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Heart surgery, new joints and other signs of aging don’t stop weight training. Page 20
Studies show that creative, fun endeavors, from painting to dancing, aid healing. Page 21
Several AJT writers sample day spas to help you navigate the path to relaxation. Page 22
Atlanta
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VOL. XCII NO. 34
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Woman, 25, Is Missing A vigil was scheduled for Tuesday night, Aug. 29, at Congregation Shearith Israel amid the search for Jenna Van Gelderen, who was last seen Aug. 18. Van Gelderen, 25, Jenna Van who lives in Northeast Gelderen Atlanta and is the daughter of Leon Van Gelderen and Roseanne Glick, was housesitting at her parents’ Druid Hills home on Oakdale Road while they were in Canada. When her brother, William, went to the house Aug. 19, the door was locked, and she was gone, according to information shared through social media, including a Facebook page, Help Find Jenna Van Gelderen. Also gone were her car, a dark-blue 2010 Mazda 6 sedan, Georgia license plate No. PWH-502; her cellphones; her suitcase; and a World War II tapestry that appeared to be torn from its frame. But many of Van Gelderen’s personal items were still in the house, and no one has heard from her since she texted a friend about 2 a.m. Aug. 19, the family told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Van Gelderen is 4-foot-11 and 140 pounds with long, dark hair. Anyone with information should call the DeKalb County police at 770-724-7475. ■
The Jewish Recovery Triangle
Bringing Family Joy to the Community Levi (left) and Avidan Frank, the sons of Jewish Fertility Foundation Executive Director Elana Frank, are having a good time during the open-house celebration JFF held at Brilliant Sky Toys and Books in Sandy Springs for supporters and families who have overcome fertility changes. The event Sunday, Aug. 27, served as a fundraiser and as a fun way to hold the foundation’s annual meeting, which featured new board Chair Elie Engler. More, Page 16
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The opening of the Berman Center and Derech Homes completes “Atlanta’s Jewish Recovery Triangle” in response to the Jewish Heroin Triangle detailed in stories in the AJT over the past year. “We recognized it will take all of us coming together to fully address addiction in our community,” Jewish Family & Career Services CEO Rick Aranson said Monday, Aug. 28, at the open house for the Berman Center, opening Sept. 5. The three legs of the triangle are the Berman Center, an intensive outpatient center in Dunwoody; Derech Homes, a Jewish transitional or sober living facility; and the array of services provided by JF&CS and its HAMSA program as a stepdown referral base for people after or in conjunction with intensive treatment. Alyza Berman, a therapist and Temple Sinai member, is opening the Berman Center as part of the Jewish answer to the opioid addiction crisis that is killing tens of thousands of Americans per year. (More about the center, Page 14.) ■
Helping Houston
More than 3,000 people have been rescued, thousands more are homeless, and an unknown number are dead after Hurricane Harvey parked along the Gulf Coast of Texas for five days and poured more than 4 feet of rain on some spots in the Houston region. An estimated threequarters of Houston’s 63,000 Jews live in the areas hardest hit by flooding. Among the Jewish options for relief are the Jewish Federations of North America, bit.ly/2gmaVG4; Nechama: Jewish Response to Disaster, nechamaharvey. funraise.org; B’nai B’rith, bit.ly/1EKPgws; and United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston, www.uosh.org/payment.php. ■