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Lincoln plans reception for Rabbi Mark Bisman Rabbi Mark BUman and Predda Busman will bt honored at a public reception at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Lincoln on July 17 at 7 p.m. The reception by the Congregation closes 10 yean of service I by the Bismans to j Tifenth Israel and tbe community t they prepare for a new assignment In commenting on Rabbi Bisman'i tenure, tbe second longest in the congregation's history, Congregation president E v e r e t t | Evnen said, "It is with profound relUtxft Bisman gret that we say good-bye to tbe Bisman family. Rabbi Blaman has served us with compassion and dtdicsted leadership during a Urns of congregational transition. Both bt and Predda have mad* numerous contributions to tbe community. We wish them wall in their naw undertakings and will miss them." Rabbi Bisman came to Lincoln in 1073 following his ordination at tbe Jewish The-
ological Seminary in New York. Prior to his ordination be had received a master of Hebrew letters degree from the Seminary and a bachelor's degree from Columbia University. His tenure in Lincoln saw the expansion of adult education programs, major revision* of the religious school curriculum, increased Shabbat attendance and (till integration of women into synagogue ritual. Rabbi BUman served as president of the Lincoln Clergy Association and president of the Central States region of the Rabbinical Assembly of America. He also served as treasurer and steering committee member of the Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty, board member of Services for Independent Living and the Grief Center of Lincoln. He was also responsible for the Jewish content of radio station KFOR's Faith Forum series in 1978. Fredda Bisman earned degrees at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary and a J.O. degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A practicing attorney in Lincoln, she was also a member of the Lincoln Public Schools Educational Equity Committee, and was active in the Women's League for Conservative Judiasm and the Lincoln Chapter of Hadassah.
Ben Gurion scientists discover calcium link Beersheva, Israel — A major breakthrough in medical research has been announced at Ben-Gurion University on the body's processing of Vitamin D which may mean the end of suffering for millions of senior citizens and kidney dialysis patients throughout the world. Dr. Shraga Shany of the Toor Institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, together with Prof. David Galinaky, head of the Geriatrics Dent of Soroka University Hospital in Beeraheva found that many nursing home residents suffer from an inadequate supply of Vitamin D, which is the bone-building form of Vitamin D manufactured by the body. These elderly patients lack D, even after receiving a sufficient supply through such foods as fish, margarine, and exposure to natural sunlight. After treating nursing home patients over a six-week period with supplementary doses of Vitamin D, Dr. Shany and Dr. Galinsky found that although the patients absorbed a significant amount of the compound, their kidneys did not manufacture sufficient Vitamin D, to promote the healing of bones. Their research also clearly demonstrated that the body's ability to produce the essential requisite amount of Vitamin D, declines with age.
itates the calcium-providing efforts of Vitamin D.
FBI probes shooting at Yeshiva University By Yitzhak Rabi NEW YORK. <JTA) - Tbe FBI continued its investigation of the shooting attack near Yeshiva University in upper Manhattan in which two rabbinical students and a Yeshiva high school student were wounded. "We are still in the preliminary stages of the investigation," Ken Walton, deputy assistant director or the FBI in New York told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He said the FBI has no new leads so far regarding the case. Meanwhile, the New York Police Department was continuing to maintain a heavy presence around Yeshivs University. Police Commissioner Robert McGuire said a team of 10 detectives was assigned to investigate the case.
decided to enter the investigation, following a requtst by the Congress to the Justice Department. At the AJC Committee meeting, representatives of the Jewish and Hispanic communities, together with representatives of the police department and leaders of other ethnic and religious groups expressed their outrage at the attack and their determination to join forces to prevent such attacks in the future. • The AJC Committee's New York Chapter pledged $1,000 of the $3,000 reward; the New York Jewish Community Relations Council pledged $1,000; and Lawrence Tisch, president of the JCRC, pledged a personal contribution on behalf of the JCRC of $l,O0O.
But he pointed out that unlike similar attacks, no one has claimed responsibility for the Yeshiva University shooting, and two similar other attacks against Jewish targets in tbe Washington Heights ana in the last three weeks, a fact that makes the investigation more difficult Tbe police disclosed that ballistic tests indicated tbe weapons used in the shooting at Heebie's restaurant had been used in a shooting near Jewish Memorial Hospital on June 9.
An AJC Committee spokesman said it was "hoped" that the reward fund "will match or surpass" the $10,000 pledged by Mayor Edward Koch to aid the capture of the gunmen.
Tbe police said the attacks were connecttU with June 7 incident in which «hoU were fired into the lobby of a Yeshiva University building.
Wounded in tfr* attack were Yoeaef Zimmerman, 40, and Abraham Weintraub, 26, both senior rabbinical students at the University.
A reward fund of $3,000, to supplement the 110,000 reward offered by New York City for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunmen who attacked the restaurant near Yeshiva University, was announced at a meeting at the American Jewish Committee. Also the American Jewish Congress announced that the FBI
Weintraub was treated and released from the hospital the same day. Zimmerman was released from Presbyterian Hospital and his condition was described by a spokesman for the University as "stable." The high school student who was also wounded, suffered superficial cuts and did not require hospitalitation.
Last week's attack took place at about 11:30 a.m. when "three or four men" described by eyewitnesses as "Hispanic looking," fired about 20 shots from a speeding car into the kosher restaurant across from the main building of Yeshiva University.
It became apparent that a synthetic form of Vitamin D, would assist elderly patients overcome their high susceptibility to bone fractures and kidney disorders as well. Another research team at BGU headed by Dr. Shany and Dr. R S. Kcstenbaum together with Dr. Yitzhak Mellcr and Prof. G. Torok of the Orthopedics Dept of the Soroka University Hospital discovered that an increase in this form of Vitamin D applied directly at the site of the fracture, helps speed the bone healing process — indicating an exciting and important break-through in this area of treatment. Interestingly also, the successful manufacture of this synthetic vitamin might also prove important in treating Bedouin mothers and infants in the Negev desert who, according to Dr. Shany, evidence unusual difficulty in producing this bone-restoring compound through natural body processes. The Bedouin's high susceptibility to bone ailments may, finally, and for tbe first time, be greatly reduced.
A total of $3 million is being invested in drug research nt Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in conjunction with its affiliate, Ben-Gurion University's researchers Yeda, the high technology commercial rehave also found a link between the kidney's search arm of the Weizmann Institute.' The ability to process metabolites from Vitamin new drug is called 2 4 , 2 5 dlhydroxy Vii D in order for the body to absorb calcium, tamin D , and will be marketed world wide and success in creating compounds which for the treatment of osteoporosis, the bone can use the calcium to build bones. Dr. disease common among old people qnd Sbany suggests the treatment of kidney pa-. kidney dialysis patients. Clinical testa of the tients with the new synthetic medicine to drug are already under way in Israel and encourage bone-repairing functions will ne- overseas, the results of which are eagerly cessitate application of the drug which im- awaited in medical circles worldwide.
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Kalinski— lost and found Israeli antl-Sovlot publicist Abraham Kalinski visited Omaha recently on his way to tbe West Coast and gave tbe Jewish Press an interview about bis 16year experience in Soviet prison camps. Kolinaki, who waa imprisoned in Russia after an American double agent informed on bim to the KOB, claims to have seen Rooul Wallenberg in prison years after the Sovieta eay Wallenberg died. The interview with Mr. Kalinski appeared in last week's Jewish Press, however, the camera containing his picture was temporarily lost.