ITEMS OF INTEREST September 19, 2005 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Jane Lerner, Adam Bell, Jerry Adler

"EVERY FRIDAY MORNING at 7:30 for the past 17 years, several doctors take their places at a table in a conference room in Good Samaritan Hospital and get to work. ...

"The doctors are part of a Talmud study group organized by Dr. Mandell 'Mendy' Ganchrow, the hospital's former chief of surgery and a leader in worldwide Jewish affairs.

"The group of nine regulars includes men and women, none of whom are Orthodox Jews except Ganchrow. ... 'It's spiritual rejuvenation,' said Dr. Harvey Peck, a radiologist, after the group completed its study session yesterday. 'It gives us a moment of respite before the hard day's work ahead.'

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