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Obituaries

AMELIA THAL, 18520 W. 7
Mile, died March 14. Services
were at Kaufman Chapel with
Rabbi Fram officiating. She
leaves her son, Ellis M.; daugh-
ters, Mrs. Jerome Kanter, Mrs.
J. J. Blumrosen and Mrs. J. J.
Marks. Interment, Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Saginaw.
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RACHEL SOFFEN, 17151
Woodingham, died March 14.
She leaves her sons, Nathan, of,
New York, Archie, of Washing-
ton, D.C., Norman, of Los An-
geles and Jack, of Cleveland;
daughter, Mrs. Jacob Bushkoff;
and brothers, Louis Siegel, of
Cleveland and Hyman Siegel, of
Denver. Services and interment,
Cleveland, 0,
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BERNARD WEINBERG, 1991
Ewald Circle, died March 15.
Services were at K a u f man
Chapel with Rabbi Gorrelick and
Cantor Sonenklar officiating.
He leaves his wife, Ida; son,
Jerome; daughters, Mrs. Morton
Kanfer and Barbara Weinberg;
and sisters, Mrs. Ruth Goldsher,
Mrs. Celia Connor and Mrs. Pearl
Bagelman. Interment, Mach-
pelah Cemetery.
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JOSEPH A XELRO D, 18215
Fairfield, died March 16. He
leaves his son, Jacob; and
daughter, Mrs. Harris Cohen, of
Los Angeles. Services and in-
terment in Indianapolis, Ind.
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FANNIE SILVER, 1660 Blaine,
died March 16. Services were
at Kaufman Chapel. with Rabbi
-Stollman officiating. She leaves
her husband, Charles; sons, Jack
and Abraham; daughters, Mrs.
Louis Allen, Mrs. Ben Rosenthal,
Mrs. Marshall Abramson and
Mrs. Morris Gittels, of Chicago;
and two sisters of Chicago. In-
terment, Northwest Hebrew Me-
morial Park Cemetery.

MAX CUSHNER, 3266 Pasa-
dena, died March 10. He leaves
his sons, Samuel J., of Canons-
burg, Pa.; Charles, of Newcastle,
Pa.; daughters, Mrs. Adolph
Bleier and Mrs. Samuel D.
Jacobs of Los Angeles. Services--
and interment in Washington,
Pa.
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SIDNEY JULIUS, 5440 Cass,
died March 11. Services were at
Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi
Adler and Cantor Adler officiat-
ing. He leaves his wife, Dor-
othy; son, William;• mother,-Mrs.
Blanche Julius; brothers, Harry;
Morris and Paul, of Pittsburgh,
Phillip, of Ohio; and William, of
St. Louis, Mo.; sisters, Mrs.
Harry Jacob, Mrs. Hilda Shamas,
Mrs. Edna Dickman and Mrs.
Mildred Wolfson, all of Pitts-
burgh, and Mrs. Anita Ullery, of
New York. Interment, Bnai
David Cemetery.

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CHARLES DUNITZ, 1987 Oak-
man, died March 13. Services
were at Kaufman Chapel with
Rabbi Adler, Rabbi Hershman
and Cantor Sonenklar officiat-
ing. He leaves his wife, -Anna;
son, Seymour; daughter, Mrs.
Leroy Dunn; and brothers, Max
and Harry. Interment, Clover
Hill Park Cemetery. -
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WILLIAM VICTOR LOSH, 32,
9309 Mc Quade, died March 15.
Services were at Hebrew Bene-
volent Society. Survived by his
parents, Israel and Ida. Losh;
and brothers, Rubin, George,
Manuel and Isidore.

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FLORENCE W 0 L F S-O N, 83,
3317 Calvert, died March 13. Ser-
vices were at Hebrew Benevolent
Society; interment, Beth Tefilo
Emanuel Cemetery. Rabbi Levin
officiated. Survived by her hus-
band, Hyman; daughters, Beckie
Brodsky, Sarah Wohl, • and Eva
Rivkin; sons, Sam, Abraham, of
London Eng., and Harr y ;
brother,. Ben Terman; sister,
Gittel Belatsky; and 15 grand-
children. •
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AARON STROSSKY, 69, 15717
Linwood, died March 13. Ser-
vices were at Hebrew Benevolent
Society; interment, Nusach Hoa-
rie Cemetery. Rabbi Stollman of-
- ficiated. Survived by his wife,
Celia; sons, Julius, Allen a n d
Lawrence; daughters, Mollie Le-
vitt, Lee Schrieback; sister, Rose
Turok, of New York; and six
grandchildren.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 23, 1951

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Benton Harbor ZO
Leader, Daughter,
Perish in Flames

Around the World

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A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. the Israel Service of Information and the World
Jewish Affairs News Service.

SAMUEL WEINSTEIN, 74, of
18633 Monica, died March 16.
Services were at Hebrew Benevo-
lent Society. Rabbi Segal and
The United States
Cantor Fenakel officiated. Sur-
BOSTON—A rare collection of Jewish silver, including 70
vived by his daughter, Rose Bar-
David J. Ross, 53, Benton Har-
handwork, were presented to Boston University by Daniel
ron; brother, Jacob Weinstein, of bor industrialist and vice-presi- filigree
and William Weisberg in memory of their - father, Samuel, with
Cincinnati 0., and a grandchild. dent of the Michigan Region of the provision that _Boston' synagogues may
borrow pieces for
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special holiday observances.
PHILIP FELDMAN, . 74, 1026
NEW YORK—The General Zionists, represented by Joseph
Lakeview, died March 15. Ser-
Serlin and Major Shalom Zysman, told a press conference here,
vices were at the Hebrew -Bene-
that they seek closer ties between Israel and the Western powers,
volent Society. He is survived by
especially the United States.
his wife, Flora; daughters, Sally,
Israel
Pearl and Millie Feldman, all of
TEL AVIV—Lewis Jones, director of the Middle-East Division
Los Angeles; and brother, Abe
of the U. S. State Department, conferred with Moshe Sharett and
Feldman, oT Pittsburgh.
U. S. Ambassador to Israel, Monnett Davis, on American allocation
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of raw materials to Israel.
JOSEPH FRANKE, 65, 1767
JERUSALEM—After a successful kidney operation Gen. Wil-
Cass, Berkely, Mich., died March
liam E. Riley, UN truce chief, left Israel for the U. S. for treat-
13. Funeral services were at He-
ment on his feet, sustained when a nurse in Hadassah Hospital
brew Benevolent Society. Rabbi
placed an overheated water bottle on his, feet following the
GrUskin officiated.
operation . . . The United Nations Conciliation Commission an-
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nounced completion of a progress report on its efforts to bring
ISAAC VELANSKY, 69, 3710
peace between the Arabs and Jews . . . Moshe Sneh, left-wing
Humphrey, died March 17. Ser-
Mapam deputy, issued a demand that Israel resist American
vices were at. Hebrew Benevo-
"pressure" by refusing any aid from.the U. S. Instead he proposed
lent Society, with, interment in
that the government float a 100,000,000 pound internal bond issue
Beth Tikvah Cemetery. Rabbi
and ciphon off excess currency in circulation . . . David Horowitz,
Levin officiated. Survived by his
Israel Treasury head, is in the U. S. on a government mission.
wife, Rachel; son, Ben; daugh-
ters, Jean Pearlman and Blanche
.Europe
DAVID J. ROSS
Hacker; and four grandchildren.
MUNICH—Twenty students at a yeshiva near here were
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the Zionist Organization of reported destitute following stoppage of their weekly allowances
ISAAC ELK, 93, 11501 Petos- America, and his 8-year-old by the Bavarian Restitution Office.
VIENNA—Soviet authorities are blocking restitution of Aus-
key, died March 17. Services were daughter, Ruthe Anne, died on
at Hebrew Benevolent Society, March 15 in flames that swept trian Jewish property to their rightful heirs by insisting that the
with interment in Delmar Ceme- their palatial home overlooking former Nazi-held property should be theirs under the reparations
tery. Survived by his son, Max; Lake Michigan.
clause in the Potsdam Agreement . . . The Jewish community of
daughters, Ida Elk, Hilda Sable,
Ross, president of. Progressive Budapest will supply matzos for Passover to the Jews of Vienna.
and Esther Penskar; a sister, Industries, Inc., a lamp shade . . Agudas Israel representatives are negotiating with Austrian
Braine Blank, of New York; manufacturing firm, was also publishers to print 1,000,000 Hebrew books for export to Israel, to
seven grandchildren and ten president and founder of the be paid for'partly in hard currency and partly in Israel goods . .
great granchildren.
Associated Israeli Industries, an A Romanian report indicates that the state-sponsored theater of
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organization he created to pro- Bucharest (IKUF) is preparing a series of anti-Zionist plays.
PHILIP ROSS, 49, 10231 Mc- vide Israel with economic inde- The theater is subsidized by the state.
AMSTERDAM—A crisis has arisen within the United Israel
Quade, died March 16. Services pendence.
were at Hebrew Benevolent So-
Born in New York City, July Appeal in the Netherlands over the inclusion of the Dutch OSE'
ciety, with interment in Rado- 25, 1897, he was graduated from in a combined campaign with the Jewish National Fund and
mer Cemetery. Rabbi Levin of- Carnegie Tech as a civil engi- Keren Hayesod. OSE last year conducted a separate campaign
ficiated. Surviiiing are his wife, neer in 1918. Married in 1935, which raised 50,000 guilders, and the Jewish Agency in Israel re-
Minnie; daughter, Dorothy Zit- Mr. Ross became a widower in fused to include OSE in the combined drive this year.
ner, of Brooklyn; sons, Benja- 1948. His wife was the former
South America
min, Martin, Gerald and Sol.
Gertrude Piser, of South Bend,
BUENOS AIRES—The first chair in Hebrew to be established
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He lived in Benton Harbor for at any Argentine university will be established this year at the
JOSEPH B. GOLDWASSER, 82, the past 20 years. He was a past University of Cordoba.
11501 Petosky, died March 18. president of the Jewish Com-
MEXICO CITY—After an internal crisis lasting six months,
Services were at ,Hebrew Benev- munity Council of Berrien Coun- the Central Jewish Committee of Mexico was recognized to include
olent Society. Rabbi Thumin and ty, Zionist Organization of Ben- representatives of Sephardic and Ashkenazic groups. Fabian
Rabbi Halpern officiated. Sur- ton Harbor and Temple Beth El Sviadosch was elected President . . Dr. Adolfo Fastlicht,
vived, by his son, Morris Gold- of Benton Harbor; member of Zionist leader and member of the Jewish Agency here, was ap-
water, of Chicago; daughters, the National Council of U J A, pointed honorary consul of the Jewish state in 'Mexico. The
Gittel Meyer, of Los Angeles, and recently accepted appoint- appointment of a Mexican consul to Israel is expected shortly.
and Sadie Schrut; eight grand- ment on the ZOA National Eco-
children and nine great grand- nomic Commission. He. was a
Australia
children.
SYDNEY—Dissatisfaction with the. United Israel Appeal here
member of Rotary Club a n d
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treasurer of the Benton Harbor led to the demand that it be dissolved at the annual conference
ANNA KAPLAN, 85, 1600 Symphony Assn.
of the Federal Council of the Jewish National Fund.
Seward, died March .18. Services
Surviving Mr. Ross are a sis-
were at Hebrew Benevolent So- ter, who resides in Benton Har-
ciety'. Rabbi Stollman officiated. bOr; a daughter, Naomi, 14; sons, Cleveland Rabbi Lauds Work, Progress of JDC
Survived by sons, Samuel, Jack John Judah, 10, and Micah, 13.
and Harry, of Scranton, Pa.;
"American Jewry, through its children are still suffering from
A double funeral service was
daughters, Dorothy Mazov of _Los held in Temple Beth El, offi- support of Joint- Distribution diseases, but the achievementa
Angeles, Libbie Borden, Tillie ciated by Rabbis Josef Schwarz, Committee child-care medical of the 102 JDC-supported clin-
Eglar, and Ruth McKinder, of Benton Harbor, and David Ce- and educational programs for ics, hospitals and dispensaries,.
Royal Oak; 25 grandchildren darbaum, Chicago. Burial was in North African Jews, is creating as , well as the schooling and the
and 15 great grandchildren.
Children of Israel Cemetery, a reservoir for future emigra- food which they are receiving,
tion to Israel," declared Rabbi are noticeable everywhere. A
Benton Harbor.
Jules Doneson, Michigan ZOA Barnett R. Brickner, spiritual new optimism has been incul-:
regional director, who conferred leader of the Euclid Avenue cated into young hearts that
had been left to wither hereto-
with Mr. Ross frequently, and Temple, Cleveland.
Mrs. Doneson attended the fu-
Rabbi Brickner, now on his fore through lack of educa ,
way to Israel with Mrs. Brickner tional, health and nutritional
In loving memory of Ruth neral services.
after a two-month survey of aid."
Chaffin who passed away three
JDC
installations in Morocco,
years ago, March 28, 1948 (19 Hoax Seeks to Connect
Negotiations for Merger Fails
Algiers and Tunisia, reported in
days in Adar). Sadly missed by
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Gen-
a dispatch to JDC international eral Zionist Party of - Israel
her mother, father and sisters. FDR with Russian Plot
headquarters in New York that blamed the Progressive Party
A letter allegedly written by "the hopeless misery which I this week with the failure of ne-
B-G Refuses to Invite
the late Franklin D. Roosevelt found among the Jews of North gotiations to merge with the two
Silver as Govt. Guest
to the late Jacob 0. Zabronsky, Africa's ghettos when I first parties.
former president of the National visited Morocco in 1944 as the
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Premier Council of 'Young Israel, has representative of Pr e s i dent
David Ben-Gurion has rejected been blasted by the State De- Roosevelt has now given way to
a proposal—purportedly backed
MONUMENTS
a new and great hope. Tens of
by Israel's Ambassador .in the partment and the United States thousands of men, women and
Embassy
in
Paris
as
a
forgery.
United States, Abba Eban—that
By Karl C. Berg
Subject of a nation-wide con-
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, leading
Owner
troversy
since
publication
in
the
American Zionist, be invited to
Max Vi-rotslaysky
Hearst
newspapers
recently,
FDR
Israel as the official guest of the
Monument Works
government, the General Zionist was supposed to have "offered
Distinctive
Lowest
Prices
for
Highest
Quality
t - share world power in 1943
Mono ments
newspaper Haaretz reported.
Granite and Outstanding Designs
Reasonably Priced
The paper said that Ben- with Stalin." The Hearst series,
3201 JOY ROAD
DETROIT MONUMENT
Gurion based his opposition on reprinted from the French daily
Corner Wildemere
"Figaro"
was
published
original-
TYler 6-0196
WORKS
the conviction that Dr. Silver
would not come to Israel as a ly in the memoirs of Jose Dous- 2744 W. Davison cor. Lawton
leader of American General sinage, wartime director of the TO. 8-6923
TO. 8-7523
Zionists, but as spokesman for Franco Spain Foreign Office and
those General Zionists who con- now Spanish Ambassador to
duct anti-government activities Chile.
DETROIT'S FINEST FUNERAL HOME
both in Israel and abroad.
Zabronsky is supposed to have
Haaretz claims that the invita- received a letter from Roosevelt,
tion to Dr. Silver will come from but in 1939—not 1943 as was
the Genera_l Zionist Party in stated. The letter mentioned.
Israel.
nothing whatsoever about Stalin.
Zabronsky, who died in 1948,
Thomas Dongan, Earl of Lim- ceased to be president of Young
erick, was appointed colonial Israel in 1939.
governor of New York state by
the Duke of York in 1682. Don-
A portable electric ventilator
gan granted the first charter to has been devised to provide
3800 PURITAN
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the city of New York and Al- fresh air for workers in con-
bany in ass.
fined places.

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Cemetery Memorials

LEWIS BROTHERS
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