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P»«e 18 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE M«y 5, 1978
U.Ga. students
celebrate
Israel’s 30th
by Timothy S. Mescon
Too often, many of us face that
mindbending dilemma of
conjuring up exotic ideas for
birthday gifts. This year, a group in
Athens has conceived a fitting
tribute for a very special birthday
celebration.
To honor the 30th anniversary
of the State of Israel, a cross
section of students, faculty, and
staff at the University of Georgia,
have formed a new campus
organization. The “Friends of
Israel," a group organized by
university staff member, Steve
Letzsch, has enlisted the efforts of
a diverse assortment of interested
Athenians. The groups' first effort
represents a demonstration of
solidarity on behalf of the State of
Israel, and her right to exist.
For Thursday, May II, at 7
p.m.. Friends of Israel has
scheduled a march and rally. The
march will begin at Five Points
and continue along Milledge, to
Baxter, and onto the Reed
quadrangle. At Reed, speeches,
music, singing, and folkdancing
will highlight the evening’s
festivities.
Friends of Israel promises an
exciting, dramatic, and enjoyable
evening for all those attending. As
one group member states, “The
relative ease in organizing this
program is indicative of the
widespread belief, among Jewish
students, that Israel must live.”
Anyone interested in participating
in this rally, can call, (404) 543-
6393.
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PENSION PLANS
—Estate Planning—
—Business Protection-
Nuclear pacemaker causes
controversy after death
—Mortgage Protection—
—College Education Funds—
A new plutonium-238-powered
cardiac pacemaker was the subject
of an intense review of Jewish law
by a foremost Orthodox Jewish
scholar as the result of the
involvement of a major national
Orthodox Jewish organization.
The chain of events began when
Dr. Henry C. Romberg of
Lawrenceville Heights, Ohio, read
an announcement in the official
newsletter of the Ohio State
Medical Association that the
plutonium powered pacemaker is
expected to be approved by the
Federal Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
The bulletin reported that “such
nuclear powered devices may last
longer than their host patients.
Morticians would be required to
retrieve the device and return it to
the manufacturer under strict
NRC procedures.” The Federal
precautions were designed to limit
the amount of radiation that
would be underground as a result
of burials of people with such
nuclear pacemakers.
Recognizing that posthumous
surgery was in violation of Jewish
law, the doctor, wrote to Agudath
Israel of America, a 56-year old
broad-based grassroots Jewish
organization, which for many
years has related to legislative and
governmental bodies issues which
affect “Halacha,” Jewish
traditional law. Agudath Israel
turned to an eminent authority on
Jewish law of international
renown, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein,
seeking guidance on the necessity
of new governmental guidelines to
protect the religious concerns of
Orthodox Jewish patients.
Rabbi Feinstein, a leader of the
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
(Council of Torah Sages of
Agudath Israel) and Rosh Yeshiva
of Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem in
New York, ruled that given the
choice, Jewish patients should
preferably not have such
plutonium pacemakers installed in
their bodies. In the event, however,
that a nuclear pacemaker was
installed, or rendered necessary by
’a physician, the rabbinic scholar
decreed that retrieval of the
pacemaker after death would be
permitted with instructions to limit
the incision.
The problem is further
complicated by the fact that
bearers of such pacemakers would
have to carry a special
identification at all times which
would have to be registered with
the manufacturers. Since Jews are
not permitted to carry on the
Sabbath, the rabbi ruled that such
identification could be worn in the
form of a necklace or bracelet.
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