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By Barbara Beznos, RD/LD/N
Integrated Nutrition, LLC
Dear Barb,
PART 1
What's Jewish
About Butterflies?
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How can
combat my
Chronic
Fatigue?
Fatigue is an over-whelming
sense of exhaustion and a
de-creased capacity for physical
and mental work, regardless
of sleep. Fatigue can have
emotional, nutritional, mental,
and physical components
arising from poor nutrition.
Fatigue can be caused by a state
of depression, overpowering
stress, an infection, a result
of medications, a reaction
to allergies, and a weakened
immune system. Fatigue can
have emotional, nutritional,
mental, and physical
components arising from one's
poor nutrition.
To name a few, Cancer,
Diabetes, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome, poor circulation,
Hypothyroidism, malabsorption,
anemia, candidius, Epstein Barr
Virus, Mononucleosis, allergies,
Hypoglycemia, menopause,
migraines, pneumonia,
Narcolepsy or seizures, to name
a few, can deplete your energy
to chronic fatigue.
Temple Israel fourth-graders make art
for Children's Hospital in Troy.
Judy Greenwald I Contributing Writer
eeing a beautiful butterfly —
what better way to brighten the
day of someone who's not feeling
well?
It was this thought that inspired Temple
Israel's Tyner Religious School art teachers
Betsy Best and Marjie Benson to incor-
porate a community-inspired art project
into the school's fourth-grade Judaica
class. During six Sunday school classes,
more than 125 students designed and
decorated four large wooden butterfly wall
murals, using Popsicle sticks they painted
as well as "google" eyes, mixed media
and recycled materials for each different
mural. The butterflies will be presented to
the new Children's Hospital of Michigan
Specialty Center in Troy in January
"Michelle Rosenfeld, a temple mom
who works with the art director at
Children's Hospital and was our liaison
there, mentioned the butterfly project
to me:' said Besl. A 25-year member of
Temple Israel, Best teaches art to chil-
dren ages 18 months to 18 years in the
synagogue's early childhood center, and
elementary, middle and high schools. "We
felt it would be a fabulous project for the
fourth-grade class.
"The hospital provided the 4-foot-
Some other symptoms to
consider are an underactive
thyroid, which will worsen
as you age. If you are anemic,
this will reduce the amount of
oxygen, coupled with nutritional
deficiencies in B 12, folate, and
B6. These are common in the
elderly.
Contact Barb At:
Integrated Nutrition, L.L.C.
31731 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 105 E
Farmington Hills, Mi 48334
Phone:
(248) 538-8050
E-Mail:
rds@integratednutrition.com
Web:
www.integratednutrition.com
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wide wooden cut-outs for the children
to decorate any way they wanted," Best
continued. "Michelle told me the hospital
will have a dedication ceremony where
50 or more butterflies made by different
schools, groups and organizations will be
presented:'
Grace Serra, art adviser for Children's
Hospital, said, "Michelle has been an
amazing help in reaching out to the com-
munity to engage as many kids as possible
in making art for our new hospital in Troy.
The butterflies made by the Temple Israel
students will be used to distract kids from
the stress and anxiety they may feel when
they come to the hospital.
"One of the butterflies will be displayed
where kids will be poked to get a blood
draw. It's an especially stressful place,
and our goal is for them to focus on this
colorful work that other kids made for
them. The one with the eyes will hang in a
hallway that leads to the pre-op room. We
want the kids to enjoy the artwork rather
than think about what's coming next:'
Besl noted that there were other, older
Temple Israel students who helped with
this special project. Blake Rubenstein
and Anna Segal, classroom madrichim,
assisted her and Benson, a retired Detroit
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Public Schools art teacher who has been
teaching at Temple Israel for more than 20
years.
The two teachers used the book What's
Jewish About Butterflies as a guide for their
latest art project because, said Besl, with
the many species of this delicate creature,
varying in color, size and shape, butterflies
remind us of all the variations and chal-
lenges found in the human race.
As Maxine Segal Handelman and
Deborah L. Schein wrote in their
renowned book 'According to the creation
story in the Torah, butterflies were created
by God on the sixth day, the same day
that humans were created. Observing but-
terflies in nature is a lesson in the awe of
creation:"
The act of creating art led to a lot of fun
for the children as they worked on the but-
terfly murals. Four of the 9-year-olds who
participated all expressed their enjoyment
in helping the project take flight.
"It made me feel good that it will be
hung in the hospital for people to see who
don't feel so well," Maddie Charnas said.
Samantha Bloch was the young artist
who created the face of the Popsicle stick
butterfly. "It was fun to do something
special to help children forget about sad
things," she said. "It was a huge honor, and
I love being part of something so special:'
Sara Cohon agreed. "It was very fun,
but a lot of work," she said. "I love how it
turned out:'
Ella Young's favorite part of the artwork
was turning a plain butterfly into one with
"a zillion eyes! I think the people at the
hospital will feel better and happ y ; she
added.
In addition to the murals, the children
made colorful get-well cards that Besl said
would be given out to the patients.
She noted, "With brit (partnership with
God) and gemilut chasidim (acts of loy-
ingkindness), our children can span the
bridge between our Jewish community
and our wider secular community as they
bring a lot of pleasure and perhaps a little
healing with the beauty of their butter-
flies:' *