Genetic Aid

Invite your friends and family

to come try Temple Kol Ami for a year

Members joining between now and October 16, 2010 will
pay NO membership dues for this year AND if they have kids
in kindergarten they can attend our Religious School for
FREE too.

Join us for

Call the TKA Office for more information at (248) 661-0040

Two Special Shabbat Events

Prospective Member Shabbat and Sushi Oneg

Friday, August 13 at 6:30 pm

A family-friendly, one-hour service to welcome prospective
members. Meet and greet at a kosher style sushi oneg.

Friday, August 20 at 5:45 pm

A special evening to celebrate summer. Please invite other
families who might be interested in taking a look at TKA for
possible membership. This service will be preceded by a
picnic style dinner including hot dogs, ice cream and more!

Please RSVP for dinner at (248) 661-0040
or cheryl@tkolami.org.

Congregation B'nai Moshe - 100th Anniversary
1911 -2011
New Member Special 1st Year Dues $100.00

"Education is L. I, F. E.

Music

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Free Pla

"My Play Time"

Services & Rituals

(A preschool program for Kids & Adults)

"L. I. F.E. Educational Program"
(Learning is a Family Experience)

Tuesday Mornings 9:30-11 a.m.

Circle Time

Hebrew Literacy

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Art

For more information contact our Education Director: Gail Gales at 248-788-3600

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Congregation B'nai Moshe, "The Smaller Synagogue with the Large Heart."
6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, Ml 48322
Phone: 248-788-0600
Email: cbmedu@bnaimoshe.org or cbminfo@bnaimoshe.org www.bnaimoshe.org

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August 12 • 2010

Testing helps
fight cancer.

T

he Barbara Ann Karmanos
Cancer Institute's Cancer
Genetic Counseling Service
(CGCS) established the Michigan
Jewish Sports Foundation Genetic
Testing Assistance Fund in 2009,
thanks to a $100,000 grant from the
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation.
The fund, now in its second year,
helps enhance Karmanos' CGCS out-
reach and provide genetic testing for
individuals of all ethnicities who are at
risk of hereditary breast and ovarian
cancer syndrome.
Due to patent rights, there is only one
laboratory in the U.S. that offers clini-
cal genetic testing for hereditary breast
and ovarian cancer syndrome, so the
cost of the testing is pre-determined
and can be as much as $3,100. Testing
is not always covered by health insur-
ance, leaving many at high-risk in dan-
ger of not having information that can
save their lives.
The Michigan Jewish Sports
Foundation Genetic Testing Assistance
Fund helps find genetic testing for
those people who meet clinical crite-
ria and are at risk of hereditary breast
and ovarian cancer syndrome, but can-
not otherwise afford the testing.
Hereditary breast and ovarian can-
cer syndrome is the most common
cause of inherited forms of both breast
and ovarian cancer, highly prevalent
in the Ashkenazi Jewish popula-
tion. Hereditary breast and ovarian
cancer syndrome results in at least
16,000 new cases of breast and ovar-
ian cancer in the United States each
year due to inherited mutations in two
genes: BRCA1 (breast cancer gene-1)
and BRCA2 (breast cancer gene-2).
Karmanos' CGCS provides cancer
risk assessment and genetic counseling
as well as the facilitation of genetic test-
ing for individuals who are concerned
about their cancer family history.
Since the first round of the MJSF
funding, the Karmanos Cancer
Institute was able to hire a genetic
counselor to help provide services; the
program provided six Comprehensive
BRACAnalysis for eligible Karmanos
cancer patients who were not able to
pay for their testing, didn't have insur-
ance to cover the cost or had insurance
that didn't cover genetic testing. Of
the six people tested, five tested nega-
tive and one tested positive. n