Silverbrooke Villa
of negotiations has failed. Halt nego-
tiations with the occupation and take
practical steps toward reconciliation:'
the spokesman said.
Hamas has said it does not recognize
the upcoming elections and will not
participate. Abbas reportedly told White
House officials late last month that he
would not seek re-election, because
the peace process is not advancing.
President Obama reportedly called
Abbas personally in response.
Montreal JCC Opens
New York/JTA — A Jewish commu-
nity center in Montreal opened on a
Saturday for the first time. The contro-
versial decision to open the Canadian
city's YM-YWH/JCC on the Jewish day
of rest went ahead on Oct. 31 after a
compromise was reached with commu-
nity leaders who opposed the move, the
Jewish Tribune reported on Nov. 5.
According to the agreement, only
some of the center's facilities such as
the gym and pool will be accessible to
the public on Saturday. Also, no Jewish
employee will be required to work that
day, use of electricity will be minimal
and the offices and restaurant will
remain shut.
While the Montreal Board of Rabbis
still objects to the Shabbat opening, it
said it welcomed dialogue with other
members of the Jewish community.
"The dialogue is consistent with one
of the core missions of the MBR, which
is to build bridges between all seg-
ments of Montreal's Jewish community
and to foster communal unity," Rabbi
Adam Scheier, president of the rabbini-
cal board, was quoted as saying by the
Jewish Tribune.
In August, board members voted
in favor of opening the center to the
public on Saturday, promising to be
considerate of those who opposed their
decision.
"We are more than aware of the
debate around this issue Executive
Director Michael Crelinsten told the
Suburban newspaper. "We have spoken
with many members of the community.
We have met formally with Federation
CJA and a number of key rabbis, and
have had conversations with others.
We're fully apprised of the range of feel-
ings people have about this."
Proposals to open the center on
Shabbat were voted down in 1999 and
2003.
A statement issued by the center said
its decision to open on Saturday reflects
its commitment to reach out to children
and families who wish to use its facili-
ties over the weekend.
Survivors' Cancer Risk
Jerusalem/JTA — Jewish Holocaust
survivors are at a higher risk for cancer,
a study found.
The study, conducted by researchers
at the University of Haifa and published
online Nov. 2 in the Journal of the
National Cancer Institute, compared
the cancer rates of more than 300,000
European-born Jews who immigrated
to Israel before or during World War II
and those who immigrated after World
War II until 1989.
Both groups have higher rates of can-
cer than other Jewish and non-Jewish
groups in Israel.
Exposure to the Holocaust was found
to increase, by at least 17 percent, the
risk of contracting all kinds of cancers
in both sexes — the strongest risks
were for breast, lung and colorectal can-
cer. The younger a person was exposed
to the Holocaust, the higher the risk of
cancer, the study found.
Dr. Lital Keinan-Boker of Haifa
University's School of Public Health,
Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences
led the research team.
Hospital Under Fire
Los Angeles/JTA — Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center of Los Angeles is facing
lawsuits for giving patients heavy over-
doses of radiation.
The hospital, the Jewish community's
flagship symbol and charity, adminis-
tered eight times the normal dose of
radiation to 206 mostly elderly patients
during computed tomography brain
perfusion scans used to diagnose
strokes. The overdoses went undetected
for 18 months.
Hospital spokesmen have acknowl-
edged that in February 2008 staff mem-
bers reset a CT scanner, overriding the
manufacturer's instructions, to raise the
radiation doses and enable improved
analysis of blood flow to brain tissues.
It was not until August of this year,
when an overdosed patient called in to
report that he was losing tufts of hair
following the scan, that the hospital
became aware of the mistake. After
contacting the rest of the 206 patients,
Cedars-Sinai learned that 40 percent of
the group also suffered hair losses.
Overdosed patients face increased
risk of brain tumors, which develop
very slowly. National experts inter-
viewed by the Los Angeles Times gener-
ally agreed that because the median age
of the affected patients is 70, they are
likely to die of other causes.
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