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Easy access Joey Sherr, a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at Emory University, and his fiancee Esther Levy use the newly con structed ramp permitting handicap access to the Emory Hillel House to attend Friday night services. Georgia Tech student Joe Shimmel took part in the con struction of the ramp. He is a member of Hillel at Tech. Israeli doctors hail transplant ruling by David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA)—Lead ing Israeli physicians and Health Minister Shoshana Arbeli-Almos- lino welcomed the Chief Rabbi nate Council’s ruling Monday that heart transplant operations are permissible under certain conditions according to religious law. A leading heart surgeon com mented that the halachic deci sion means that Israel is now among the world’s enlightened countries. The Hadassah Medi cal Center here announced prep arations for the first heart trans plant surgery. The hospital indi cated that it is fully qualified and equipped for the procedure but had delayed only because it wanted to comply with rabbini cal directives. The Chief Rabbinate ruling came after weeks of discussion between the 12-man Rabbinate Council and a panel of doctors. The issue was the definition of death, as applied to the donor of the heart or other vital organs. Many rabbis had long insisted that death occurs only when the heart stops beating, regardless of the fact that hearts can be kept beating by artificial means alter the brain ceases to function. Now apparently the Chief Rabbinate accepts the medical definition of death, which is death of the brain. The Royal Treatment Banquet room available for large parties. Private Party rooms also available. Reservations on parties ot six or more. "Fast take-out service” AUTHENTIC MANDARIN AND SZECHUAN CUISINE EMPRCSSof CHINA M 4251 North Peachtree Rd., (‘/ 4 m ‘ inside 1-285, exit 22) B CHAMBLEE 451-1216 r ^° ooocag i?ffnB M n‘ffffmrnTffl M n M F?ffr* r>t3C3ca ^ THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 7, 1986 Page 25 A.A.’s ‘Remember when...’ saluted by council on aging The Fulton County on Aging has recognized Ahavath Achim Synagogue and nine Atlanta area churches for their efforts on behalf of the metro area’s growing pop ulation of older citizens. Ahavath Achim Synagogue was noted for its program “Remember When...?,” which is operated in conjunction with Jewish family Services and the Atlanta Jewish Community Center. “Remember When . . .?” is an outgrowth of the Reminiscence program, a project of the Crisis Support Pro gram of the American Associa tion of Retired Persons. The traditional Jewish family unit, where three generations often lived under the same roof, has increasingly become a victim of “Americanization.” The days are largely gone when grandpar ents and grandchildren can inter act on a daily basis. Now, they often live miles apart, which greatly diminishes the sharing and communication in which the two generations might engage. Recognizing that this situation impacts on the older person’s life far more than it does the younger family members, “Remember When:..?” was created to pro vide the older person with an outlet they might not otherwise have for communicating their thoughts and experiences. By reminiscing about life ex periences, older persons are often able to forge new friendships and affirm their lives anew by coming to terms with aging and recogniz ing their own self-worth. “Remember When . . .?” further affords older persons in the Jewish community their right ful role in transmitting to younger generations the social and cultural heritage of the Jewish people. The “Remember When . . .?” project trains an intergenerational corps of volunteers how to listen and to share in a person’s life experiences. The training is offered to interested persons age 13 and older who are willing to become volunteers to visit with shut-ins and other isolated Jew ish persons in the metro Atlanta area. Volunteers learn communica tion skills, which help them to draw out others’ experiences and make them more comfortable with older people, who must cope with a myriad of changes in their lives, including physical, mental and emotional health. Training sessions are limited to 20 persons. Volunteers who agree to visit a minimum of one hour a week over a 12-week period will receive free training. Other interested persons may par ticipate at a cost of $ 18 a person. “Remember When . . .?” pro vides a tool for the Jewish Com munity to record and preserve the history of the Jewish com munity in metropolitan Atlanta, officials believe. ORT Continued from page 1 man, national executive commit tee chairman, will deliver a pro gress report and review structural modifications. Monday morning, delegates will attend commissions on over seas program developments, United States program develop ments, or organizational devel opments. Joseph Harmatz, di rector-general of the World ORT Union, is Monday’s luncheon speaker. He will outline projec tions for the future needs of the global ORT network and elabo rate on remarks he made at the World ORT Union Congress, where he said: “The greatest chal lenge facing the world today is the challenge of the integration of technology with humanity. ORT is successfully meeting that challenge.” Monday afternoon will con tinue with conferences on Growth, Promotional Enterprises. Capi tal Funds, Basic Fundraising Activities, Community Action, Internal and External Commun ication and Chapters-at-Large. Monday evening’s banquet at 7:30 p.m. will feature Daniel Schorr, national affairs corres pondent for National Public Radio. He will give his analysis of the recent political elections and the effect the growing fun damentalist movement had upon the results. He will also discuss the implications of the election results on American foreign pol icy, domestic issues, women’s issues and human rights. On Tuesday morning, planned giving sessions and leadership discussion groups will take place followed by a luncheon and in formal fashion show featuring designs by ORT students of France and Israel. Community and educational awards will be presented, along with special recognition of past presidents. The closing plenary, including a financial report and address, will follow with the conference concluding at around 5 p.m. Gertrude White NEW YORK—Milton S. Sha piro, president of the Zionist Organization of America, has called for a dialogue between Orthodox, Conservative and Re form Jewish leadership in order to resolve the continuing conflict over Reform and Conservative religious standing in Israel. Referring to the recent disrup tion of one Reform congrega tion’s celebration of Simhat Torah in Jerusalem by an Orthodox WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Orthodox Augdath Israel of America and the Reform Union of American Hebrew Congrega tions (U A H C), in a rare coopera tive effort, have helped ensure that persons wearing yarmulkes will never be barred from the Senate’s visitors’ galleries. The effort came about, accord ing to David Luchins, an aide in the New York office of Sen. Daniel Moynihan(D-N.Y.), after a constituent told Moynihan that Marcy Marks, conference co- chairman and national vice pres ident, sums up the importance of the conference this way. “As our organization moves forward into the next century, Women’s Amer ican ORT members must deter mine how to broaden our outreach and our involvement. We must plan and take those actions that will assure a meaningful education for thousands of youngsters and adults in Israel, Latin America, Europe and the United States; an education which will serve their needs and help them become independent and productive citizens in their country. rabbi, Shapiro said, “This kind of enmity is doing tangible dam age to Jewish unity and must be stopped through constructive and positive encounters between the main branches of Judaism. As all these groups are now members of the American and world Zionist movements, ZOA will undertake to arrange a dialogue between these groups both in the United States and in Israel.” a pass to the gallery he received from Moynihan’s office barred persons wearing hats. This is not true in the House where the gallery passes read: “Hats may not be worn by gen tlemen except for religious rea sons.” Luchins said that no one wear ing a yarmulke has ever been barred from the Senate galleries. This was pointed out also by Moynihan in a letter to Ernest Garcia, the Senate sergeant-of- arms. ZOA leader calls for inter-Jewish dialogue Orthodox Reform join to get yarmulkes in Senate