Sam Oleshansky Dies
At 57 in Miami Beach

Sam Oleshansky, a past presi-
dent of the Chesed shel Ernes
and a member of its administra-
tive board, died Feb. 7, in Miami
Beach, Fla. He was 57 years old.
Services were held at Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.
Mr. Oleshansky, who was born
in Russia, had been a Detroit
resident for over 40 years. He
lived at 18400 Monica, and was
the owner of American Waste
Co. and Oleshansky and Sons.
Active in a variety of commu-
nal affairs, M-- . Oleshansky
served the Hebrew Benevolent
Society for 16 years, and during
his term as president instituted
major improvements in the
Chesed shel Emes Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
Sylvia, two sons, Nathan and
Herman; two daughters, Mrs.
James Marx and Mrs. Al Wat-
nick; four sisters, Mrs. Harry
Rosen, Mrs. Morris W. Zack, Mrs.
Morris Pearlman and Mrs. Isa-
dore Gussin; and nine grand-
children.

Joe L. Freedman Dies

Joe L. Freedman, 19292 War-
rington, lifelong Detroiter, co-
owner of Brass Rails, an active
leader in the Old Newsboys
activities, died Feb. 3. Funeral
services were held at Kaufman's
Chapel last Friday.
Surviving him are his wife,
Lee; sons, Arthur and Stanford;
a brother, Dr. Milton - Freedman;
two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Bielfield
and Mrs. Edward Goldman.

Bodenheims Dead

News of the death, at the
hands of a murderer, of Mr. and
Mrs. Maxwell Bodenheim came
as a shock to the literary world.
Bodenheim, novelist and poet,
was known for his quips with
Ben Hecht. In the 1920s he was
among the best known Ameri-
can poets.
Mrs. Bodenheim's mother,
Mrs. Sarah Fagan, is a Detroiter.

Argentine Prof. to Tour U.S.
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Rab-
bi Amram Blum, recently ap-
pointed Professor of the Chair
of Hebraic Studies at the Uni-
versity of Buenos Aires, will fly
to New York this week to start
a tour of major American uni-
versities to study their methods
of teaching the Hebrew lang-
uage and literature.
Dr. Blum is head of the rab-
binical tribunal here, the high-
est rabbinical authority in the
country.

In Memoriam

In memory of our beloved
mothe r, Anna LaBret, who
passed away on Feb. 8, 1949.
Sadley missed by her children,
Ida, Dorothy, Ben and Clara.
* * *
In loving memory of our be-
loved mother, Clara Hertzenson,
who passed away on Feb. 27,
1953 (12 days in Adar).
Sadly missed by her husband,
Israel, and sons, Hyman, Harry
and Meyer.

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Obituaries

IDA OSTROY, 4275 Monterey,
died Feb. 4. Services at Hebrew
Memorial Chapel. Survived by
her husband, Louis, and two
daughters, Pauline and Rose.
, * *
JOSEPH KENNETH RUSSKY,
3725 Atkinson, died Feb. 5. Serv-
ices at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Survived 'by his wife, Rose; two
daughters, Elaine and Carroll.

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BELLA MICKEL, 4008 Elm-
hurst, died Feb. 7. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by her mother, Ida Mickel
and brother, Jack.
* * *
JACOB BERMAN, 11501 Petos-
key, died Feb. 7. Services at He-
brew Memorial Chapel. Survived
by his wife, Fannie; 3 daughters,
Bessie, Mrs. Samuel Freedman
and Mrs. Harry Rosana, of New
York; a son, William; three
grandchildren; two great grand-
children; a brother and two
sisters.
* * *
ABRAHAM SCHNIDER, 2704
Tyler, died Feb. 7. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by his wife, Minnie; a
daughter, Mrs. Morris Levine;
three grandchildren; two broth-
ers and a sister.
* * *
FANNIE ROCKMAN, 12226
Linwood, died Feb. 7. Services
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Survived by two brothers, David
and Louis Rockman.
* * *
KAREN LEE URBACH, 19342
Santa Barbara, died Feb. 1. She
leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Urbach; two brothers,
Mark and Larry; and her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel
Urbach and Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Weiss.
* * *
JACOB BARAZ, 11501 Petos-
key, died Feb. 6. Services were
in Kaufman Chapel. He leaves
his daughter, Mrs. Harry Ross,
and two grandchildren.
• * *
MORRIS NADLER, 20181 Tra-
cey, died Feb. 6. Services in
Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his
wife, Sadie; three daughters,
Mrs. Jerome Brainin, Mrs. Cal-.
vin Shubow, Mrs. Sidney Gold-
berg.
* • a.
HELENE WILHELM, 18495 San
Juan, died Feb. 6. She leaves
her daughter, Mrs. Bela Paszton
of Israel; son, George Wilhelm
of Belgium; sister, Mrs. Adolph
Deutsch of Detroit, and brother,
Joseph Ray of San. Francisco.
Services and interment in
Shreveport, La.

Vice-President RICHARD M.
NIXON, who was recently named
an honorary chairman of the
national campaign for the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine of
Yeshiva University, is greeted by
CECIL D. KAUFMANN, chairman
of the capital district committee
for the nation's newest medical
college. The Vice-President was
a guest speaker at the opening
campaign dinner held in Wash-
ington recently. The medical
college, the first under Jewish
auspices established in America,
is now under construction in
New York City. New York State
Attorney General Nathaniel
Goldstein now heads a $25,000,-
000 nationwide campaign for
this. project.

Dr. Landauer, a Founder
Of Youth Aliyah, Dies

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Dr.
George Landauer, who played
an active role in the Zionist
movement in Germany and
Palestine, died here at the age
of 57. He headed the German
Department of t h e Jewish
Agency at one time and in 1935
became one of the founders of
the Youth Aliyah movement.
After the war he headed the
Agency office in Munich and
was active in the campaign for
improved restitution legislation
in West Germany.

`Civil Rights in Immigration_, Pleads

For Liberalization of Existing Laws

"'Civil Rights in Immigration"
by Milton R. Konvitz of the New
York State School of Industrial
and Labor Relations, Cornell
University, published by Cornell
University Press (124 Robert P1.,
Ithaca, N. Y.), is a volume that
assumes a vital place at this
time, while the battle is pro-
gressing for changes in the Mc-
Carran-Walter Act.
Paying tribute to the former
U. S. Solicitor General, Philip
B. Perlman, a n d to .H a r,r y
N. Rosenfield, former member
of the U. S. Displaced Persons
Commission, for their report on
behalf of the President's Com-
mission on Immigration and
Naturalization, in which the
most recent legislation adopted
by . Congress was severely con-
demned, Mr. Konvitz expresses
agreement with the proposal for
the abolition of the national ori-
gins quota system .
The author also proposes that
reforms be instituted in the de-
portation system. He
points to the injustice of the
present practices and an ap-
pendix to the volume, showing
the numbers of aliens deported
and those who voluntarily left
this country from 1892 to 1950,
throws considerable light on the
subj ect.
Mr. Konvitz urges the elimina
tion of all but the constitutional
distinctions between native born
and nauralized citizens. He
makes an interesting point in
this paragraph in his preface:
"In the context of a cold war
that may turn into World War
III some readers probably will
think that some of the ideals

basic to the argument in this

book are impossible ones. But

Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded
us that sometimes impossible
ideals are also relevant. Ideals, I
would add, are especially rele-
vant when they seem impossible„
for then they may compel us to
raise our sights and to cease be-
ing completely preoccupied with
facts and factuality. Loyalty to
`impossible' 'ideals may be a key
`to the kingdom which does' not
yet appear'."
Thus, "Civil Rights in Immi-
gration", as the name implies,
becomes a powerful appeal for
justice in the immigration and
naturalizatiOn fields. It is val-
uable in 'the study of the subject
and it should serve as a guide to
those engaged in the battle for
modification of unjust legisla-
tion.
Mr. Konvitz' book assumes
added importance with the in-
corporation as appendixes of the
following: President Truman's
Message of Veto of the McCar-
ran-Walter Act and his message
on aid to refugees and. DPs;
President Eisenhower's state-.

,

ments on immigration; memor-•
andum on visa problems by Am-

erican Committee for Cultural
Freedom; table of immigrant
quotas under 1952 law; table of
aliens deported and certificates
of naturalization cancelled.

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By RABBI JOSHUA S. SPERKA .

From His Book, "Eternal Life"

The Kaddish is an ancient
doxological prayer composed in
in Aramaic. To it is ascribed the
power of redeeming the departed
soul from any suffering, and the
efficacy of invalidating an evil
degree.

By this prayer of praise to
God, the mourner acknowledges
submisSion to God's judgement
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and the acceptance of His jus-•
JACOB F. BAKER, 1746 Webb, tice.
died Feb. 7. Services in Kauf-
The Orphan Kaddish is re-
man Chapel. He leaves his son, cited once during Maariv
serv-
Herbert; daughter, Mrs. Ralph ice after the Prayer "Olaynoo."
Van Balen; two brothers and a During the morning service the
sister.
mourner offers this prayer once
• • •
ROSE MARRICH, 4095 Webb, at the beginning , and twice at
died Feb. 8. - Services at Ira the end of services.
Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her
During Mincha and during
husband, Meyer; two sons, Fred Maariv services, only one mourn-
and Irving; a daughter, Mrs. er's Kaddish is recited after
Phillip Kollin; mother, Mrs. Olaynoo in both types of Syna-
Sarah Faber; four brothers and gogues.
two sisters.
The mourner is to recite the
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MAX GALPER, 17593 Mark prayer for the dead morning and
Twain died Feb. 2. Funeral serv- evening for 11 months, thus al-
lowing 30 full days to the date
ices Were at Kaufman's on Fri-
of the Yahrzeit.
day. Surviving are his wife,
The Kaddish is recited by the
Norma; sons, Raymond, Sol and
Leonard; sister, Mrs. Gussie sons of the departed and only
Heller and two grandchildren. sons are dutifully bound to say
the Kaddish. If there are no
sons, the brother, if himself an
Dies After Re-Election
Joseph H. Silversmith, Denver, orphan, may assume the obliga-
Colo., insurance executive and tion of saying Kaddish. If there
philanthropist, w h o only last are no brothers the father may
week was re-elected president of take upon himself the saying of
the National Jewish Hospital at Kaddish.
When there is no son, one
Denver, died suddenly at his
Rabbi held that a daughter
home on Monday. •
should recite the Kaddish, but
this view was not upheld by his
contemporary authority. T h e
practice today is that daughters
emortarn
do not recite the Kaddish in the
In cherished memory of my
Synagogue.
beloved husband and our de-
A grandson may say Kaddish
voted father, Jacob Rosen-
berg, who passed away on for his grandparents if he him-
March 6, 1944 (11 dayS in self is an orphan.
Adar). •
Strangers and relatives both
near and distant may at the loss
"Your 'kind deeds and
of a person say Kaddish for the
thoughtful acts we 'will al-
benefit of the Soul but they
ways remember and cherish."
• Sadly , missed by his, ,wife,. • should remember.at the, -
for whom. the *addish,: being
children and grandchildren:
al••.1.;
i•.:.:• recited.

12, 1954

JOSHUA Ss SPERKA

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