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December 20, 1963 - Image 31

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1963-12-20

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Jacob Chicorel, of 21830 Bev-
erly, Oak Park, for many years
a leader in the Sephardic
Jewish community of Detroit,
died last Saturday at the age
of 69.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Kaufman Chapel.
Surviving him are his wife,
Judith; sons, Max, Albert, David
and Ralph; daughter s, Mrs.
Esther Sibrack and Mrs. 'Shirley
Behar; a brother, Salvatore
Cicurel, and 13 grandchildren.
Mr. Chicorel came from an old
family of Jews who are descend-
ed from the Spanish Jewish com•
munities before 'the Inquisition.
Many of them had lived in Tur-
key.
Mr. Chicorel was born April
17, 1894, in Smyrna, Turkey. His
father died when he was a year
old and Jacob Chicorel had to
leave school after Bar Mitzvah to
support his mother, Sazbona Aa-
ditti Cicurel.
His father was attorney gen-
eral of Urla, Turkey. An uncle,
Rafael Cicurel, was' chief of po-
lice of Urla.
Mr. Chicorel's wife, Judith
Louza, who was born in Smyrna
in 1898, is a first cousin of Mme.
Pierre Mendes-France, the wife
of the former Prime Minister of
France.
Jacob Chicorel spoke seven
languages, Spanish, Greek, Turk-
ish, Ladino, Italian, French and
English.
Coming to the United States
in 1916 from Turkey, to join his
brother Haim in Detroit, Mr.
Chicorel quickly learned English,
became active among the Seph-
ardic Jews, began to conduct
High Holiday services in his
home for the Spanish Jewish
ocmmunity he organized and for
47 years was the spiritual leader
and cantor of the group. He be-
came nationally prominent in
Spanish Jewish circles.

The Family of the Late

FAY GREENLICK

Announce the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 1 p.m. Sun-
day, Dec. 22, at North-
west Hebrew Park
Cemetery. Rabbi Gorre-
lick and Cantor Bagley
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked
to attend.

FREE TO OUR READERS,

24-Year Hebrew-English
Calendar. 32 pages. All
dates and Hebrew equiva-
lents and days of the week,
Oct. 1940 to Sept. 1964.

Important Jewish holidays

to 1970.

F

or free copy write to H. T.
einz Company, Dept. J2,
Pittsburgh 80, Pennsylvania

Orate0, •

• •••..

When Spanish Jewish immi-
grants arrived here, he immedi-
ately assisted them, aided them
in securing housing and employ-
ment.
He was active for a number of
years in the Jewish Community
Council and was a life member
of Pusgah Lodge of Bani Brith.
Mr. Chicorel suffered his first
heart attack in 1956 while in
downtown Detroit trying to find
employment for an immigrant.
Mr. Chicorel acted as the re-
ligious leader, cantor and presi-
dent of the Sephardic Spanish-
Jewish Community of Detroit
and was a leader in the move-
ment recently inaugurated to
build a permanent structure for
this synagogue.
He was a member of Bnai
Brith and other local Jewish
movements.
He became known in the non-
Jewish community as the owner
of the Detroit Time cafeteria
from 1927 to 1942 when he es-
tablished the Kenwood Lounge
at Fenkell and Telegraph Road
which he operated with his sons.

OBITUARIES

ABE LOWENBERG, 18600
Roselawn, died Dec. 15. Sur-
vived by daughters, Mrs. Selden
Koblin and Mrs. AMdrew Fried-
man; four grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
• * •
MRS. RUTH G 0 ODMA N,
18966 Santa Barbara, died Dec.
18. Survived by husband, Aaron;
daughters, Madeline, Lisa, Judy
and Beth Lori; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Cottler; and three
sisters.
* * *
JACOB KRAUSE, 10451 Corn-
ing, Oak Park, died Dec. 15.
Survived by wife, Frances; son,
Morris; daughter, Mrs. Morris
Sontag; a brother, two sisters
and six grandchildren.
* * *
FRANK GOLDSMITH, 3841
Tuxedo, died Dec. '19. Survived
by sons, Simon, Morris and
Sam; daughters, Mrs. Samuel
(Minnie) • Goldstone, and Mrs.
Martin (Celia) Shubin; 13 grand-
children and 11 great grand-
children.

Philip Dubrinsky Dies;
Claude Superstine,
Prominent in Industry
and Community Movements Scrap Dealer, Dies

Philip Dubrinsky. of 19430
Lucerne, for many years promi-
nent here in community matters,
died Sunday at the age of 63.
- Funeral services were held
Monday at Kaufman Chapel.
Surviving him are his wife,
Rose; sons, Irving, Melvin and
Gerald; his mother, Mrs. Libbie
Dubrinsky; four grandchildren,
a brother, Reubin, and a sister,
Mrs. Irvin (Bessie) Kornwise.
Born in Russia, Mr. Dubrin-
sky came to Detroit 43 years
ago. He was president of United
Metals Refining Co.
He was active in the Allied
Jewish Campaign, took a deep
interest in the Zionist move-
ment and shared in efforts for
the Mar Silver project in Israel
and the Balfour Concerts of the
Zionist Organization of Detroit.
He lived in Detroit for 43
years. He was a member of
Moslem Temple, Crescent
Shrine, Shaarey Zedek, Jewish
Congress and Bnai Brith.

Mrs. Elie Kazan Dies
Mrs. Elie (Molly) Kazan, wife
of the noted literary critic and
stage producer, died Saturday
at the age of 56 of a cerebral
hemorrhage. Married 31 years,
they had four children.

Detroit scrap dealer Claude
Superstine, 23531 Marlow, Oak
Park, died Dec. 16. He was 64.
Mr. Superstine was born in
Russia and came to Detroit 42
years ago. He was a member of
a number of Jewish communal
groups, including Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah, Young Israel of
Oak-Woods, the Hebrew Benev-
olent Society and Friends of
Bar-Ilan University.
Surviving Mr. Superstine are
his wife, Dinah; sons, Edward
of Jerusalem, Israel (former
Wayne State University faculty
member and now head of the
pharmaceutical department at
Hadassah Hebrew University
Medical Center), and Dr. Milton;
daughter, Mrs. Ernest Klein;
brother, Joseph of Montreal;
sister, Mrs. Morris Gellman;
and seven grandchildren.

Chaim Wiener, Labor
Zionist, Dies in Israel

Chaim Wiener, for more than
50 years a resident of Detroit,
who was one of the pioneer
Labor Zionist leaders, died in
Tel Aviv Nov. 29. He had re-
sided there for the past seven
years. He is survived by his
wife, Gita.

JOSEPH GOLDFARB, 13280
N. Norfolk, died Dec. 16. Sur-
vived by wife, Florence; daugh-
ters, Mrs. Herbert Zamler, Mrs.
Leonard Adler and Mrs. Morris
Fenkel; and eight grandchil-
dren.
* * *
FANNIESIEGEL, 16290
Greenfield, died Dec. 16. Sur-
vived by husband, Louis; son,
David; daughter, Mrs. Max
Kahn; two sisters and five
grandchildren.
• * *
ROBERT WISE, 19150 Wood-
ingham, died Dec. 13. Survived
by wife, Mary; daughter, Mrs.
David Habib; a brother and
four grandchildren.
* * *
SAM DRUCKER, 2646 Park,
died Dec, 18. Survived by two
brothers and two sisters in Cali-
fornia.
• * *
LOUIS BOOKSTAN, 18077
Roselawn, died Dec. 16. Sur-
vived by wife, P a u li n e; two
brothers and two sisters.
* * *
MASHA L I Z Z I E WINER,
16140 Turner, died Dec. 16.
Widow of Benjamin. Survived
by son, Edward; daughters, Mrs.
William (Selma) Gross, and
Mrs. Samuel (Rose) Sneider-
man, of Olean, N.Y.; two broth-
ers, five grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
* * *
ETHEL ROTHENBERG, 4465
Michigan, Miami B e a c h, Fla.
Survived by husband, Harry;
sons, David and Morton; daugh-
ter, Mrs. Gordon (Joyce) First-
man; two brothers, three sis-
ters and six grandchildren.
* * *
SAMUEL ZACK, 3823 Elm-
hurst, died Dec. 15. Survived by
wife, Tema; son, Louis; daugh-
ters, Mrs. Morris (Rose) Dob-
rusin, Mrs. Hyman (Anna) Puda-
virk, Mrs. Louis (Betty) Jacobs
of Venice, Fla.; three brothers,
eight grandchildren, and four
great-grandchildren.
* * *
REBECCA TRIVAX, 2025V
Schaefer, died Dec. 14. Survived
by husband, Morris; three sons,
Seymour, Nathan and Harry;
three daughters, Mrs. Saul (Mol-
lie) Horrell, Mrs. Eva Barach,
Mrs. Gerald (Shirley) Leider; a
sister, 14 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
• * *
JACK OSBORNE, 1677 For-
rer, died Dec. 14. Survived by
brothers, Sol, Philip, George
and William.

I

LOUIS HELF GOTT, 1504
Sheridan, Bronx, N.Y.. died Dec.
12. Survived by wife. Ruth; sons,
Saul and Stephen Charles; sister,
Mrs. Philip (Freeda) Honor;
brothers, Alfred A., of Oak Park,
Mich., and William and Nathan,
of West Hartford, Conn.

* * *

SIEGMUND BERNARD, 12722
Stoepel, died Der. 14. Survived
by wife, Melanie; three brothers
and two sisters.
* * *
ROSE SCHNITER of San Diego,
Calif., died Dec. 16. Survived by
sons, Louis and Milton; daugh-
ters, Mrs. William Weingarten,
Mrs. Edward Hasty and Mrs.
Clarence Nichols; and seven
gandchildren. Interment Detroit.

WE REMEMBER
71- 1:TX 71'7N

During the coming
week Yeshiva Beth
Yehuda will observe
the Yahrzeit of the
following departed
friends, with the
traditional Memorial
Prayers, recitation of
Kaddish and study-
ing of Mishnayes.

Samuel Robinson
Norman Stern
Jacob Cohn

Hebrew Civil
Teves Dec.
6
22
6
22
6
22

Dr. Joseph M. Berris
Fannie Gutman
Israel Schlussel
Ben Feldman
David W. Diskin
Benjamin H. Ettinger
Ethel Leah Weiner
Liba Esther Agranovitz
Lee Gladstone
Zelda Klieman

7
7
7

7
7
7
7
7

23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23

Bernard Bloch
Fayge Gittel Chesluk
Rose Feld
Rose Levy
Israel Lubow
Sam Siegel
Edith Lewis Mark
Dor-cithy Misrach
Israel Shulman
Munisch Oldscheeler
Harry Keys

8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8

8

24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24

Aaron Natinsky
Nettie Friedman
Benjamin Schlussel
Cantor Mendel Stawis
Pauline Cohen
Betty Charlip Schwartz

9
9
9
9
9
9

25
25
25
25
25
25

Benjamin Green
10
10
Anna Roth
10
Hyman Snyder
10
Sol Levin
10
Jacob Kopel Palman
Bertha Skolnick
10
Samuel David Freeman 10
10
Morris Radner
10
Julius Schwartz
10
Saul Kohen
Rebecca Weisberg
10
Chaye Leah Grossman 10
Rachel Sperling
10

26
26
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26

11
11
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11

27
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Theresa Sonnenfeld
Yetta Koppel
Morris Levin
Solomon Lizewski
Mrs. H. Levin
Samuel B. Kempner

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31-TH E DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, De cember 20, 1963

Jacob Chicorel, Linguist, Leader of
Sephardic Community, Dies At 69

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