Maxwell M. Rabb at White House

Eisenhower's Jewish Advisor

Obituaries

Survey Shows Drop in
Use of Kosher Meat

DETROIT JEWiSH NEWS-55.

Friday, April 16, 1954

MONTREAL, (JTA)—The per-
cidentally, was the only occasion
SAMUEL PAD, 4054 Glendale, centage of Jews using kosher
when
Rabb
was
connected
with
died April 5. Services were at meat, which was 87.2 percent in
A few days ago, sitting at the
office of Maxwell M. Rabb in the an opponent of Jewish aspira- Kaufman Chapel. He leaves his 1938, fell to an all-time low of
White House—with the tele- tions in the Holy Land. However, wife, Rose; sons, William and 67.3 percent in 1951, according to
In loving memory of Pvt. Mel-
phone ringing continually, as his relations with Forrestal were Dennis; daughtel., Mrs. Albert the findings of the research de- vin Sapperstein, who passed
members of the Cabinet and in a field which had no bear- Hoffman; two brothers and partment of the Canadian Jew- away on April 17, 1945.
heads of departments called to ing on the Israel problem. All three sisters.
Sadly missed by his parents
ish Congress.
discuss weighty government other personalities with whom
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and sister.
The
high
price
of
kosher
meat
*
problems, I felt proud as an Rabb was friendly as a co-worker
PHILIP KAUFER, 18220 North- is driving an increasing number
American and as a Jew. It has had distinguished themselves by lawn, died April 6. Services were of Jews, who care less about
In loving memory of our be-
been said that, from the way a their assistance to the Zionist at Kaufman Chapel. He leaves Kashruth, to buy the cheaper loved husband and father. Ben-
government treats its Jewish movement and to the State of his wife, Helen; daughter, Mrs. meat sold in non-kosher or non- jamin Lustigman, who passed
citizens, we may evaluate its Israel—such as Senators Lodge Nathan Robbins; two brothers Jewish stores.
away on April 18, 1949 (19 dayS
ethical character and its great- and Saltonstall from Massachu- and three grandchildren.
in Nisan).
Unlike
the
situation
in
large
ness, and we may appraise its setts, and Ives from New York,
Sadly missed by his wife,
Jewish communities in the
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progressive or reactionary ap- Representative (now Governor)
ESTHER ROSENTHAL, 4015 United States and Canada, mat- Ethel; children, Dr. Herman
proach to all other political Herter from Massachusetts, the
ters concerning Shechita a n d Lustigman and Mr. and Mrs.
problems. The role which Rabb, late Wendell Willkie and a num- Duane, died April 7. Services Kashruth are under the exclu- Harold Gilbert; and grandchil-
were
at
Kaufman
Chapel.
She
ber
of
others.
It
can
be
said
that
the Jewish young man from Bos-
s i v e control of the Montreal dren.
ton, plays in the White House Maxwell Rabb has always been leaves her son, Alex; daughter, Jewish Community C o u n c i 1,
and in the Eisenhower Adminis- active in pro-Israel circles and Mrs. Theodore Levine; eight
The Kaddish
grandchildren and one great- which is the only organization
tration is so unique that it in a pro-Israel atmosphere.
"The Kaddish is a prayer of
authorized to issue licenses to
brings sharply into focus the
Maxwell Rabb was one of the grandchild.
consecration. As we proclaim
kosher butchers.
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genuine American-lib oral cha- first, together with Senator
the holiness of God, His majes-
racter-traits of President Eisen- Lodge, to work for the nomina-
ABAHAM SILK, 11501 Petos-
ty and sovereignty, we dedicate
tion of General Eisenhower as key, died April 9. Services were Hebrew Benevolent Society
hower and his co-workers.
ourselves to do whatever is pos-
Holds
Installation
Affair
Republican
candidate
for
Presi-
at Kaufman Chapel. He leaves
Of course, Jewish faces in
sible to help usher in His-- king-
the White House are not a new dent. He was active befo-e the two sons, Max and Hyman; a
At a dinner held Saturday dom of righteousness." — "The
convention
in
Chicago.
Aftc
.o,the
daughter, Mrs. Harry Hertzberg; evening, Hebrew Benevolent So- Meaning of the Kaddish," in "In
occurrence. In the Roosevelt
and Truman Administrations, convention he was one of the two brothers, 11 grandchildren ciety installed its officers and Time of Need," a devotional
chief strategists and workers in and 12 great-grandchildren.
Samuel Rosenman and David
directors for 1954.
guide by Rabbi Abraham J.
the Eisenhower election cam-
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Niles were close presidential
Sam Nelson, honorary presi- Feldman, Hartford, Conn.
paign.
When
Eisenhower
ap-
advisers. However, their roles
JACOB RUBENSTEIN, 18650 dent, was chairman of the eve-
p o i n t e d Governor Sherman
were more or less functional;
Roselawn,
died April 9, in Los ning. The toastmaster was Na-
JOSHUA S.
their activities were mainly Adams of New Hampshire as Angeles. Services were at Kauf- than Wolok.
SPERKA
presidential assistant, he ap-
limited to specific fields. Max-
Author of
man Chapel. He leaves his wife,
pointe
d
Maxwell
Rabbi
Leizer
Lexin,
guest
of
M.
well Rabb, however, occupies a
"ETERNAL
Adam's chief a ssistantRabb as Bessie; sons, Albert and Samuel the evening, installed Harry E.
position as an adviser to Pres-
of Los Angeles; daughters,. Mrs. Citrin, president; David Rich-
LIFE"
Earlier, as an assistant to Benjamin Dovitz and Mrs. Wil-
ident Eisenhower with tasks
Popular hand-
man, vice - president. Morris
book on the laws
which embrace the entire Sherman Adams, Rabb was a bur Spitz; and a sister.
of MOURNING,
Schwartz installed the remain-
"trouble shooter" for the Presi-
scope of the highest executive
KADDISH, YIZ-
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ing
officers,
while
Isadore
Sos-
ZEIT.
Now re-
dent.
He
was
entrusted
with
es-
apparatus in the country. No
KOR and YAHR-
META
COHEN,
3025
Lawrence,
nick
installed
the
directors.
Jew, it would seem, has ever pecially complicated missions.
printed in a new
Bronze plaques were present-
edition.
Price
reached such a position in Thus it was Rabb who led the died April 10. Services were at
$2.59.
Available
strategy in Congress for Eisen- Kaufman Chapel. She leaves her ed to Morris Schwartz, David
America.
at all Jewish
husband, Jacob; sons, David
book stores and
Maxwell M Rabb is distin- hower's Immigration Bill. The Cohen of Detroit; Harry Cowan Barnett and Ben Schuraytz, who
guished from all previous high Immigration opponents in the of Los Angeles and Albert S. held offices in the Hebrew Ben-
officials in the White House by Senate fought stubbornly against Cowan; a daughter, Mrs. Nor- evolent Society, and citations
3800 PURITAN
were given them in recognition
his specific Jewish folk-traits the President's bill, directing
man Jacob; a brother, two sis- of their many years of out
their
arrows
also
against
Max-.
and traditional upbringing, a re-
grandchildren.
standing service in behalf of
sult of the education and train- I well Rabb—one of them, Senator ters, and three
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the institution. The plaques
ing he received at his father's Welker of Idaho, throwing at
MAX STEINBERG, 3821 I were presented by Hyman Mit-
home. His parents were immi- him the epithet, "Rabbi Rabb."
grants from East Europe, his However, Rabb's tactful handling Duane, died April 7. Services nick, David Richman and Rabbi
father coming from Austria and of the problem overcame the op- were at Hebrew Memorial Chap- Israel I. Rockove.
Cantor Judah Goldring ren-
his mother from Lithuania. They position and the Immigration. el. Survived by daughter, Mrs.
came here in the early nineties Bill was adopted. Senator Welker Nettie Miller; four grandchil- dered a program of Hebrew and
of the last century and were himself came afterwards to Mr. dren; two sisters, Norma Rotof- Jewish songs.
married here. Solomon Rabb was Rabb at the White House to sky, Mrs. Jacob Parnas.
Prof. Jekuthiel Ginsburg who
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a well-to-do business man with apologize for an unguarded re-
an ambition to give his children mark.
HARRY WEIZENBAUM, 9810 heads the mathematics depart-
Rabb's activities on the wide Lawton, died April 7.. Services ment at Yeshiva University, and
the maximum of opportunities,
with which America is blessed front of civil rights brought him were at Hebrew Memorial Chap- edits "Scripta Mathematica," is a
for those who have the abilities recognition not only in Republi- el. Survived by his wife, Henny; world renowned mathematician
can circles, but even among three sons, Leo, Henry and Jo- whose honors include an hon-
and the will to utilize them.
orary degree from Columbia
Maxwell was born in 1910, stu- Democrats. The African Ameri- seph; five grandchildren; broth- University.
died first at Harvard University can, a Negro journal connected er, Baruch; a sister, Sarah Ger-
from which he was graduated with the Democratic Party, pub- ston.
in 1932, and later at Harvard lished a special article singing
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In answer to many inquiries,
Law School from which he was the praise of Maxwell M. Rabb.
FANNIE LEVINE, 16519 Green-
we wish to advise that we
Although Jewish problems are
graduated in 1935. -
lawn, died April 10. Services at
serve all groups of the Jew-
Although Solomon Rabb and not in the direct sphere of Max- Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
By Karl C. Berg
Owner
his family became deeply well Rabb's official_ tasks, his vived by her husband, Bernard;
ish Community in an atmos-
I
Max Wrotslaysky
rooted in America, their home very . presence in the White son, Joseph; daughters, Marilyn
phere of dignity, refinement
Monument Works
was imbued with Jewish tradi- House, his public appearance as and Mrs. Kenneth Zuppke.
a proud Jew (as for instance his
Distinctive
and reverence-,
tions and the children were
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Monuments
raised in a Jewish spirit of de-. chairmanship of t h e United
HERMAN ROSENBERG died
Reasonably Priced
Jewish Appeal among govern-
votion. Solomon Rabb was ac-
Monday. Services were held at
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Corner Wildemere
tive in the Kehilath Israel ment officials) is a strong warn- Menorah Chapel on Puritan
PURITAN cor, DEXTER
Synagogue, and took an active ing to anti-Jewish elements not Tuesday. Surviving are his wife,
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interest in all Jewish chari- to attempt anti-Semitic actions. Rose; daughter, Delphine Levin-
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table and communal problems. It would seem that also anti- son; brothers Nathan, Leo and
Maxwell studied for five years Israel elements must restrain Sol; sisters Mesdames Bertha
their hostility against the Jew-
at the Hebrew School of Kehi-
Miller, Rose Hirshout and Eva
lath Israel and was raised ish State because of Rabb's posi- Epstein, all of New York, Clara
tion
in
the
White
House.
At
the
from childhood with devotion
Gold and Rebecca Meisenberg of
to and interest in Jewish his- Same time it is known that Detroit, and a grandchild.
Jewish
and
Zionist
leaders
have
tory and Jewish problems. He
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speaks with nostalgia about an open door to him, and his ear
MORRIS L. FINK, 9257 Wilde-
17125-27 VAN DYKE AVENUE
is
attentive
to
all
questions
re-
the Sabbath atmosphere at his
lated to Jewish and Israel prob- mere, died April 12. Funeral
Opposite main entrance to Mt. Olivet Cemetery
parents home every Friday
services were held at Kaufman
evening, when the whole fam- lems. It may be recalled that a
DETROIT 34, MiCH. - TW. 2-6200
Chapel Wednesday. Surviving
few
years
ago
Mr.
Rabb
visited
ily—children and grandchil-
the State of Israel and came are his wife, Mollie; son, Sidney;
dren, together with invited
back filled with genuine Jewish daughter, Frieda; a brother and
DESIGNERS 4) MANUFACTURERS
guests (mostly students from
enthusiasm about the Holy Land. two sisters.
Boston and Harvard Universi-
ties—assembled at the Rabb
M. Rosenboim Dies
house to spend the time in a
English-Jewish Weekly
GRANITE • BRONZE • MARBLE.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—M. Rosen-
Jewish Sabbatical atmosphere.
WE ERECT WORK ANY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES
Denounces
Indiana
Paper
boim, veteran social revolution-
Even now, 12 years after the
ary and writer, died here at the
departure of the parents, the
INDIANAPOLIS, (JTA) —The age of 85. A Socialist since the
Rabb children maintain the
Indianapolis
Star, one of the age of 17, Mr. Rosenboim was
traditional Friday evening cus-
leading newspapers of the mid- forced to leave Russia several
tom for the whole family.
Maxwell Rabb began his poli- west was publicly charged with times because of his activities
tical career a year after gra- taking every opportunity "to and writings.
•
duating from Harvard Law present a pro-Arab viewpoint
He came to the United States
School. He became active in the that is derogatory both to the in 1905, where he became a
• Please do not hesitate to
Republican Party, and in 1937 Jews and the Jewish State."
farmer and later a writer for
The charge appeared in the several Yiddish newspapers. Be-
he was appointed Secretary to
call
us—at any hour of the day
-- AMMINIMPgr
then Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Indiana Jewish Chronicle in an fore the Second World War he
or night—when we can be of
Jr., now head of the American editorial signed by its publisher, settled in Palestine. His works -
The Ira
delegation to the United Na- Morris Strauss, who accused the included the "Memoirs of a So-
help to you. We are always
tions. Later he became Secretary Star of "playing up anti-Zionist cial Revolutionary."
on duty ready to respond to
to Sinclair Weeks, the present and anti-Jewish letters to the
Secretary of Commerce, when editor."
"Scripta Mathematica,"
your
ca LI.
Weeks was United States Sena-
The editorial also took sharp "Horeb," and `Talpioth," three
tor from Massachusetts. In exception to a definition of the scholarly journals put out by
Chapel
World War II he enlisted in the word "nomad" appearing in a Yeshiva University, have out-
Navy and served as a lieutenant. Star feature which said that "as standing reputations in their re-
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After the war he becanie legisla- a race, the Jews .fit that de- spective fields, mathematics,
Funeral Advisers and Directors
tive assistant to Secretary of the signation better than other Jewish history and literature
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Navy James Forrestal. This, in- modern ones."
and Jewish law.

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