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'Compassion' policy aimed at stemming intermarriage
NEW YORK — An *aggres- the United. Synagogue, Edu-
sive^'factiye and compassion- cationand. Youths Activities,
ate conversion'* policy.ainied have evolved materials.and
at ndn-Jewish converts was videocassettes to provide
recently adopted by the Uni- direction for their constituen-
ted Synagogue of America, an cies; and;new materials are in
amalgam-Df850 Conservative process,
congregations. A network of Conservative
The resolution adopted at Conversion Schools for "Jews
their quarterly international By Choice** is being estab-
meeting here, also called for lished by United Synagogue,
an **outreach program simul- to stem the. tide of intermar-
taneously initiated within the riage through conversion pro^
Thursday. August 27.1987 — TtlE,BMI-^?T;iN ~ 9
The Jewish Quiz
bounds of Conservative Hac-lah Halacha, to deal with mixed marriages.
'1 president. Franklin Kreutzer said "stem-
grams and singles commissions.
Kreutzer said the first priority must be prevention of mixed marriages "but we also
mihg the tide of mixed niar- recognize in a free and open
riages as we enter the 21 st century is a major priority of the United Synagogue. Only through a caring, concerned, committed conversion policy . . ^ . can_we meet head-on the Reform movement's abrogation of Jewish law and Jewish history.**
society, this is not always -attainable. Therefore, we must establish a compassionate, active conversion policy, acknowledging that when prevention fails, conversion is an alternate answeras once we have a legitimate halakhically grounded conversion, we have
MDA Photo
MAGEN DAVID ADOM, Israel's national emeTgency and blood service, recently opened a new National Blood Servi-cesCentre at Ramat)Gan. The project cost$16 million, which was substantially met by support groups In Canada, U.S., U.K. and other Western countries.
HU research winsbattie against Osteoporosis
JERUSALEM — Osteo- sity in their forearms had porosis; ^^debilitating bone increasedy even excee
level that existed when the women were first examined.
Among the control groups of 26 women ^ho did not exercise, there w^»4mly a continuation of ihe prbcess of
Two major Departments of a valid Jewish marriage.**
Scientists find powerful painkiller in marijuana
JERUSALEM — A group of scientists at Hebrew University of Jerusalem*s Faculty of Medicine has synthesized a marijuana derivative that is a very potent painkiller, but which lacks the halluciho-
Begun again is denied request to teach Hebrew
NEW YORK
Veteran
prisoner of Conscience, losif Begun, freed from Soviet prison in February, has again been denied the right to teach Hebrew — the same '*crime** for which he was originally imprisoned.
Begun recently celebrated his 55th birthday, saying he was a happy man. "I realized I was happy when I was deprived of many things, including physical freedom.**
genie characteristics usually associated with the plant.
The discovery marks the first time such a separation of effects has been discovered, and is regarded as' a major breakthrough in the serach for a strong, nonaddictive painkiller.
Derivatives of Cannabis, .s^ch_ as maxijuana, and. hashish, have been used for ^ millennia for their painkilling properties. Hbweverisiich preparations also have undesirable effects, mainly On the brain, and they therefore cannot l?e used directly as therapeutic agents. The new com-poundi HU 211, is expected to change this.
The drujg is several times more potent than morphine as a painkiller (and much more effective than the cannabis plant from which it is derived), and its action lasts for several days.
disease; can be prevented (and even reversed) by an exercise program developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The disease affects some 15 percent of women and three bone-density loss, .percent of men above age 50, and 30 percent of women and 15 percent of men at age 70.
Bone tissue ~ density was strengthened and increased in women who participated in a special execQise program developed by. researcher Judith Ayalon as her Master*s degree project in physical education at the Hebrew University — Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
The 15 women taking part in the bone-idevelopment program exercised three times a week over a period pf^^five months, ^with^ concentrating on developing the bones of the forearm. Exercises to stretch the spine were also a part of the program.
At the end of the period, it was discovered that bone den-
Caro knighted
LONDON Anthony Caro, the sculptor, has been given a knighthood in the Queen*s birthday honors.
Caro, who is 63, lives in Hampstead, northwest London^ and is a: descendant of an old Norwich Jewish family.
QUESTIONS: .
(1) What term was used for the months of Elul and Adar when, during the Talihudiceras, large gathr erings assembled to study JTorah in the_ Babylonian academies?
(2) Whose prophecy is limited to the first of Elul andthe24thof Kislev?
(3) , The first of Elul is considered'to be the >Iew Year for what?
ANSWERS:
(1) Months of Kallah
(2) The Prophet Haggai
(3) For the tithing of cattle (tithes had to be given jfor.all cattle bom between the first of Elul and the 30th of Av)
Edniohd Lipsitz
These questions «nd answers came from the book Questions Aboui Judaism and the Jewish People by Edmond Y. Upsitz, recently published by JESL Educational Products, Downsview. Dr. Lipsitz ivould be pleased to receive your comments, or to consider your own Jewish quiz questions for inclusion in future columns. Write to him, c/oThe Jewish WestemBulletin.
Canadian earns itonors at Frencit Univ.
Dan Granirer. has gradu- the Vancouver Crisis centre
ated amongst the top 12 out of for two years^ acted on stage,
150 students in the one year film and television and written
Certificat d'Etudes PoUtiques for CBC*s television series
(certificate of political studies) Switciibacfc. -
program at. the prestigious A top academic student aF was immersed in a vast body
Institut d'Etudes Politiques Churchill Secondary; he ^on of political, historical, cultu-
National Debating seminar. Of his year abroad he says: Aside from living in Paris, one of the highlights of my travels was my stay in Israel. I
a provincial scholarship award and took second place in the B.C; Senior Debating championships. Fluent in French, he participated in the bilingual section of the
ral and religious information. It was a time of personal growth.**
He is the sonof Pnina and Edmond Granirer of Vancouver.
T.V. institute to broadcast Jewish l>i:@gramming across^^
NEW YORK - A television institute for the ^^^y^^y features will include reports on the trial
Jewish community has been formed to "pro- j^Yin Demjanjuk, plans for the David Ben
vide support for the production and dissemma- Gurion centennial, progress and news of Pro-
tion of high quality Jewish educational, cultu- jg^t Renewal, religious/secular conflicts.
ral and religous programming in the United States and Canada,? it was announced by Aaron Etra, a New York attorney and philanthropist.
. Laurel Vlock, a prominent television personality and cofounder/director of the Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University; said the programming of the Jewish Television Institute (JTL) will be disseminated
newsmakers of the week and issues of the week.
A second major project proposed for JTI support will be aimed at youngsters in Hebrew and day schools. The programming will be delivered via satellites to especialfy equipped classrooms throughout North America.
"Once again a link with Israel will be stressed, creating a bond between North Amer^ ican Jewish young people and their counter-
GRANIRER
(Institute of Political Studies) of Paris, France. He was awarded a diploma with men-^ tion bien (high honors).
Granirer*s studies in Paris followed one year at the University of B.C., completed with first class standing and a UBC scholarship.
After being recently accepted at both Yale and Harvard universities, he is enrolled as a junior transfer student at Harvard — one of only three Canadian transfer applicants accepted; He will complete his undergraduate studies in international relations and economics in 1989.
Granirer is 19 years old. He has worked as a volunteer at
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by various means, including satellite service p^^s in Israel," Block said.
currently delivered by the National Jewish Tel-evisiQCTefwoirk (NJTN) to 350 cable systems-in200cominunities in North America. She said programming productiqnjs scheduled to begin this fall. ^
"As a people increasingly dispersed geographically; and faced with the triple threats of assimilation, intermarriage and disaffiliation, television uniquely, can provide thC mechanism to reach out, educate and unify," Vlock said. **Our aim is to create a Jewish ^global village*."
Among the programs the JTI proposes to support.are a weekly live hews and public affairs presentation. The series will include a live link-up with Israel as well as Europe and other major centers of the diaspora, Vlock said.
Another program series for young parents will demonstrate the "how-to" of celebrating Jewish holidays, family preparation for Bar and Bat Mitzvah, and other Jewish religious
and secular activities. _
Joel Levitch, who pioneered use of satellite technology for Jewish broadcasting and who is to be JTI Board chaimian, explained that the^ programs assisted by JTI "would complement efforts of Jewish Federations and other established Jewish orgainizations in various communities and that funds for this new effort were coming from independent efforts."
Levitch said the IT! has already received ; major support from a number of business firms in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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