THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — nifty, October 2 1, 1960 — 38

Israel Mourns Death of Religious
Affairs Minister, Rabbi Toledano

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — All
Israel mourned the passing of
Rabbi Yaacov Moshe Toledano,
Minister for ReligiouS Affairs,
who died suddenly Oct. 15, at his
home here. He was 79.
Flags flew at half-mast over
all government buildings, the
Cabinet's customary Sunday ses-
sion was devoted to eulogies of
the revered Minister, and all
government and other civic of-
fices were closed at noon, as
leaders of the government, from
President Izhak Ben-Zvi and
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
attended the funeral services for
Rabbi Toledano.
The entire diplomatic corps
joined the full. Cabinet and lead-
ers of all religious communities
in Israel at the funeral services
held in the great Yeshurun Syna-
gogue. The formal eulogies dur-
ing the services were sooken by
Ben-Gurion and by Tel Aviv's
Chief Rabbi Isaar Yehudah Un-
terman.
Many thousands passed by the
bier lying in state in the syna-
gogue, and thousands of others
joined • the -funeral procession to
the burial grounds atop Har
Hamenuchot, where the late
Minister's remains were laid to
rest .
Rabbi Toledano, who, in addi-
tion to being Sephardic Chief
Rabbi at Tel Aviv was also head
of that city's Rabbinical Center,
was named Minister for Religious
Affairs in 1958, after the reli-
gious parties had withdrawn from
the coalition Cabinet because of
a disagreement over the "Who's
a Jew?" issue:
- Born in Tiberias, Rabbi Tole-
dano studied at the yeshiva in
that city. During World War I,
he was exiled to Corsica, because
of his French citizenship. He was
a member of the chief rabbinate
of Tangier from 1926 to 1929,
then served as chief justice of
the rabbinical courts in Cairo and
Alexandria until 1939. He was
appointed chief rabbi of Tel Aviv
in 1942.
An authority on Maimonides,
the medieval Jewish physician
and religious philosipher, Rabbi
Toledano served as chairman of
the supervisory commission for
the reconstruction of the tomb
of Maimonides in Tiberias. He
was a prolific writer and the
author of many scholarly works.
Rabbi Toledano was the ,center
of public attention in- Israel sev-

eral months ago, when he
married a 25-year-bld divorcee,
the daughter of an immigrant
rabbi from Morocco. He was again
the center of a political contro-
versy, last month, when it was
disclosed that he had never re-
linquished his French citizenship,
even after assuming his Cabinet
post.
Rabbi Toledano's death was be-
lieved likely here to create politi-
cal activity in various quarters,
including the Chief Rabbinate,
the Cabinet, and among the reli-
gious parties.

Mapai's Four-Point
World Zionist Plan
Contradicts Ben-Gurion

NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Mapai Party in Israel, and the
World Union of Labor Zionist
Organization, have drafted a
four-point program which they
will lay before the forthcoming
World Zionist Congress, to be
held in Jerusalem at the end
of December, it was announced
by Meir Argov, chairman of the
Israeli Parliament's committee
on foreign affairs and security.
The program, according to
Argov, includes: Broadening the
base of the World Zionist Or-
ganization; reducing the num-
ber of the members of the WZO
executive committee; assigning
at least ten percent of the WZO
budget for youth work and other
activities in countries outside
Israel; combining the Jewish
Agency' immigration and immi-
grant-absorption activities into
a single operation fully coordi-
nated with counterpart agencies
of the Israel Government.
According to Argov, the pro-
posed program represents "the
overwhelming majority view of
the Mapai Central Committee,
contrary to the views often ex-
pressed by Prime Minister Da-
vid Ben-Gurion."

17th Annual Jewish Book
Month to Becrin on Nov. 11

The 17th annual nationwide
observance- of Jewish Book
Month will be marked by hun-
dreds of Jewish , organizations
across, the country Nov. 11 to
Dec. 11, it was announced by
Dr. A; Alan Steinbach, president
of the Jewish Book Council of
t4 National Jewish Welfare
Board, sponsor of the Month.

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D,slc,oI. F■ DOtAt 1110111M1 Of 1$01115TMATION

Economist Lands Mrs. Bella Osnos Dies at 88; Active
Jewish Agency's in Charitable and Religious Causes
Settlement Work Mrs. Bella Osnos, widow of The six branches of Sams In-

NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
"high quality" of the Jewish
Agency's work in Israel was
lauded here by a noted Ameri-
can economist, just returned
from an intensive six-week sur-
vey of immigrant rehabilita-
tion in the Jewish state. He
said the absorption and farm
development program of the
Jewish Agency is "effectively
administered" and termed it
"a job well done." -
These observations were made
by Dr. Isador Lubin, professor
of public affairs at Rutgers
University who has a distin-
guished record of service in
government and international
affairs. Prof. Lubin, a con-
sultant in Israel for the Jewish
Agency for Israel, Inc., pre-
sented his views in the course
of a special report submitted
to the two-day session of the
board of directors of the organ-
ization.
"I was tremendously im-
pressed by the manner in which
immigrants were proceSsed at
the port of entry, transported
to areas of settlement and de-
posited in apartments, agriCul-
tural villages, or other places
of residence," Lubin said.
"Similarly, the work being
done in the agricultural settle-
ments is on a very high -level.
This is true • of the technical
work of agricultural planning,
the 'agricultural extension serv-
ices, the social institutions that
are being developed in these
settlements, and the entire pro-
cess of consolidating these
farming communities." He char-
acterized the agricultural pro-
gram as "a job well done by
field people who know their
business."
Lubin added, however, that
there are as yet "substantial
areas of unmet needs" which
must be dealt with as soon as
possible. He questioned whether
it would be feasible "to imple-
ment the current budget with
the funds that will probably be
available unless the present
level of achievement by the
UJA is substantially increased."
Lubin noted that the bud-
getary procedures of the Jewish
Agency conform to the best
practices in the U. S. federal
and state governments and, in
his view, were even superior
to the practices of some smaller
nations.
He stated that the imple-
mentation of these budgets is
contingent upon "the regular
periodic transfer of sufficient
funds" for those programs
which will be approved for
support by the Jewish Agency
for Israel, Inc.,
• Lubin indicated that the bud-
geting process was made more
difficult by the arrival of new
immigrants' who cannot be
screened in their countries" of
origin. He praised the under-
standing and dedication of the
Jewish Agency's field staff en-
gaged in screening the immi-
grants upon arrival and charged
with planning absorption pro-
grams adjusted to their back-
grounds and individual capa-
cities.
Summarizing his recommen-
dations, Lubin said: "The phil-
anthropic needs of the people
of Israel cannot be over-stated.
Even after making allowances
for the large amounts that
come in from abroad, there
are yet too many people re-
quiring assistance.
"The problem is to establish
priorities in the use of such
income from -the U. S. and other
countries. This would involve
planning the activities of the
Jewish Agency for the next
decade, keeping in mind the
proper timing of certain types
of programs. This board must
study carefully the responsi-
bilities which it has under-
taken to fulfill . so that it may
be sure of carrying all of them
to -successful completion."

Sam Osnos, founder of Sams
Incorporated, died in Miami
Beach Monday night, at the age
of 88.
Surviving her are three sons,.
Max, Herman S. and Bernard;
three daughters, Mrs. I. Fred-
land, Mrs. Gae Forstat of Miami
Beach and Mrs. Robert Austin
of Tallahassee, Fla.'; 14 grand-
children- and six great-grandchil-
dren.
Rabbi Morris Adler officiated
at funeral services at Kaufman

MRS. BELLA OSNOS

Chapel on Thursday. The family
is at the home of the Bernard
Osnos', 1477 Balmoral.
A Detroit resident for 45 years,
Mrs. Osnos lived in Miami Beach
for the past 14 years.
One of the founders of the
Jewish Women's European Wel-
fare Organization, an active work-
er in many charitable causes,
Mrs. Osnos took a deep interest
in the activities of the Home for
Aged, Hadassah, congregational
sisterhoods, J e w i s h National
Fund and other movements. She
was deeply devoted to Mizrachi
and other Zionist causes and vis-
ited in Israel 10 years ago.
Deeply observant, Mrs. Osnos
assisted and encouraged activities
in behalf of sYnagogues, yeshi-
voth and related religious causes.
Mrs. Osnos, the former Bella
Cohen, was married to Sam Os-
nos in 1896 in New York,
where he operated a tobacco
and stationery store. Mr. Os-
nos died in 1943.
Always at her husband's side,
when he conducted his store on
Randolph street in Detroit, when
they came here in 1917, Mrs. Os-
nos encouraged her husband and
her children in their charitable
efforts, in sponsoring Detroit
Symphony Orchestra radio con-
certs as a Sams Incorporated
project and in responding to all
community appeals.

Bnai Jesharun Marks
Its 135th Anniversary

The 135th anniversary of Con-
gregation Bnai Jeshurun in New
York City, the second oldest syn-
agogue in the metropolis, one
of the seven oldest existing
Jewish congregatidns in the
country and the oldest of the
Conservative branch of Judaism,
will be celebrated with a series
of major events in November.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, inter-
nationally known American
Jewish leader, is the rabbi, and
Rabbi William Berkowitz is as-
sociate rabbi. Among the leading
members are Charles H. Silver,
congregation president who is
also president of the New York
Board of Education, Alari M.
S t r oock, a fourth-generation
member, who is chairman of the
board of trustees of the. Jewish
Theological Seminary, and New
York State Attorney-General
Louis J. Lefkowitz.
The 135th anniversary sabbath
will be observed Nov. 19.

corporate-a stores were closed

Thursday in tribute to the

memory of Mrs. Osnos.
Affectionately called "Mother"
Osnos by the stores' employees,
tributes are planned in her mem•
ory. The $100,000 gift by the
Osnos family to Sinai Hospital
already stands as an imperishable
tribute to the generosity of the
Osnos' inspired by their parents.

OBITUARIES

RI V A BACHRACH, 18692
Whitcomb, died Oct. 16. She
leaves one son, Samuel, of Los
Angeles; two daughters, Mrs.
Sidney Markle and Mrs. Nathan
Adelman; three brothers, a
sister, eight grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
*•* *
NATE TYNE R, of 18297
Indiana, died Oct. 18. Survived
by his wife, Saray; a son, Allen;
three brothers, Jack, Irving and
Martin; and two grandchildren.
* * *
MYRON 'P. UNGER, 8329
Hendrie Blvd., Huntington
Woods, died Oct. 11. He leaves
his wife, Lois; two sons, John
and Richard; a daughter, Mar-
cia; his mother, Mrs. Idell Un-
ger, and a brother, Julian.
* * *
SAMUEL BERNSTEIN, 17180
Kentucky, died Oct. 8. He leaves_
his wife, Anna; two sons, Charles
Burns and Morton; two daughters,
Mrs. Morris Rosenthal and Mrs.
Gertrude Klein, a brother, a sis-
ster, and eight grandchildren.
* * *
MAUDE ROUFF, 19340 Votro-
beck Dr., died Oct. 12. She leaves
her son, Stewart; three daughters,-
Mrs. Leonard Smiler, Mrs. Max-
Weinberg and Mrs. Henry Cohn;
two brothers, three sisters and
eight grandchildren.
* * *
MEYER LEVIN, 18611 Free-
land, died Oct. 14. He leaves his •
wife, Frieda; son, Ralph; - two
daughters, Mrs. Leo Zuckman
and Mrs. Murray Kagan of Long-
Island, and seven grandchildren.
* * *
ADOLPH GOLDMAN, 8607
12th St., died Oct. 11. Survived
by wife, Rachel; two sons, Al-
fred P. and Solomon, and three
grandchildren.
* * *
MAX SINGER, 9928 Holmur,
died Oct. 12. Survived by wife;
Kate; three sons, Martin, Na-
than and David; two daughters,
Mrs. Henry Wolok and Mrs.
Sam Donner of Florida; a sister,
Mrs. Helen Cohen of New York,
and 11 grandchildren.
* * *
JACOB S. SOMMERS, 281
Worcester Pl., died Oct. 12. Sur-
vived by daughters, Mrs. Harold
Lebowitz, Mrs. Earl King and
Mrs. Paul Yampolsky of Califor-
nia; six grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
* * *
ABRAHAM OAKMAN, 2610
Cortland, died Oct. 13. Survived
by wife, Lena; a son, Benjamin;
two daughters, Mrs. Harry Kay
and Mrs. Jack Pensler; four
grandchildren and six great- •
grandchildren.

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EVA BRUNER died Oct. 14.
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CELIA SIMON died Oct. 15.
Survived by a niece, Mrs. Carl
Stein.

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EDWARD LEEDS, of- 1060 -
95th St., Bay Harbor Island,
Miami Beach, Fla., a former De-
troiter, died Oct. 11. Survived
by his wife, Evelyn.
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•
ETHEL PAVSNER, 19375
Whitcomb, died Oct. 18. Sur-
vived by three sons, Hyman,
'Abraham and Carl; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Louis Ellman, Mrs.
Max Schnitber, Mrs. Abe Mill-
man and Mrs. Martin Bacow; one
brother, three sisters, and 13
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