Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1988-06-30

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Wexner Foundation Awards Grant !o Establish
Exchange Program Between Children's Hospital,
Hadassah'Hebrew University Medical Center
Pictured above are 32 of the 48 students graduated from Kol Ami Community Hebrew
School on Sunday, June 5, at Agudas Achim Synagogue.
Forty-eight Graduate From Kol Ami Hebrew School
Kol Ami Community Hebrew School graduated 48
students at its Third Annual
Commencement and Awards
Ceremony on Sunday, June
5. The Agudas Achim synagogue was the site for the
event attended by nearly 350
students, faculty, community leaders and parents.  .
The fifth year Hay students had made a study of
Pirkay Avot (Sayings of the
Fathers) and presented a
series of informal skits to
dramatize them. Raymond.
I. Wells, president of the Kol
Ami Board, welcomed those
assembled, and Bernard K.
Yenkin,   immediate  past
Beginning in October, the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, 1125 College Ave., will be
the home of a new school:
The Adult Mini School—The
Florence Melton Program of
Jewish Learning.
Adult Mini School To Open
In October At Jewish Center
ing blocks of Jewish tradition as well as the 'big picture'-of Judaism."
First proposed in 1980 by
Florence Melton, one of the
foremost promoters of Jewish education worldwide, the
Adult-Mini School was designed by the Melton Center
for Jewish Education in the
Diaspora of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to help
adults achieve the basic "literacy" necessary for full participation m Jewish life.
A draft of a complete curriculum was produced in the
fall of 1985 by a team of Melton Center professionals,
headed by adult educator
Rabbi Michael Swirsky
(founder of the Pardes Institute and pioneer of other
Jewish educational ventures). Three experimental
"Mini Schools" began operation in the United States
during 1986 under the auspices of the Educational Alliance West of New York
City in Brooklyn, the YM-
YMHA of Suffolk County,
N.Y., and the Jewish Community Centers of Metropolitan Chicago.
After two years of. evaluation by teachers and students, the curriculum has
been fined. The program is
now ready for educational
institutions to offer to adults
who want to make a commitment to understanding their
Jewish heritage.
"If you are seeking information as well as inspiration
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president, awarded the
diplomas.
Principals Shaula Gurari
and Helena Schlam presented special Certificates of
Achievement to the 35 underclassmen from Aleph
through Dalet classes who
were recognized as Outstanding Students for the
school year. There were 14
from Agudas Achim, 13 from
Congregation Beth Tikvah
and nine from Temple Israel
who were so honored.
Mrs. Peter Weissman, representing parents of the
graduates, presented the
class gift to the school, a language Master Learning Station, to expand the school's
audio-visual equipment supply. Parents of the class also
provided, at the end of the
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Florence Melton
"We're very excited about
this new approach to Jewish
learning," said Carol
Folkerth, Mini-School coordinator. "Many adults today
feel positive about their Jewish roots but handicapped by
a lack of knowledge about
them. This school will help
enable participants to get a
handle on the essential build-
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The Wexner Foundation
has awarded a three-year,
$750,000 grant to Children's
Hospital to establish an exchange program in pediatrics with the Hadassah-Heb-
rew University Medical Center at Ein Karem;
Hospital and Medical Center officials said the grant
will launch a long-term professional relationship to enhance pediatric medicine
and surgery at the two institutions. Both are widely
recognized for the excellence of their research,
teaching and patient care.
The Medical Center is part
of the Hadassah Medical Organization, which also encompasses the Hadassah-
University Hospital on
Mount Scopus and. five
schools for professional education affiliated with the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Center currently
is constructing a $7.5 million
Children's Pavilion to
consolidate and upgrade its
pediatric services and facilities.
HMO is the health care
arm in Israel of Hadassah,
the Women's Zionist Organization of America.
Hadassah is the largest Jewish women's volunteer group
in the United States and the
largest.Zionist organization
in the world.
Election and Installation
of Barbara Brandt as Geriatric Service Organization
president, Irving Barkan as
Heritage Village president,
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Brandt To Become New President
Of Geriatric Service Organization
Other highlights include
the Dedication of the Morris
and Fannie Skilken Wing,
with tours to be held from
6:30-7 p.m., and the presentation of the title of honorary
chairman of the board of
Bella Wexner, who currently
serves as vice president and
chairman of the Home's Admissions Committee.
Brandt currently serves as
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Barbara K. Brandt
the officers and members of
the Heritage Village, Heritage Tower, the Geriatric
Service Organization and the
Heritage Village Auxiliary
will be featured in the 27th
Heritage Village Annual
Meeting, to be held on Sunday, July 10, at 7 p.m.
Leslie Wexner, chairman
of The Limited, and his
mother, Bella Wexner, are
co-chairpersons of the Wexner Foundation. Belle Wexner has long been an active
member of Hadassah and is
a major supporter of Children's Hospital.
. The hospital, which is
known for its clinical research in pediatric medicine
and surgery, recently dedicated the Wexner Institute
for Pediatric Research,
which was funded by a grant
from Bella Wexner. The new
120,000 square foot facility
represents a major expansion in the hospital's research in pediatric medicine.
The Children's Hospital
was established in 1892 and
is one of the largest pediatric
referral centers in the nation, caring for more than
150,000 young patients each
year. It also is a major
educational center which
trains professionals in fields
ranging frohi laboratory
technology and nursing to
virtually every discipline in
pediatric medicine.
' 'This gift will enable both
Hadassah and Children's
Hospital to undertake a
unique and mutually beneficial program of training and
research," according to Dr.
Samuel Penchas, director
general of the Hadassah
Medical Organization. Dr.
Penchas and representatives of the Medical Center's
staff in pediatric nursing,
medicine and surgery met
here with Stuart Williams,
the administrator of Children's Hospital, and Dr. Philip Walson, the hospital's di-
rector of pharmacology and
toxicology, to develop plans
for implementing  the exchange program.
The Wexner Foundation,
which last year launched a
major initiative to upgrade
Jewish professional leadership, has made significant
grants in Columbus, most
notably for the research inti-
tute at Children's Hospital
and the Wexner Center for
the Visual Arts, currently
under construction on the
campus of The Ohio State
University. The joint program with Hadassah is the
Foundation's first major
commitment in the health
care field.
Rabbi Maurice S. Corson,
president of the Wexner
Foundation, said that "it is
our hope that through this
joint program the Foundation will significantly advance the already outstanding research and quality of
care of both institutions."
The Wexner Foundation
grant provides for fellowships to permit an exchange
between the two institutions
of pediatric physicians and
surgeons who have completed a minimum of two
years of post-graduate training and wish to pursue further advanced study in both
research and patient care.
Two fellowships are to be
awarded each year for periods ranging from six
months to two years.
In addition, the program
calls for an exchange of faculty members who will participate in training sessions
and collaborative research,
and will share their experience in diagnostic, surgical
and medical care.
Up to 40 nurses from the
Medical  Center  will  be
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Dr. Medad Schiller (left), head of the Department of
Pediatric Surgery at the Hadassah-Hebrew University
Medical Center at Ein Karen, discusses the treatment
of one of his youngest patients, an Arab infant from
•'Gaza, with Stuart Williams (center), administrator,
and Dr, Philip Walson (right), director of Pharmacology and Toxicology, at Children's Hospital. The-
Wexner Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to the
hospital to establish an exchange program in pediatrics with the Medical Center.
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