Health & Fitness
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SHAAREY ZEDEK
Friday - September 8, 2006
Make Women's Health A Priority
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Road - Southfield
As we commemorate the five year anniversary of
September 11, 2001, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
and The Anti-Defamation League welcome renowned
author, journalist and activist Irshad Manji.
Irshad
Manji
Irshad Manji is the
best-selling author of
The Trouble with
Islam Today: A
Muslim's Call for
Reform in Her Faith.
She speaks against
radical Islam and the
consequences of
why this religion
needs reform worldwide and how it currently fuels war
and terror in Israel and America. Join us for this
riveting, not to be missed event.
Book Signing
Books may be purchased at the door until 6:00 PM.
Bill Carroll
Special to the Jewish News
T
6:00 PM -
hree, community leaders will
be honored by Jewish Home
& Aging Services at its fourth
annual Walk of Ages community walk-
athon Sunday, Sept. 10, sponsored the
JHAS Auxiliary, ElderLink Network of
Services and the Jewish News.
Police Chief Ronald D. Cronin and
Fire Chief James Poppelreiter of West
Bloomfield will be honorary chairper-
sons. Evelyn Orbach of West Bloomfield,
artistic director of the Jewish Ensemble
Theatre, will be grand marshal. A number
of celebrity walkers also will participate.
Proceeds from the walk will help sup-
port elderly residents of the Fleischman
Residence and Danto Family Health
Center in West Bloomfield and the
Menorah House in Southfield.
"We raised $50,000 last year, and we're
hoping for another big turnout to help
insure the highest standard of support
for our older adults',' said chairperson
Joanne Robinson of West Bloomfield.
"We're pleased to honor Chiefs Cronin
Friday Night Fever Services
Join us for a musical "come as you are" celebration of the
Kabbalat service followed by an optional Shabbat dinner.
7:00 PM -
Dinner
Traditional Shabbat dinner.
To RSVP for dinner, please call 248/357-5544 by Tuesday, September 5, 2006.
Adults $20 • Children $7
7:45 PM -
Guest Speaker, Irshad Manji*
*There is no charge to attend this portion of the program but
reservations are required for admittance.
Irshad Marlys appearance is generously sponsored by
The Anti-Defamation League
and by
The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation
in memory of Morris D. Baker
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of ourselves; but we must also
remember to care for ourselves.
This is especially true when it comes to
heart disease.
Did you know that twice as many
women will die of heart disease as men?
That more women die from heart disease
than cancer? Women are apt to push the
men in their lives to go to a doctor, but
might not be as
proactive to visit
a physician them-
selves.
Ironically,
women often
attribute their
own heart symp-
toms to stress.
However, heart
Florine
disease is the
Hoffman
leading cause of
Ministrelli
death in women.
Special
The most
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important insight
to gain is that
heart disease — in both men and women
— is preventable. Yet only 5 percent of
women do what they should to lessen
their risk for this disease.
Here are some facts to consider from
the American Heart Association:
• Heart disease is the leading killer of
American women, proving fatal each year
for more than five times as many women
as breast cancer.
•More than 230,000 women die from
heart disease each year, and nearly 20,000
of these victims are younger than 65 years
old.
• Nearly 13 percent of women age 45
and older have had a heart attack.
• Nearly 4 million women experience
chest pain.
•A first heart attack will more likely kill
a woman than a man, and 42 percent of
women who have heart attacks die within
a year, compared to 24 percent of men.
•Women are almost twice as likely to
die following heart bypass surgery than
men.
Women need to take these statistics to
heart. With early treatment, preventive
health care and a proper daily regimen
of exercise and healthy habits, women
and their loved ones can prevent heart
disease. Ci
Florine Hoffman Ministrelli is a philanthropist
and benefactor of the Ministrelli Women's
Heart Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal
Oak. The West Bloomfield resident is honorary
chair of the Heart to Heart d'Art fundrais-
ing event on Oct. 14 at Park West Gallery,
Southfield.
Register For Walk Of Ages
5:30 PM -
Babysitting is available during the presentation by reservation.
A
s women, we often give fully
1145500
and Poppelreiter because they and their
police and fire personnel are always avail-
able and prompt to aid our residents
when needed and to give us health and
safety advice:'
The Walk of Ages will start at 9:15 a.m.
(rain or shine) between the Fleischman
Residence and Danto Center, and cover
a route around the Eugene and Marcia
Applebaum Jewish Community Campus.
Walkers can do the minimum three kilo-
meter distance (1.8 miles) or the maxi-
mum 5K (3.1 miles). Refreshments will
be served at the finish line. Registration is
at 8:15 a.m. and warm-up at 8:45 a.m.
Cost is $18 per person in advance or
$20 on Sept. 10, including a T-shirt; $36
for a family (two adults and four chil-
dren) in advance or $40 on the day of
the event; and $125 for a team (up to five
people, five T-shirts) or $130 on the day
of the event. Walkers can earn incentive
prizes by getting family members and
friends to sponsor their walk.
To register for the Walk of Ages,
become a sponsor or obtain more infor-
mation, call the JHAS auxiliary coordina-
tor, (248) 661-1628; wwwjhas.org. II