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Jewish Social Services
A Reminder To Employers
When a job is open, we would appreciate your notifying
Jewish Social Services about this. We always have per
sons looking for employment. Although 'we are not a place
ment agency, if we can make a “shedach” between an
employer and those seeking employment we are edways
glad. There is no obligation to hire anyorte w^ho we let know
about your jobs; neither can we promise we have someone
looking for what you need. But there ar-e times we can be
a successful “matchmaker.”
Thoughts From Adrienne
A Special Thank You To:
• Temple Beth El Men’s Club Emergency Food Fund
for the food coupons.
• A generous silent benefactor who gave money through
us to needy persons in our community,
• All those individuals who have donated focxi, clothes,
or other items for our clients who need them.
• Those volunteers who transport and/or visit seniors.
A Tale With A Tall
By Hugh Orgel (JTA)
It was inevitable that some
one would find the Jewish
angle in Hailey’s comet, now
making its appearance in our
skies.
It wasn’t discovered by Ed
mond Hailey, the British
astronomer-explorer and col
league of Isaac Newton 200
years ago — even though he
established that the comets
which had appeared in 1531,
1607, and 1682 were one and
the same and predicted it was
to appear again 76 years later,
in 1758, when it was given
Hailey’s name — even though
he did not live to see its
predicted reappearance.
A comet which appears
every 70 years is mentioned in
the Talmud. The Jewish angle
was mentioned by Rabbi Zvi
Ilani, of the religious-oriented
Bar-Ilan University in Ramat
Gan, during an Israel Radio
program on the comet.
The Talmud’s Seder Nezi-
kin, section Horayoth, page
(Daf) 11, tells that Rabban
Gamliel, on a journey to Rome
in the year 95, was accom
panied l)y Rabbi Yehoshua
Ben Hanany a, sailing in a ship
which was beset by storms
and wer^t off course owing to
faulty rxavigation.
Gamliel had taken only
bread with him, but Yehoshua
had also taken a reserve sup
ply of flour, which he shared
with his companion when
Gamliel’s bread ran out
because of the delays.
“Did you know that we
should be so much delayed
that you brought flour with
you?” the Talmud quotes
Gamliel as asking. Yeshoshua
replied: ‘A certain star rises
once in 70 years and leads the
sailors astray, and I suspected
it miglit rise and lead us
astray. ”
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By Adrienne Rosenberg
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Every person has transi
tional periods in their lives.
Examples of such periods are
leaving home, getting married,
each time a child is added to
the family, a new job, a move,
a period of loss, retirement, ad
justing to divorce. The list
goes on and on, but the fact re
mains that we all have events
that occur externally that re
quire adjustments and adapt
ing coping mechanisms to do
so.
The dictionary defines tran
sition as “passage from one
state, stage, subject or place
to another; a change.” This is
a logical explanation; unfor
tunately however, when we are
dealing with feelings, logic
goes out the window and emo
tions can take over. All tran
sition periods imply stress, no
matter how strong emotional
ly one may feel they are.
Depression and anxiety, anger
and frustration are common
feelings that can occur during
any adjustment period no
matter how much we have
planned on the transition,
such as the birth of a child, the
move to a new city, retire
ment, etc.
With this understanding in
mind, Jewish Social Services
will be presenting a Jewish
Family Life Education Series
entitled “Coping with Transi
tions.” This series will be held
on March 4,11,18 at 8 p.m. at
the Armstrong House and will
include three transitional
periods in persons’ lives — the
move to a new community,
choosing a career after high
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school, and the aging of one’s
parents or spouse.
A two evening workshop en
titled “Moving On” will be
presented by Elaine Chernot-
sky, staff social worker, on
March 4 and 11 The purpose
of the workshop is to deal with
the feelings involved with a
move, suggestions to help per
sons make the transition to
the Charlotte community, and
development of one’s support
system. The charge for this
workshop is $10.
On March 18, Elaine will
conduct a workshop entitled
“What’s Out There For Me?
Choosing a Career”...This
workshop is designed for high
school and college students
who want some help and direc
tion in choosing a major
and/or a career. Through
various activities, students
will learn more about their
leadership style and interest
patterns. There will be voca
tional tests given; cost of the
workshop is $15 and includes
an individual follow-up inter
view with Elfdne to explain the
results of the tests taken.
On all three evenings, I will
be offering a mini-series entitl
ed “Coping with Aging.” On
March 4, a schematic ap
proach to the physiological
aspects of aging will be
presented. The second session
on March 11 will include
speakers on the emotional
aspections of aging £md ad
justment to Alzheimers and
other related disorders. The
evening of March 18, there wiU
be a psmel of community re
sources for the elderly. This
panel will include represen
tatives from the Blumenthal
Home, the Jewish Community
Center, Shepherd’s Center, a
Senior Adult Day Care Center,
Mecklenburg Senior Centers,
The Alzheimers Association,
and a Home Hesdth Agency.
This mini-series on coping
with aging is aimed at grown
children and or spouses who
are having conflicts dealing
with aging relatives or have
concerns about what to plan in
the future. The cost is $15 for
the three evenings.
Registration will be open to
anyone in the Jewish com
munity. Please feel free to call
our office at 364-6594 for ques
tions or to register. The fee C2m
be paid by mail or the first
evening of the sessions, March
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