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University of
Michigan Regents
Need to Hear From
Our Jewish
Community
BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS
Insidious Disease
Most families who receive the diagnosis
of Frontotemporal dementia are told
there's nothing that can be done. At this
time, there is no cure.
"FTD is insidious and likely causes
are due to genetic mutations that took
effect during brain development:'
said Rhonna Shatz, D.O., director,
Behavioral Neurology, Clayton P. Alandt
Chair of Behavioral Neurology, Henry
Ford Hospital, Detroit. "It doesn't nec-
essarily run in families, but there is a
genetic risk factory'
Shatz explained that people with a
learning disability are more vulnerable to
early-onset dementia because their brain
is already stressed trying to compensate
for their learning defi-
cit. The brain's frontal
lobes are responsible
for executive functions
including planning,
making priorities,
organizing and con-
trolling our behavior.
For people with FTD,
Dr. Rhonna
these abilities are
Shatz
impaired together with
an inability to commu-
nicate and recognize faces.
People with FTD make up about 10-14
percent of patients with dementia.
"There are warning signs that may help
lead to an early diagnosis:' Shatz said.
"These include building multiple large
collections, hoarding and becoming pack
rats. They also frequently engage in new
food rituals, have horrible table manners
and tend to eat more food than normal.
They often lack impulse control and are
often blunt and opinionated in public."
We all develop pathologies as we age,
but our brain continually compensates.
Legal Considerations
Don't let history
repeat itself:
Fight anti-Semitism.
Fight EDS.
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Sara with her dad in 2011, before his
dementia diagnosis
Alzheimer's, for example, provides
clinical signals such as losing the ability
to communicate and loss of short-term
memory. FTD affects another system in
the brain, which is a group of functions
called executive functions needed on a
daily basis. It's not memory loss, but an
increasing inability to get simple things
done.
A high degree of anxiety is also charac-
teristic of FTD to the point where every-
thing makes a person uncomfortable,
even meeting a new person.
Although there is no known treatment
for FTD today, research continues.
The Bloomberg family is participating
in the upcoming Alzheimer's Association
Walk to End Alzheimer's, Aug. 23, to
raise research funds. It's being held in 11
Michigan communities and 650 com-
munities nationally. To participate or
donate to the Bloomberg team, go to
http://act.alz.org/goto/ErwinsGirls or
call the Alzheimer's Association Greater
Michigan Chapter at (248) 351-0280.
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When Mickey Bloomberg applied for disability for her husband, Erwin, Social
Security insisted she needed to assume guardianship to receive the disabil-
ity checks. She had all the legal papers, including letters from doctors con-
firming Erwin's inability to take care of himself. But now she
needed to go to Probate Court and apply for guardianship.
It was a simple procedure, but it was one more unfamil-
iar task that added to her anxiety. Now she visits Probate
Court yearly to maintain guardianship.
"It is difficult and stressful to make these kinds of deci-
sions especially when the goal is the safety and well-being
of a spouse," says Don Rosenberg, a Troy elder law attor-
ney and former president of the Alzheimer's Association
Don
Greater Michigan Chapter. "I often tell clients to plan proac-
Rosenberg
tively, prepare for the unthinkable and to work with an elder
law attorney so a family's financial goals are also met."
Rosenberg recommends families have on hand updated copies of these
core documents and work with an elder law attorney for help navigating
through the complicated laws.
• Durable power of attorney for health care
• Durable power of attorney for financial decisions
• Distribution of assets after death
Staring Down the Devil at the
University of Michigan
A first-hand account of how one of America's elite schools became the
latest flash point of anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitic intimidation.
Molly Rosen Student at the University of Michigan, Class of 2014
http://www.thetower.org/article/staring-down-the-devil-at-the-university-of-michigan/
On March 18, SAFE brought a resolution before the CSG (Central Student Government) de-
manding that the university divest from Caterpillar, General Electric, Heidelberg Cement, United
Technologies, and "all other companies that explicitly profit from and facilitate the Israeli occupa-
tion and siege of Palestinian land in violation of international law and human rights:' The resolu-
tion was part of a campaign that quickly spread across campus. This was similar to a proposed
resolution that was introduced in 2005, and was defeated by a 11-25 vote.
The meeting that night was chaotic, uncomfortable, and intimidating. There were frequent
outbursts from the crowd that interrupted the official proceedings, and BDS advocates made
snide allusions to the Birthright program and various Israeli "war crimes:' After hearing pro and
con speeches, CSG members voted to postpone considering the resolution indefinitely. As one
representative said, "This is Central Student Government. Not the United Nations:' Just after that
vote, the crowd began chanting "Divest" loud enough and long enough that the meeting had to be
adjourned before official business was completed.
The resolution's supporters did not let up their disruptive behavior. The following night, SAFE
and other anti-Israel activists staged a sit-in, occupying the CSG chambers and vowing to remain
indefinitely unless CSG acceded to their demands.
In what shocked students, but failed to sufficiently alarm University administrators, the
campus environment became as chaotic as the sit-in itself, and far more frightening. Students
who opposed the boycott efforts were targeted—subject to derogatory tweets, targeted with
slanderous names, and abused for how they express their personal and even religious beliefs.
It was not just individual students who were the victims of violent threats and intimidation by
pro-Palestinian forces. Student Government representatives were similarly targeted and, most tell-
ingly, called "kike" and a "dirty Jew." Both CSG representatives and ordinary students were afraid to
attend their classes because they felt unsafe.
Jewish Students Tell University
Administrators: Time to Stop Hiding
Tammi Rossman Benjamin-
lecturer at University of California-Santa Cruz
https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1399061426-49e593d29df4fdfa07e1b370c7a65ae8-
860fa27?pa=22296410096
As soon as an African American student at San Jose State University who was racially harassed
and bullied by his dormitory roommates came forward, university, county, and state officials began
an investigation. Within days, prosecutors labeled it a hate crime, battery charges were filed against
three of the roommates, and the university had suspended them.
Sadly, Jewish students who have spoken out have been vilified and attacked for even trying to
call attention to the anti-Semitic behavior they are experiencing. For example, at a University of
California, Davis anti-Israel "occupation" rally last November, a student who expressed concern
about the anti-Semitic banners displayed at the protest was physically assaulted by a protestor who
screamed in his face, "You are racist and you should die in hell:'
Who bears the most blame for the tsunami of campus anti-Semitism? University administra-
tors. Distressingly, administrators routinely turn a blind eye to this long-standing and pervasive
anti-Jewish bigotry and ignore Jewish students' pleas for help. Language and behavior that would
never be tolerated from students or faculty when directed against other campus minorities goes
unchallenged by administrators when directed against Jewish students. The primary responsibility
for addressing campus anti-Semitism rests with university administrators. Unfortunately, they are
missing in action when it comes to protecting Jewish students rights and ensuring their safety.
Administrators: It's time to stop hiding.
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10 May 8 • 2014