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PAIN IN YOUR LEGS?
IT COULD BE YOUR VEINS
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Email listings and questions to calendar@thejewishnews.com . For telephone inquiries,
call David Sachs at (248) 351-5140.
Much To Do!
FUTURE EVENTS
Featuring:
Nicole Kennedy, MD, vascular surgeon
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Syed T. Ahsan, MD, vascular medicine specialist
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
IRP SPEAKERS
Institute for Retired Professionals presents
its fall mini-series on Fridays, Sept. 5,12
and 19, at the Oak Park JCC. $15 for the
series or $6 per day at the door; free for
IRP members. From 10:15 am-noon Sept. 5
will be WDIV meteorologist Paul Gross on
"The Truth About Global Warming." From
10:45 am-12:30 pm Sept.12 will be former
Detroit News reporter Berl Falbaum on his
book Shanghai Remembered. From 10:45
am-12:30 pm Sept.19 will be Detroit Free
Press business reporter John Gallagher
on "Detroit's Post-Bankruptcy Future."
Information: call 248-967-4030 or email
Sharon Levine at slevine@jccdet.org .
Swollen, painful veins -
known as varicose veins
- are a common source of
leg pain. As many as 55
percent of women and 45
percent of men have them.
But you don't need to put
up with the pain, which can
also be accompanied by a
feeling of burning or itching.
Doctors at the Vein Center at
Henry Ford West Bloomfield
Hospital provide a variety of
treatments that can put an
end to leg discomfort.
LEARN MICROSOFT
Individuals who are unemployed or under-
employed can improve computer skills by
learning Microsoft Office 2010 in a 12-week
course. Begins Monday, Sept. 8, 9 am-
noon, or Tuesday, Sept 9,1 4 pm. At David
B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center at West
Bloomfield JCC. $720. Scholarships avail-
able. RSVP: Lisa Bahm, 248-432-5411, or
see brochure, www.jvsdet.org/betterjobs.
SOUTHFIELD REUNION
Southfield High School Class of 1969's 45th
reunion will be 7 pm-midnight Saturday,
Sept. 20, at Baronette Renaissance Hotel,
Novi. Information: shs1969reunion@gmail.
corm Or buy tickets on PayPal at shs69.
myevent.com .
In most cases, varicose veins
are caused by venous reflux
disease, meaning the small
valves in the veins stop
working. "It occurs most
often in the legs because
those veins are working against gravity to pump blood back up to the
heart," says Dr. Ahsan. "When the valves stop working, the blood pools
up, which causes swelling, pain, and aching tired legs."
THURSDAY, AUG. 28
'JEWS OF CHINA'
1:30 pm. Seniors are invited to hear Rabbi
Mark Miller discuss the little-known, but
ancient and intriguing story of the Jewish
presence in China before Temple Beth El's
Ambassadors group at the Bloomfield Twp.
temple. Free. RSVP: Laura in the rabbis'
study at Ilucassiai@tbeonline.org or 248-
851-1100, ext. 3142.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4
AUDITIONS AT BERMAN
Auditions for children and adults for The
Sound Of Music will be Thursday, Sept. 4,
and Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Berman Center
in the West Bloomfield JCC. Information:
www.skysthelimitproductions.net or Lisa
Muscio, artistic director, at
Stl_productions@yahoo.com .
SUNDAY, SEPT. 7
EAST LANSING TRIP
SUNDAY, AUG. 24
BIKE FESTIVAL
12:20 pm. The Fourth Annual Birmingham
Bike Festival begins with a parade of bikes
in downtown Birmingham followed by a fair
at Shain Park from 1-4 pm. To register for
a race, learn about official sponsorship and
vendor opportunities, or volunteer, visit
www.birminghambikefestival.org .
A wide variety of treatments
A full range of care is available for people with varicose veins. "We
look at each patient individually to determine a plan of care that's right
for that person," says Dr. Kennedy. In many cases, doctors start with
the most conservative treatment, which can be something as simple
as wearing compression stockings. "If this doesn't help, we can do an
ultrasound right in our clinic to see if a patient might benefit from
other treatments," Dr. Kennedy adds. These treatments may include
vein ablation, which uses high heat to close off the problem vein, or
sclerotherapy, which is done by injecting a salt-based solution directly
into the vein.
'SoulMates' Course
For Women Offered
This November, the Rosh Chodesh
Society — the women's division
of the Chabad-Lubavitch move-
ment's Rohr Jewish Learning
Institute (JLI) — launches its
newest course, SoulMates, a new
seven-session series for women.
The Shul's Women's Circle will bring
this opportunity to Metro Detroit.
The course will be taught once per
month for seven consecutive months
and is designed for women at all lev-
els of Jewish knowledge.
"Today, the timeless teachings of
our 3,000-year-old tradition on love
and marriage are more relevant than
ever," says Itty Shemtov of The Shul,
Back on your feet
Since the minimally invasive procedures can be performed right in the
doctors' office, patients are back on their feet the same day, although
they need to take it easy for a while. "People are generally very happy
with the results," adds Dr. Ahsan.
For more information or to make an appointment with
a vein specialist at Henry Ford West Bloomfield, call
(248) 325-3434 or visit www. henryfordwestbloomfield.
com/veincenter
HENRY FORD WEST BLOOMFIELD HOSPITAL
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2 pm. Ruth Ebenstein, a Jewish breast can-
cer survivor who formed a close friendship
with a Palestinian with the same condition,
speaks at the Unitarian Universalist Church,
855 Grove St., East Lansing. Sponsors
include Congs. Kehillat Israel and Shaarey
Zedek of East Lansing.
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Fighting gravity
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BREAST CANCER STORY
8:45 am. A bus leaves the West Bloomfield
JCC for a Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan trip to East Lansing. At 10 am,
tour the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
at MSU. At 11:45 will be a lunch & learn with
two MSU professors. Kirsten Fermaglich will
speak on "Studying Jewish Name Changing
in America," and Kenneth Waltzer will speak
on "Jews and MSU: Building Jewish Studies
at Moo U." For JHSM members: $38 (Bus)
$32 (No bus). For others: $44 (Bus) $36
(No bus). Lunch & learn only, $25; MSU
students. $5. Information: bit.ly/1oAXsXu or
248-432-5517.
local facilitator for the society.
SoulMates draws upon millennia of
Jewish wisdom, from the mystical to
the down-to-earth, allowing women
of all ages and walks of life to explore
the intricacies of love and marriage
from a Jewish perspective. The course
will delve into a diverse array of Jewish
sources — biblical, Talmudic, halachic,
Kabbalistic and Chasidic — seamlessly
weaving together the philosophical,
the spiritual and the practical.
For more information, visit www.
roshchodeshsociety.com/courses .
Shemtov will be teaching SoulMates
at The Shul on the first Monday of
every Jewish month, after a kickoff
event and Shabbat dinner on Nov. 21.
Call (248) 255-2451 for information.