European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Or Page 10 r i stars and stripes Mideast edition holocaust survivors gather for pre Holiday seder in by Verena Dobnik the associated press new York Lola Pinczewski will celebrate passover with her own idea about which bread is special to her As a jew and its not just the unleavened Centrepiece of the Holiday during the we dreamed about eating a whole loaf of regular bread says the who All but starved at the hands of the nazis while losing her parents and five a few Days before which starts monday at Pinczewski joined several dozen other holocaust survivors at a Manhattan synagogue for a pre Holiday the ritual dinner that will be served this week in jewish during the jews commemorate the biblical account of their ancestors passage from slavery in ancient Egypt to a new life in what is today on this sunny Spring no one would have guessed the dark past of the men and women chatting and laughing As they sat at round eat ing their roasted we celebrate what happened in Egypt and that a Good ending but we should remember what happened in our said add that was not a Good before the passover meant her mothers Home cooked matzo it meant passing from the Edge of death to life in a new Pinczewski and her family had been herded from their Art filled apartment into the jewish ghetto in where barbed wire and nazi guards kept watch and occasionally shot some one at her a talmudic scholar and Tex tile died there of in the teenager heard her mothers last words before the nazis separated the she said to you Are a Young for you is the whole i didst see her a second or Ever Skinny and she faced a Young German Soldier prodding her and others toward the Gas in she told the Ich bin Ich Kann meaning i am can the words saved her she was sent to a nazi am munition from she was transported to the theresine Stadt which was liberated by the russians on May after the i was angry at i am angry she but she smiled As she spoke of celebrating pass Over with her married daughter in and her i enjoy passover at my especially be cause of the she but deep inside i dont believe the Mosbach the Messiah will its a Bubble she said yiddish for old wives video games Arent just for those Young folks anymore by Kathy Hanrahan the associated press Flora Dier Bach lived video Gam free until her retirement Community introduced her to the interactive con sole Nintendo a 72yearold who lives in has be come an avid video game Bowler since the Community got the Wii in Wii system players use a Remote to control game a when playing sports this Means moving the controller As if you Are rolling a Ball Down the Lane or swinging a baseball it is so easy that anybody can do some of us older people that Arent As Mobile can do Dier Bach told the associated press in a Telephone it is not like lifting a 16pound Bowling Ball and sending it Down the Dierbach is one of a growing number of Gray gamers peo ple 50 years and older who Are spending their free time playing video Sedgebrook Village has been hooked on holding tournaments for gamers to show their skills and win trophies for top residents have been getting interactive with Golf and Bowling All in the Comfort of their Al purpose Dierbach said the games pro vide a form of exercise and hand Eye she thinks it has also helped people socialize and keep their minds Rogelio a blues legend King uses his Laptop computer to play a few hands of solitaire or other similar card games to it is a Little brain you have to know when your turn Dierbach residents at Sedge Brooks Sis Ter facility in also have gotten Mel spokesman for bal timor based Erickson retire ment which owns the two said the Wii will be introduced in upcoming weeks to All 18 Erickson proper it really is a test of the there is a lot of socialization As groups of people Are playing it is very indigo it is a Good solid activity for people of All Tansill King is a Gray when the blues legend wants to forget about music for a he turns on his Silver Laptop and plays a few hands of when you play games that you enjoy it can take your mind off of All of the problems you i even forget about music when i am fooling with he hearts and Spades Are the 81yearold Itta Bena natives some experts think video games could help delay or ease the effects of alzheimer disease or other there is an emerging Consen sus among researchers that cognitive exercise can play a critical role in healthy said Ben Confounder and director of the games for health the serious games initiative created the games for health project to design games for Vari Ous aspects of health con duct studies and research Poten tial uses of existing games in healthcare an estimated 47 percent of Ca sual gamers Are people 50 years of age or totalling 70 said Garth a spokesman for pop Cap Lenny Ignelzi a a korean War sits in his bunk with his at the homeless shelter for veterans in san Duke is trained to assist Oliver when he suffers a according to the department of veterans there Are about homeless veterans on any Given need greater than Supply of Beds for homeless veterans by Thomas Watkins the associated press san Diego with warmer temperatures the giant tent that 150 veterans called Home for the Winter months is being packed for most of its Back on the says Marvin a former military policeman who been crisscrossing the country since leaving the army in 1971 after three Vietnam combat the battered pitched on a Navy parking is reflective of a problem that almost certainly will Worsen As More troops come Home from Iraq and Afghanistan and leave Active duty there Arent enough Beds for those who end up we All feel like we Are fighting against a said Toni who runs new directions a los Angeles substance abuse Cen Ter providing residential and out patient care for homeless were absolutely gearing up for a no one knows for sure How Many homeless there Are Esti mates vary from hundreds of thousands to according to the department of veterans of there Are about homeless veterans on any Given the a last fall estimated shortfall of transitional Beds for those these Are accommodations meant to serve As a stepping Stone from the Street to Independent the a has secured funding for up to Beds to be added by the end of this year and is seek ing million More from Conj Gress for More its a very High priority said Peter the Vas Rector of homeless there Are safety nets for Milij tary personnel when they leave the for they gel free health care for two years while there were be a funded programs catering Tatj homeless vets until ther now Are More than Dougherty the a also has increased number of health clinics and i ploys about 230 outreach worker who specifically look out m homeless Dougherty said the Agency goal is to catch problems Bej fore veterans end up on the the last two years Tow a has classified Iraq an Afghanistan veterans As at risk of about ended up losing their Dougherty said it can take up 4 eight years and sometimes longer for veterans to exhaust and end up on the
