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Subject: blogger inquiry

From: Peter Heimlich <peter.heimlich@gmail.com>


Date: 6/20/2015 2:55 PM
To: thuntington@deaconess-cinti.com
CC: gregoryebel@gmail.com, contact@goodasyou.org, editor@bilerico.com, bbrunsman@bizjournals.com
Terri Huntington
Program Director
Heimlich Heroes
Heimlich Institute/Deaconess Associations
311 Straight Street
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Dear Ms. Huntington,
I'd appreciate your answer to a quick question for a follow-up I'm reporting re: my item last week about your
program's partnership with the Cincinnati-based American Heritage Girls (AHG): http://www.thesidebar.com/2015/06/my-complaints-to-irs-ohio-attorney.html
As you know, per the Heimlich Heroes Summer 2015 newsletter posted on your organization's website, next
week Heimlich Heroes will be participating in AHG's annual convention near Indianapolis:
http://heimlichheroes.com/hero-happenings
And according to this screen shot from the newsletter, Heimlich Heroes "actively (supports) AHG's mission."

As you probably know, my father's memoir, Heimlich's Maneuvers, published last year by Prometheus Books,
includes this chapter entitled "Anti-Semitism": https://copy.com/7TzRCt1uMZTZCpyl

And via Four questions with Dr. Henry Heimlich by Barrett Brunsman, Cincinnati Business Courier, February
11, 2014: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2014/02/four-questions-with-dr-henry-heimlich.html
BB: Your book notes that you encountered anti-Semitism in college and during your career. Was it
significant that the Cincinnati hospital was Jewish?
HJH: It was significant in that Jewish doctors were not taken into non-Jewish hospitals in those days.
That's the only place I could possibly be -- in a Jewish hospital. Those days are gone forever, I'm pleased
to say.
Via Anti-Gay Scouting Group Also Excludes Jews by John M. Becker, The Bilerico Project, April 3, 2014:
http://www.bilerico.com/2014/04/anti-gay_scouting_group_also_excludes_jews.php Mr. Becker credited
author Jeremy Hooper with first reporting the information here:
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2014/04/anti-gay-boy-scouts-alternative-bars-jewish-adults-too.html
Trail Life USA is a Trinitarian Christian organization with a Statement of Faith that includes those
denominations that specifically recognize Jesus Christ as the prophesized Messiah of the Jewish
scriptures. There are some groups like "Jews for Jesus" that recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah, but
continue to hold to Jewish traditions and customs regarding feasts, etc. A Messianic Jew could indeed be
a leader.
However, a person of the Jewish faith would not be able to sign our Statement of Faith. Thus, according
to our membership standards, Jewish churches [sic] and organizations would be precluded from
chartering Trail Life USA troops. And those of the Jewish faith would indeed be precluded as adult
leaders based on their beliefs.
However, a Jewish youth could join. And a Jewish parent could be present at troop functions and even
on certain camping trips, but not as a recognized or registered leader that would be providing direct
leadership to the youth. And the Jewish denomination would not be recognized as a participating
Christian denomination in Trail Life USA. This is the same standard currently in effect at the
American Heritage Girls, which is our sister youth organization.
If that's accurate, my late mother Jane Heimlich and my father's sister (my aunt) Cecilia Rosenthal -- my father
dedicated Heimlich's Maneuvers to them -- would not have been permitted to lead AHG troops. Same goes for
my sisters Elisabeth Heimlich of Cincinnati and Janet Heimlich of Austin, TX, who edited my father's memoir,
authored a nonfiction book about religious extremism: http://religiouschildmaltreatment.com and founded a
related nonprofit: http://childfriendlyfaith.org/our-staff/
Here's my question. Do you or a Deaconess representative wish to comment? If so, please e-mail me a statement
of any length and I'll publish it unedited.
Thanks for your time/consideration and if you intend to reply, would you please do so by Tuesday, June 23? If
you need more time, please advise and I'll do my best to accommodate.
Sincerely,
Peter M. Heimlich
Atlanta
ph: (208)474-7283
website: http://medfraud.info
blog: http://the-sidebar.com
e-mail: peter.heimlich@gmail.com
cc:
John M. Becker, Jeremy Hooper, Barrett Brunsman
Greg Ebel, Consulting Director, Deaconess Associations

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