pioneers in this
field, seeing 3,000 patients a year,"
he says.
"Henry Ford's Sleep Disorders
and Research Center is a leader in
studying insomnia, discovering
that nearly 3o percent of shift
workers have this disorder. We
are working to discover the brain
abnormality that makes some
people vulnerable to insomnia,
while others are unaffected."
Insomnia is more than just an
occasional night of disturbed sleep.
Dr. Roth stresses that the diagnosis
of insomnia is made after consider-
ing the factors of frequency,
duration, severity, chronicity and
consequences of sleep deprivation.
The sleep center has recently
published a study on insomnia's
relationship to depressive disor-
ders. Dr. Roth notes that insomnia
is a major risk factor for future
depression. Developing insomnia
over time is another risk factor for
depression.
Other recent studies that the
center has published involve treat-
ing insomnia for a better response
to depression medications, and
the link between sleep loss and
increased sensitivity to pain.
sees patients
with sleep
apnea, restless
legs syndrome
(RLS),
narcolepsy,
and other
disorders.
People need an
average of eight
hours of sleep a
night. With
only six hours of sleep, the doctor
notes, there is a demonstrable
impairment in alertness.
"We spend a third of our lives
sleeping," says Dr. Roth. "When
that vital function is impaired, it
can ruin the part of our lives when
we're awake.
"I had a patient many years ago
with narcolepsy," he recalls. "His
symptoms included a loss of mus-
cle tone in emotional situations.
Due to these symptoms, he had
chosen to miss his daughter's wed-
ding, so that his illness would not
mar the ceremony. I was able to
help him with proper medication;
however, if he had come to see me
before the wedding, these drugs
would have allowed him to be there
for such an important family event.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that
his symptoms could be controlled."
Dr. Roth stressed that medications
and treatments, including assisted
breathing devices or surgery for
sleep apnea, have proved to be very
beneficial to those experiencing
sleep disorders.
"Our center is a leader in evaluat-
ing the safety and effectiveness of
medications used to promote
sleep," he says. "Medications for
treating insomnia have been great-
ly improved over the years. People
who are struggling with this
disorder should not avoid seeking
treatment."
He and his wife are residents of
Northville. They have four adult
children.
While insomnia is the most com-
mon sleep disorder, the center also
For more information or to make cm
appointment call 1-800-HENRYFORD.or
visit our Web site www.hennjford.com .
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