Russian Jews Advised by Chief
Rabbi to Bake Matzohs at Home
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The the Soviet Government, should
State Department said it had they accept the gift."
been advised by the United
The State Department said
States Embassy in Moscow that the "most effective" approach
Chief Rabbi Y e h u d a h Leib would be appeals made directly
Levin has urged Jews in the "on an unofficial basis" by
Soviet capital to bake matzohs American Jewish leaders and
at home, since public baking American Jewish organizations.
and sale of matzoh has been "Such appeals," said the De-
banned by the Soviet authori- partment, "should be limited to
ties this year.
a request for the resumption
The Jewish Labor Committee of the sale of matzohs rather
has asked American Jews with than their importation." The
relatives or friends in the Soviet Department said it was highly
Union not to send them relig- unlikely that the Soviet Gov-
ious items — prayer books or ernment would permit the im-
prayer shawls — for the ap- portation "of a good which has
apparently been banned."
proaching Passover holiday.
The Department's reply said
The JLC said it had received that American Embassy sources
a number of letters from Jews in Moscow "have been unable
in the Soviet Union that spe- to confirm" reports of the ban
cifically requested that such on matzoh-baking, but it does
gifts not be sent. The reasons have confirmation of the an-
given were not that there was nouncement by Moscow's Chief
a surplus of such items in the Rabbi that Passover this year
Soviet Union—in fact there is would "be difficult" for Soviet
a shortage—but that Jews re- Jews.
ceiving such items from Jews
in the United States are suspect.
The other phase of the prob-
lem, the State Department told
Rep. Leonard Farbstein, that
any action by the United States
Government to intervene would
"not only fail in its purpose
(Unveiling announcements may be
but might well cause difficul- inserted by mailing or by callmS
The Jewish News office, VE S-9364.
ties" for Soviet Jewry.
Written announcements must be ac-
Monument
Unveilings
Responding to a request by
Rep. Farbstein that the U. S.
seek Russian agreement to al-
low importation of American-
offered matzoh, the Department
said that information it has re-
ceived from American Jewish
leaders who have visited the
Soviet Union makes it "doubt-
ful" that Russian Jews would
even want such official repre-
sentations made on their be-
half. Rep. Farbstein was told
that, on the basis of the De-
partment's knowledge of the
situation, indications are that
Soviet Jews would fear "becom-
ing involved in difficulties with
The Family of the Late
ROSE
WEITZMAN
SALASNEK
Announces the unveil.
ing of a monument in
her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 8, at
Clover Hill Park Cem-
etery. Rabbi Adler will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family of the Late
RUBE
SHARFMAN
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind expres-
_ sions of sympathy ex-
t ended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.
companied by the name and address
of the person making the insertion.
There is a standing charge of S3.08
for an unveiling notice, measuring
an inch in depth.)
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The family of the late Fanny
Wieselthier announces the un-
veiling of a monument in her
memory 1 p.m. Sunday, April
15, at Beth Abraham Cemetery.
Rabbi Halperin will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
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The family of the late Sarah
Altman announces the unveiling
of a monument in her memory
noon Sunday, April 15, at Beth
Abraham Cemetery, Woodward at
81/2 Mile Rd. Rabbi Sperka and
Rabbi Halperin will officiate. Rel-
atives and friends are asked to
attend.
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The family of the late Irene
Rosenblum announces the un-
veiling of a monument in her
memory noon Sunday, April 8,
at Northwest Hebrew Memorial
Park Cemetery. Rabbi Gorrelick
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.
Israel Blumenfeld Dies
Israel I. Blumenfeld, 46, di-
rector of the West Coast region
of the Israel Histadrut cam-
paign, died suddenly in Los
Angeles.
He was a survivor of the
Warsaw Ghetto and served the
Histadrut campaign for the past
10 years in Latin America and
the West Coast. He organized
and was president of the asso-
ciation of Jewish Survivors of
Ghetto and Concentration
Camps. He was born in Poland.
OBITUARIES
WILLIAM ENGEL of Brook-
lyn, N.Y., died March 27. Sur-
vived by his wife, Helen; and
two daughters, Mrs. Samuel
(Essie) Ravitz and Mrs. Ben
(Lenny) Scheer. Interment,
New York.
DAVE PLOTNICK, 18414
Prest, died March 29. Survived
by wife, Goldie; a son, Philip;
two daughters, Mrs. Joseph
(Lillian) Meyers and Mrs. Eva
Bernstein; a sister and five
grandchildren.
ROSE LANDAU, 17126 Wood-
ingham, died March 29. Sur-
vived by husband, Joseph L.;
two sons, Lawrence and Rich-
ard; four daughters, Mrs. Leon-
ard (Carol) Moss, Rita, Brenda
and Linda; mother, Mrs. Fanny
Hershkowitz; a brother, a sister
and four grandchildren.
JOSEPH SCHUMER, 18464
Meyers, died March 30. Sur-
vived by wife, Vera; two sons,
Charles and Barry; three daugh-
ters, Marlene, Lorraine and
Mrs. Cyril (Miriam) Servetter;
four brothers and a grandchild.
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ABE HARRY WEITZMAN of
Youngstown, Ohio, leaves his
wife, Anna; two brtothers, Wil-
liam and Lawrence; and two sis-
ters, Mrs. Edward Newman and
Mrs. Hettie Levine.
Retired Haberdasher _
Paul Winkelman Dies
Paul Winkelman, a retired
Detroit haberdasher, died April
1 in Miami, Fla.. at the age of
70.
H2 was the owner of Winkel-
man's at W. Fort and Livernois
for 30 years before retiring 10
years ago. He moved to Miami
Beach.
Survivors include his wife,
Ida; a son, Alvin; a daughter,
Mrs. Milton Bates; a brother,
Irving, four sisters, Mrs. Lillian
Saulson, Mrs. Bertha Weisner,
Mrs. Harry Rosenbloom, Mrs.
Tillie Margolis; and four grand-
children.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi
Ohanna Dies in Haifa
HAIFA, (JTA)—Rabbi Biny-
amin Nissim Ohanna, spiritual
head of the Sephardic commu-
nity here, died at the age of 81.
A Talmudic scholar, Rabbi
Ohanna had earlier served in
major rabbinical posts in Cairo,
Gaza and Malta. Born in Medea,
Algeria, Rabbi Ohanna was
brought to Palestine at the age
of six and was ordained in Je-
rusalem. He was also a grad-
uate of the Rabbinical Seminary
in Prague.
MONTREAL. (JTA)—Marcus
M. Sperber, a prominent attor-
ney and active leader of the
Canadian Jewish community,
died-here Sunday at the age of
76.
Born in Austria, Sperber was
brought to Canada at the age of
six. He was a founder of the
Montreal Young Men's Hebrew
Association and a former Pres-
ident of the Baron de Hirsch -
Institute, the Canadian Spon-
sors Committee for a Jewish
Army and the Zionist Revision-
ist Organization of Canada.
wife, Freda; a son, Douglas;
three daughters, Mrs. Herman
(Esther) Weinstock, Mrs. Al-
bert (Marilyn) Goldstein and
Mrs. Ronald (Rita) Davidoff;
and six grandchildren.
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LOUIS SHOSKES, 18667
Stoepel, died April 4. Survived
by wife, Esther; a son, Dr.
Sidney A. Deitch
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JENNIE ZACKS, 3037 Mon- grandchildren.
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ISAAC SHEWACH, 17517 Mey- lansky, Mrs. Jack Shapiro and
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Angeles, Calif. Survived by wife, grandchildren.
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Anna; four sons, Joseph, Harry
and Henry of Detroit and Irving
REBECCA LIPSHITZ, 11809
of Los Angeles; two daughters, Otsego, died March 29. Sur-
Mrs. Harold Shrier of Beverly vived by husband, Ruben; two
Hills, Calif., and Mrs. Abram sons, Max and Eli; 'three daugh-
Goldberg of Bakersfield, Calif.; ters, Mrs. Aaron (Alice) Len-
13 grandchildren and a great hoff, Mrs. Leon (Rose) Green-
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Spiro; 10 granchildren and a
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SADIE KAPLANSKY died
by wife, Rose; three sons, Wil- April 4. Survived by husband,
liam, Henry and Leo of San Hyman; a son, Eli; three daugh-
Jose, Calif.; a daughter. Mrs. ters. Mrs. Jerry Messer, Mrs.
Robert (Sara) Pickus of Berk- Celia Preist and Mrs. Ted
ley, Calif.; and eight grand- Rosen; eight grandchildren and
children.
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Marcus Sperber Dies
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American Hebrew writer' and
scholar who died in New York
The Detroit Friends of the Vocational School
two weeks ago, were laid to
in Kfar Chabad express their
rest Monday at Kiryat Shaul
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to the Schumer family on the passing
rial services conducted at
of their husband, father and brother
Writers House here, Persky was
Eulogized by Yohanan Twersky,
CADOL (JOE) SCHUMER
novelist; Joseph Shapiro, on
May they be consoled among the mourners
behalf of the World Hebrew
of Zion and Jerusalem
Union and Baruch Ben-Yehuda,
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of the Herzliah Secondary
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