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Page 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 14, 1986 Upcoming bone marrow surgery i’s only chance for survival by Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)—Michael Shirman, who has terminal leu kemia, was to undergo a bone- marrow transplant at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem this week if tests show that the tissues of his sister, Inessa Flerov, are com patible. The transplant is his only chance to live. His hopes were raised last Wednesday when Inessa, the only possible donor, arrived in Israel with her husband, Viktor Flerov, and their children, Dariya, 7, and Mariana, 5. The entire family was granted exit visas by the Soviet authorities late last month after an agonizing and desperate campaign, joined by leading physicians, Soviet Jewry activists and humanitarians all over the world. Shirman, 31, a biologist, had not seen his sister for six years, since he and their mother immi grated to Israel. “Thank God we are in Israel and united with my Leukemia victim Michael Shirman, right, greets his sister Inessa Flerov upon her arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport. brother. Shirman said he was convinced the Soviets relented because of his presence, with an attending physician, at thesummit meeting between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland. Oct. 11-12. Complications cause death after landmark transplant by David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA)—Mira Schichmanter, Israel’s first liver transplant patient, died shortly before dawn Saturday of com plications that followed surgery 17 days ago at Rambam Hospital in Haifa. A mother of two from Kfar Saba, she had her 40th birthday in her hospital bed last week, sur rounded by her family who were with her at the time of death. Doctors said her death was not caused by the operation, which was successful, but by massive internal hemorrhaging related to the liver ailment she had suffered for years, which had made the transplant necessary. She had been recovering up to five days after surgery and was about to be released from the intensive care unit when she began to bleed and a second operation was performed. A Rambam Hospital spokes man said Sunday it would con tinue with liver transplants ap proved by the Health Ministry and was not discouraged. Doctors noted that the first liver transplants in the U.S., where the technique was developed, had a high mortality rate initially, but chances for recovery now are much improved. weekly specials Sun, Q P*t (B n 8-2 On/ ' ar ciiffi y) Empire Turkey 10-14 ib 1.09 lb. w/*30 meat purchase Shoulder Roast square cut 2.79 Ib. Ground Beef 5 Ib. family pack 1.69 Ib. Shoulder Steaks 2.89 Ib. Short Ribs 2.49 Ib. Empire Chicken Franks 16 ounce package . 1.09 Ib. Empire Turkey Franks 16 ounce package ... 1.09 1b. Empire Fryers whole or cut 1.49 Ib. Hebrew National Franks & Salami 12 ounce .. 2.39 ea. Our Fabulous Rotisserie Cooked Turkeys Avg. 12 -14 Ib. (raw weight) *25.00 each 215 Copland Rd., N.E. 252-4396 2166 Briarcllff Rd., N.E. 634-6881 ^Arfliurg kgshef meats &deli Later Shirman came to the United States where he told a press conference on Capitol Hill that he was given about a month to live unless he receives a bone- marrow transplant. “They (the Soviets) apparently finally deci ded it was simpler to let the fam ily out than for the campaign on our behalf to continue,” Shirman said. The campaign began nearly a year ago w'hen the Soviet author ities, after refusing Inessa per mission to leave, told her she could go to Israel, but without her husband and children. Later they said she could take her chil dren but her husband, a physi cist, must stay behind because his estranged father refused to sign documents releasing him from possible financial obligations—a requirement of Soviet law. Shirman said that his personal problem may have been solved, but the major problem of Soviet Jewry remains. 1905 Clairmont Road (1 2 block south of North Druid Hills Road) 633-5252 An exciting experience in au thentic Mandarin and Szachuen cuisine. The menu is a pleasing combination of modest prices and more than 100 exotic entrees and dinner combina- Hours Mon. - Thurs.. 11:30 a.m. Fr»- - Sat. 11 a. m< Sun.:.....- 12 noon Under Strict Orthodox Rabbinical Supervision Open 7 Days i\ T cws Briefs First U.S. Iraqi shul consecrated QUEENS, N.Y. (JTA)—The newly formed first American- Iraqi synagogue consecrated its ark and five Torah scrolls presented by some of its 300 members at Simhat Torah services last month. The American Sephardi Federation noted that Congregation Bene Naharayim’s consecration ceremony in cluded three Israeli officials of Iraqi origin and the president of the 53-year-old American-Iraqi Jewish Community Society. U.S.-lsrael trade at new level JERUSALEM (JTA)—Trade between Israel and the Unit ed States was balanced in Israel’s favor last year, for the first time since the two countries have been trading, according to the latest edition of the Statistics Year Book published last week. The figures cover only civilian trade. Excluding military imports from the United States, which amounted to $1.8 billion in 1985, Israel exported $460 million more to the United States than it imported. That was a sharp reversal from the two previous years. The trade gap in 1984 was $111 million in America’s favor, and in 1983 it was $386 million. According to the Year Book, Israel’s exports to the United States increased by 30 percent last year, while non-military imports dropped 5 percent. The positive trade balance con tinued for the first nine months of 1986. Jewish studies chair sought ITHACA, N.Y. (JTA)—In the 112 years since Cornell Uni versity endowed its first professorship in Hebrew and Oriental literature, other Ivy League institutions such as Columbia, Harvard and Yale have endowed chairs in Jewish studies. But Cornell, notes Near Eastern Studies Department chairman Steven T. Katz, has not. Official endorsement finally came last spring. In June, Pro fessor Emeritus Milton Konvitz wrote to about 150 prominent Jewish alumni asking not for money but to indicate “the range in which their support might fall.” Katz said he expects the university to reach a decision on endowment of Jewish chairs within a year. Full U.N. peace force in Israel TEL AVIV (JTA)—U.S. military aircraft will land 800 American soldiers in Israel later this month to bring the Ameri can contingent of the United Nations peace observer force in Sinai up to full strength. Military transports are being used for the first time because of the crash of a chartered civilian plane over Newfoundland last December which killed 248 Marines on their way home from duty in Sinai. Shcharanskys name baby JERUSALEM (JTA)—The daughter born to Avital and Natan Shcharansky here last Thursday was named Rahel dur ing Sabbath services at a Jerusalem synagogue. She was named for a sister of her paternal grandmother, Ida Milgrom. She is the couple’s first child. Michigan honors Prisoner of Zion DETROIT (JTA)—The state of Michigan has conferred honorary residency upon Prisoner of Zion Leonid (Ari) Vol vovsky and the city of Oak Park, Mich., declared Oct. 25 eonid Volvovsky Day,” the Jewish News reports. Volvovsky, 44, a computer engineer, applied to leave the oviet Union for Israel in 1975. He and his wife Ludmilla su sequently were fired from their jobs. He was sentenced to ree years in a labor camp in 1985 for slandering the state. Israel wins Korach cup (JTA)—Israel’s HapoelTel Aviv basketball team aueated the Greek team of Apolon Patra 88-71 recently to win ne Korach Cup. Playing before 1,500 spectators, the Israeli r • " eve , r was real, y threatened. The Greek team included no . f r P M y ^ S ’ while Hapoel Tel Aviv, like all top Israeli teams, fielded two Americans. Africa(JTA)—About 200 Israelis living in South number is exnprt°H ? rael overthe P ast few months and a largei Ministrv rpnl i f? t, return ‘ n the near future, the Absorption South Afrira r ^ Thursday. About 15,000 Israelis live in Town and I ^ Ministry has sent representatives to Cape of Tic i /is vui ,; nnesb J ur 8 to encourage them to return. Ministry lence in Smith f/ or ^ lm are motivated by the increasing vio- Israel Africn and better employment opportunities in