Max Handler, Sports Promoter and
Benefactor to Many, Dies in NY at 57

Max Handler, of 19510 Argyle
Crescent, a beloved figure here in=
many quarters due to the benefac-
tions he conferred on many com-
munity causes, died Aug. 21, in
New York City. He was attending
a prize fight and death occurred
during the intermission.
Funeral services, at which the
city's love for the man was in evi-
dence in the outpouring of people
of all faiths and races, took place
Sunday afternoon at K au f man
Chapel.
Surviving him are his wife, Ger-

OBITUARIES

trude; sons, Wallace and Stuart
daughter, Cheryl; two grandchil
dren; a brother, Lou, and a sister ,
ARTHUR AISEN, 17559. Rouge-
BERTHA WEINSCHENK, 1801 3 IDA RICHMAN, 22145 Avon, Oak
Mrs. Michael Kraft.
way, died Aug. 20., Survived by Greenfield. died Aug. 21. Survived Fark, died Aug. 21. Survived by
Mr. Handler was a leader in wife, Rachel; two sons, Allan and by- a daughter, Mrs. David (Anna ) two sons,
Edward and Sam; five
numerous Jewish charitable proi _ Daniel; a daughter, Barbara; one Hess; two grandchildren and fou r daughters, Mrs. Ann Schwartz, Mrs.
ects and was active for many brother and three sisters.
eeat-grandchildren.
Ben (Sarah) Gilman, Mrs. Ruth
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years in Allied Jewish Cam-
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Miller, Mrs. Hyman (Eva) Erlich,
paigns.
IDA ZAX,_ 11501 Petoskey, died
and
Mrs. Marvin (Freda) Abra-
MOLLY SCHWARTZ, 17379
Like his brother, Lou, who is Aug. 14, Survived by son, John Griggs, died Aug. 22. Survived by . ham of Toledo; one sister and 19
prominent in athletic circles and David Smith; two grandsons, a son, • Daniel; three daughters grandchildren.
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who has refereed many boxing Arnold and Louis Smith, and five Mrs. Meyer (Rose) Stamell. Mrs
bouts, Max Handler took a deep great-grand children. •
Marian Coleman, Mrs. Ben (Helen)
GEORGE ROBINSON, • 19030
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interest in sports, sponsored chari-
Greenbaum of Tampa, Fla.; 13 Braile, died Aug. 21. Survived by
Y E T T A ABRAMSOHN, 18600 grandchildren and three great- four brothers, Ruben, Theodore of
table bouts and aided athletes
Ilene,
died
Aug.
24.
She
leaves
her
whenever he was called upon for
! grandchildren.
DenVer, Sam and Roy; three_sisters,
husband, Sol; a son; Seymour; a
help.
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Mrs. George (Lottie) Curry, Mrs.
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daughter,
Mrs.
Donald
(Doris)
His chief interest'was the Ortho-
BERTHA R. ROBINSON, 18915 Lillian Bensman and Mrs. .Hyman
genic School on 7-Mile and Wyo- Krisemhn: a brother, two sisters Birchcrest, died Aug. 17. She (Mary) Rachlin of Skokie, Ill.
ming Recognizing the t need and four grandchildren.
leaves a son. Alex S.; a daughter.
4.
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for aid to the mentally retarded
CHARLES LEVINE. of Los An-
ALICE JACOBS, 15825 North- Mrs. Alvin H. (Mona) Graff; five geles, formerly ,of Detroit, died .
and physically ,handicapped chil-
grandchildren
and
three
eat-
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dren, he became this school's bene- , lawn, died Aug.' 25. Survived by grandchildren.
Aug. 11. Survived by wife, Sylvia;
Julius M. Singer: 81, 20315
a son. Louis; four daughters, Mrs.
S. • •
three daughters, Mrs. Joseph
Mansfield, who was for many factor. He contributed to it liber- David (Sophie) Segel, •M'rs. Fred
ally, sponsored functions for it and
rs active i
SAM TALBERG, 17212 Stoepel. (Trudy) Bale, Mrs. Richard
and and the arranged a boxing match for its (Mary) Rubin of Miami; Mrs. Zal-
(Esther) Gilmore • and Mrs. Jack
Labor Zionist movement, died
, man (Gail) Lopata and Mrs. Her- died Aug. 20. He leaves his wife, (Sharon) Triguero; two brothers,
benefit.
Birdie: two daughters, Mrs. Rich-
Monday. Funer-
;
Bert
(Fav)
Gussin;
one
sister
and
He was a. member of Cong.
ard (Virginia) Varkle and Delores: Max of Windsor and Louis; and
services were
Shaarey Zedek, Knollwood Country 11 grandchildren.
two brothers. two sisters and nine grandchildren.
held Tuesday af-
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Club and Standard-City Club. He
ternoon at Kauf- was president and co-founder of I SOPHIE RABIN O - W I T Z of three grandchildren.
Israel has one doctor for
.
man Chapel.
National Coal and Coke Co. and Miami Beach died Aug. 24. Sur-
every 400 inhabitants, the high-
MARY ROSENTHAL, 22148
Surviving him Max C. Handler Coal Co. and was vived by six sons, George, Her an
est
proportion of: fully quali.
Dante, Oak Park, died Aug. 20.
sy are his wife, Es-
president of Coal Dealers Associa- and Sidney Robbins, Jack, Sol and She leaves her husband, Samuel;
fied physicians of any country
ther, to whom tion of Detroit.
Nathan Rabinowitz, of Detroit; 11
in the world. Israel has 5,000
a son. Dr. Herbert Rosenthal; two
he was married
Born in Russia in 1906, Mr. grandchildren and 10 great-grand- daughters. Mrs. Arthur (Jean), doctors, 1,000 dentists and 1,000
for 55 years; a
children.
Handler was brought to this
pharmacists.
Fishman and Mrs. Raymond (Flor-
son, Milton, of
country as a youth and lived in
ence) -Rudisch; a brother, four sis-
Chicago; two
Detroit for 42 years.
Mrs. Lillian Wittenberg
ters and six grandchildren:
daughters, M r s.
His communal interests began
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Harry (Tillie) early, and his love for sports de- Succumbs at Age 59 '
Vocalist and prominent club
PHILIP LERNER,' 20145 Votro-
Eskin and Mrs. veloped during the first years of
woman Mrs. Lillian Wittenberg, beck Ct., died Aug. 21. • He leaves
Rubin (Judith) his residence here.
19595 Argyle Crescent, died Mon- a son. Max; three daughters, Leah.
Jaffee; and five
He had befriended scores of day at age - 59.
Ann: and Mrs: Bernard (Betty)
grandchildren.
During the coming
people, was known as a charming ,
- Mrs. Wittenberg, wife of obstetr- Waldman; a brother, five grand-
M r. Singer
week. Yeshiva Beth
host and was honored here as "the ician and gynecologist. Dr. Samson
children.
and
four
great-grand-
,
remained a c -
Yehuda will observe
male Pearl Mesta of Michigan," Wittenberg, appeared as soloist be-
Mr. Singer
children.
the,Yahrzeit of the
Live until his
and eminent men in industry and
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foljw
ing
departed
last day as head of Singer Ex- i n government were among his fore many organizations to which
friends, with the
she belonged and was a former
SELIG KAPLAN. 22412 Hesse].
tract Laboratory. Previously he
f riends. He took a deep interest
traditional Memorial
trr, -T• radio performer. died Aug. 20. He leaves. two.daugh-
headed the Wolverine Ginger i n politics and
can-
Prayers, recitation of
She was a grad- ters, Mrs. Irvin (Helen) Besdin and
Ale Co.
didates of many Michigan .public
Kaddish and study-
uate of the Tor- Mrs. Is5dore (Essie) Rosenbloom:
On his 80th birthday, Mr. Singer 0 fficials.
ing of Mishnayes.
o n t. o University a brother and four grandchildren. ;
was honored by Arlazaroff Branch
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School of Music.
137 of Farband Labor Zionist
Hebrew ClvIl
Noted Yiddish Poet
Ellul August
NETTLE F. GILL, 18485 Cherry-
Organization.
Toronto - born,'
To mark the occasion. a fund Abba ,Gordin Dies
she lived in De- awn. died Aug. 23. She leaves a
Sarah Glassman
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was raised to plant a forest of
troit 34 year s. son, Jackie; a daughter. Shirley ' Joseph Saxer
Louis Koppel
TEL
AVIV
(JTA)—Abba
Gor-
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Ann;
two
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brothers, a sister and
10.000 trees in Israel in his honor
Mrs. Wittenberg -
din,
prominent
Yiddish
writer
and
iathan
Hess
hive
grandchildren.
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through the Jewish National Fund.
was a member of ,
Sonja Yabeck
poet,- died here Saturday at the
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Shaarey Zedek
In his numerous activities in
Rose Iwrey
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age of 77.
ADOLPH
EUGENE
ORDENT-
Philip
Forman
Mrs.
Wittenberg
behalf of Israel. Mr. Singer played
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Sisterhood, Unit-
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Israel Mayrock
Born in Poland. the son of Rabbi ed Hebrew Schools Women's Aux- LICH, 9700 Broadstreet, died Aug.
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leading roles in the JNF. Poale Yeh
Yaacov Hirsh bereb Isroel 22
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uda Leib Gordin of Lomze, iliary board, Hadassah, Maimonides
Esther' Cohn
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Zion, Histadrut, Farband. His 70th
2 5. Survived' by his wife, Rose: two
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Abba Gordin, was one of the vet-
birthday also was honored by the
Medical Society auxiliary, Phi Epsi- d uaghters, Mrs. Charles ( Martha). Clarence Ablitz
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eran anarchists during the early
planting of a grove of 1,000 trees
lon Pi medical fraternity women's Hauptman and Mrs. Harry (Margie). Jacob Feffer
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days of the Russian revolution. He
Rebecca Davis Freedman 23
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in Israel.
group and the Music Study Club. Browarnv: two sisters -and seven
Leah Morrison
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I came to the United States in 1926
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Besides her husband, she leaves *g randchildren.
Rebecca Podolsky
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! and continued an active career of
Esther Rosenshine
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two sons, Dr. Bernard H., a psych -
Jacob Soberman
journalistic writing. Seven years
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iatrist in Berkley, Calif., and Dr.
ago he settled •in Israel, where he
Sid' Wolfson's
Sept.
Ralph E., who practices in Wash-
Bessie Krause
devoted his time mainly to trans-
MONUMENT CENTER, INC.
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In loving memory of our dear lating his Yiddish works into He- ington, . D.C.,' and teaches at
Peter S. Goldstein
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661 E. 8 MILE, FERNDALE
Dora
Chaben
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Georgetown University. Two broth-
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husband, father and grandfather, brew.
1 1 /2 Blocks E. of Woodward
Regina Rubinstein
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ers, David Garfield of Toronto and
Louis Raskin, who passed, away
6 Blks. from 3 Jewish
Harry Thav
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Cemeteries
on
Woodward
Ben of Huntington Woods, and a
Sept. 5, 1919, 10 days in Elul.'
Jacob Must
Dr. Moses Gitelson. Active
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grandchild also survive.
Sadly missed by his wife, Min-
Sophie Scherr
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Meyer Levy
in
Agriculture,
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nie; sons, Marvin and Danny;
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Anna Gruskin
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daughters. Mrs. David Rosen and
NEW YORK (JTA)— Dr. Moses - Herzliya Developer Dies
Rose
Kolodney
MONUMENTS
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Mrs. Harry Weingarden; grand- Leo Gitelson, prominent Jewish
NEW YORK-- Rabbi Joshua
Joseph Slakter
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children and great grandchildren. businessman, economist and phil-_ Avni, who helped develop the re-
See SAM GORLICK
at the old and reliable
asthropist, died Monday at his 'sort of Herzliya near Tel Aviv,
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Yeshiva Beth Yehuda
SHELDON GRANITE CO.
In loving memory of my husband home here at the-age of 67. He was 'died in New York while on a visit
MOO Woodward Ave.
18029 Wyoming
Sam Schwartz, who passed away a leading supporter of libraries from his Herzliya home. He was 61.
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and Jewish culture.
Rabbi Avni,-. Lithuanian-born,
Serving The Jewish Community
Sept. 1, 1958.
UN 2-6668
For
Over
60
Years
Born in Russia of American went to Palestine in 1924 and took
Sadly missed by. his wife, Anna;
children; grandchildren; and great parents. Dr. Gitelson was brought part in the resistance movement.
to this country at the age of 3. He is said to have introduced in-
grandchildren.
Sidney A. Deitch
He was a member of the board novations in beekeeping in Israel.
Herzliya was • founded in 1924,
of governors of the Jewish Theo_
logical Seminary, and a trustee of and was named for Theodor Herzl.
•Serving Detroit's Jewish Community from the Some Location
the Jewish Publication Society of
The Family of the Late
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Had Adam reason . to • be dis-
America.
for 30 Years . . . "Our Experience Is Your Guarantee" ,
satisfied? One rib was taken from
2744 W. Davison at Lawton
SARA FOON
TOwnsend 8-6923-'
and for that a 'servant was;
(Between Linwood and Dexter)
Evenings: DI 1-2276
Hannah Schloss Service : him
Acknowledges with grate-
Best Quality Granites—Personalized •Designs Reasonably Priced
given him.—Sanhedrin 39.
Hannah Schloss Old Timers will
ful appreciation the many
hold its annual memorial service
kind expressions of sYm-
honoring departed members 8 p.m.
pathy extended by rela-
Sept. 9 at• the Jewish Center.
tives and friends during
Family and frivrds are invited.
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the family's recent be-
Refreshments will follow.

J.

M. Singer Dies;
Leader in Labor
Zionism, Farband

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