Aaron Dubnove, Eminent Physician, Mrs. Heller, JWB
Hebrew Scholar, Dies at Age 70;
Head, Dies at 68
CHICAGO (JTA) — Mrs. Flor-
Body Shipped for Burial in Jerusalem ence
G. Heller, noted philanthrop-
Dr. Aaron Dubnove of 2115 W. best informed Hebraists in this
Grand Blvd., one of American
community and an outstanding
\, Jewry's most distinguished schol-
expert in Yiddish literature. A
ars, a dedicated physician who
third cousin of the great histori-
ministered to many poor and who
an, Shimon Dubnow, he followed
had aided many medical causes
a family tradition for learning
and universities, died Sunday at and piety, and his benefactions,
the age of 70.
which included t h e establish-
Fulfilling his desires, his sur- ment of a Nahla in Israel
through the Jewish National
v i v i n g brother, Abraham, who
Shared his home with him, imme- Fund, were mainly given with-
out notoriety and in secret.
diately had his body shipped to
Israel for burial in Jerusalem.
Dr. Dubnove became sill Satur-
Born in Russia, he came to day afternoon after his Sabbath
Canada in 1913 and received his meal and shortly upon returning
medical degree at the University from religious services he has
been attending regularly with a
minyan at the home of S. Cohen
on Chicago and Dexter. Daily, at
all morning services at that min
yan, he attended services.
While the Chesed shel Emes was
on Joy Road, he attended morn-
ing services there religiously, and
when the Hebrew Benevolent So-
DR. AARON DUBNOV•
of Manitoba, where he later es-
tablished a loan fund for needy
students. In the past few years he
also established loan funds at the
medical school of the Hebrew Uni-
versity in Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan
University.
He came to Detroit in 1921, in-
terned at St. Mary's Hospital and
has practiced medicine here since
then.
Self-taught, he acquired great
knowledge in the Talmud, bibli-
cal lore and Jewish literature
and became known as one of the
Monument
Unveiling
ciety moved its quarters to Green-
field he became a regular attend-
ant at the Cohen private minyan.
Thus, the scholar was a man of
piety. He was dedicated to learn-
ing. The last public affair he at-
tended, with his surviving broth-
er, was the dinner given three
weeks ago in behalf of the Dr.
Reuben Kahn Laboratory Fund by
the Detroit Physicians Committee
of the Hebrew University.
There was another brother in
Russia, but Dr. Dubnove and his
brother in Detroit stopped hear-
ing from him for 20 years and they
assumed that he had passed on.
There are a number of cousins
surviving Dr. Dubnove here and
in Israel.
Dr. Dubnove visited Israel two
years ago, and as a guest at Bar-
Ilan University, was deeply im-
pressed with the work there, as he
was with the Hebrew University's
accomplishments.
Radomer Mutual Society
to Mark Anniversary of
Destruction of Ghetto
Radomer Mutual Society of De-
troit will observe the 23rd anniver-
sary of the destruction of the Ra-
Unveiling announcements may be dom Ghetto and neighboring com-
inserted by mailing or by calling The munities at a Vizkor service
pro-
Jewish News office, 17100 W. 7 Mile
Rd., Detroit 35. VE 8-9364. Written an- gram 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the La-
nouncements must be acompanied by bor Zionist Institute.
the name and address of the person
The memorial program will
making the insertion. There is a stand-
ing charge of $3.00 for an unveiling commemorate the 30,000 victims
notice, measuring an inch in depth.) of Radom and vicinity who were
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slain during the Nazi holocaust, it
The family of the late Rachel was announced by Oscar Gold-
Miriam Kosarin announces the berg, president of the Radomer
)unveiling of a monument in her Society.
memory 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23,
Col. Herbert Eskin, who was the
-at Beth El Cemetery. Rabbi Fram
and Cantor Orbach will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.
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• The family of the late Nathan
first Jewish chaplain to meet the
survivors of Radom, will be guest
speaker.
Cantor Moses Serensen of Beth
Aaron Synagogue, who is himself
a survivor, will chant El Mole Ra-
Bloch announces the unveiling of chamim and Psalms. The public is
a monument in his memory 2 p.m. invited.
Sunday, Jan. 16, at Machpelah
Cemetery. Rabbi Zachariash will
officiate. Relatives and friends Mrs. Hattie Greenbaum,
are asked to attend.
Native Detroiter, 81
In Memory of
Our Beloved
Husband and Father
LOUIS
MOOGERMAN
Who passed away Jan. 19,
1956. Sadly missed and al-
ways remembered by his
wife, children and grand.
children. Forever in our
hearts.
Mrs. Hattie Greenbaum, a De-
troiter all of her 81 years, died
Jan. 7. She was a long-time mem-
ber of Temple Beth El and its
sisterhood and also belonged to
Purity Chapter, Order of the East-
ern Star.
Mrs. Greenbaum, widow of a
dress manufacturerl, leaves two
sons, Ralph and Oscar; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Albert P. (Betty) Weiss
and Mrs. Nathan E. (Jacqueline)
Zigman; eght grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 14, 1966-39
OBITUARIES
SARAH DATER of Saginaw died
ist and president of the National
Jewish Welfare Board, died here Jan. 12. She leaves two sons,
Samuel of N. Hollywood, Calif.,
Jan. 5. She was 68.
She contributed the funds that and Ely of Flint; and five grand-
-made possible children. Services 11 a.m. today
the founding, en- at Kaufman Chapel.
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dowing and hous-
MAX A. GOLDBERG of Chicago
ing of the Flor-
ence G. Heller died Jan. 12. He leaves his wife,
Graduate School Anna; two daughters, Mrs. Max
for Advanced (Bebe) Bern of Chicago and Mrs.
Studies in Social Richard B. (Billie) Kramer of
Welfare at Bran- Detroit; one brother, one sister
d e i s University, and three grandchildren. Inter-
and was a mem- ment Chicago.
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ber of the uni-
MORRIS FOWLER, 11501 Petos-
versity's board of
key, died Jan. 11. Survived by his
trustees.
When she was wife, Rose; four sons, Dr. Irving
elected to the top A. of Buffalo, Clement of New
office in the York, Bernard of Seattle and Sey-
Mrs. Heller JWB, in 1964, mour Matensky of Detroit; a
Mrs. Heller became the first wom- daughter, Mrs. Leon (Betty)
an president of a general, national Schlinger of Flint; one sister and
Jewish organization. She had pre- seven grandchildren.
viously been vice-president of the
JWB, chairman of the organiza-
tion's Jewish Community Center
Services, and the JWB's repre-
sentative on the United Nations
Conference Group of National Or-
ganizations. In 1953, she received
the JWB's Frank L Weil Award.
Locally, she was one of the
original contributors to the Louis
A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, where
she established a blood bank and
an isotope laboratory bearing her
name; was on the board of direc-
tors of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Chicago; and a mem-
ber of the board of trustees of
Sinai Temple. Nationally, she was
active in the United Service Or-
ganization, and was a former vice-
chairman of the national women's
division of the United Jewish Ap-
peal.
Mrs. Heller was a major con-
tributor also of funds for the con-
struction of a new building for the
Jerusalem YMHA. She was a mem-
ber of the board of the World
Federation of YMHAs and Jewish
Community Centers. She was a
niece of the late Julius Rosenwald,
the noted Jewish philanthropist.
Mrs. Anna Williams, 78;
Prominent in Cleveland
Mrs. Anna Williams, prominent
club woman in Cleveland, died
Jan. 4 at age 78. She was the
mother of Mrs. Leo (Roselyn)
Baum of Huntington Woods.
Mrs. Williams was a 50-year
member and past president of
Deak Lodge, Pythian Sisters, and
was also past president of the
Women's Benefit Association. She
belonged to Temple on the
Heights and its sisterhood, Mt.
Sinai Hospital Auxiliary and the
Children's Asthmatic Research In-
stitute and Hospital in Denver.
Born in Toledo, Mrs. Williams
lived in Cleveland most of her
life.
Besides Mrs. Baum, she leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Herman (Gladys)
Osher of Shaker Heights, 0. and
f our grandchildren. Interment
Cleveland.
Jack M. Sage, 56
Jack M. Sage, a manufacturers
representative for the New York
furniture firm of Krebs Stengel
and Co., died Monday at age 56.
Mr. Sage, 20524 Oldham, South-
field, was born in New York and
lived here since 1937. He was a
member of the Furniture Club of
Detroit, Furniture Travelers of
Michigan and Indiana and Perfec-
tion Lodge, F&AM.
He leaves his wife, Janey; two
sons, Dr. Norman and Bruce; and
a brother, Michael, and a sister,
Mrs. Sol (Lillian) Steinberg, both
of Brooklyn.
Irwin I. Weingarten,
Pharmacist 40 Years
Irwin I. Weingarten, pharmacist
in Detroit for 40 years, died last
Saturday while he was on vacation
in Acapulco, Mexico. He was 59.
Mr.Weingarten,20696Knob
Woods, Southfield, owned the
Rochester Pharmacy at Rochester
and Linwood for seven years. He
was a native Detroiter and gradu-
ated from the Detroit College of
Pharmacy.
A member of the Metropolitan
Detroit and the Michigan State
pharmaceutical societies,
Mr. Weingarten belonged to Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, Craftsman Lodge,
F&AM, Detroit Consistory, Mos-
lem Shrine, Bnai Brith, Chesed
shel Emes and Aesculapian Soci-
ety.
Mr. Weingarten leaves his wife,
Nettie; two sons, Dr. Joel and
Dr. Charles; a brother, Julius; ,
three sisters, Mrs. Sol (Eva)
Baker, Mrs. Morris (Sarah) Lit-
vin and Mrs. Louis (Betty) Sale-
sin; and four grandchildren.
18325 W. 9 MILE RD., IN SOUTHFIELD
369 ft. West of Northwestern Highway
daughters, Mrs. Jack (Jeanette)
Schwartz, Mrs. Bernard (Goldie)
Davis and Mrs. Morris (Sylvia)
Serwin; 10 grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren.
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ROSE BERNSTEIN, 19320 Wis-
consin, died Jan. 9. Survived by
her husband, Ben; a stepson, Isa-
dore; two daughters, Mrs. Ben
(Lillian) Beneson and Mrs. Her
(Anne) Keller; 11 grandchil-
dren and eight great-grandchil-
dren.
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LOUIS SCHUSTER, 21652 Strat-
ford, Oak Park, died Jan. 10. He
leaves his wife, Celia; a son, Ar-
thur; two daughters, Mrs. Herman
(Molly) Moss and Mrs. Louis (Shir-
lee) Bloom; and eight grandchil-
dren.
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FLORENCE LEVINOWSKY,
18315 Pinehurst, died Jan. 12. She
leaves her husband, Morris; a son,
Irving; a daughter, Mrs. Robert
(Ada) Dickinson; one brother and
two grandchildren.
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FANNY DANZIG, 20414 Snow-
den Ot., died Jan. 10. She leaves a
son, Philip; two daughters, Bar-
bara and Mrs. William (Mildred)
Romanoff; one brother, three
grandchildren a n d one great
grandchild.
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Mark Amdursky, 43
Mark E. Amdursky, an optical
engineer at Bendix Corp. in Ann '
Arbor for the past five years, died
Jan. 6 at age 43. He lived at 1519
Hanover, Ann Arbor.
Mr. Amdursky, a graduate of the
University of Rochester in 1944,
was a member of Cong. Beth
Israel, Ann A r b o r, the Optical
Society of America and the Insti-
tute of Rapid Engineers. He was
a native of Rochester, N. Y.
He leaves his wife, Joanne; three
daughters, Susan, Judy and Dawn;
his mother, Mrs. Lillian Amdursky
of Rochester; and a brother, Dr.
Theodore Anders of Bethesda, Md.
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IDA KELLMAN, 13750 Dexter,
died Jan. 8. She leaves two neph-
ews, Theodore Manheim and Jacob
Kellrnan; and two nieces, Mrs.
Harold (Shirley) Sofferin of
Phoenix and Mrs. C. (Tesia) Julia
of New York_
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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.
David Drazin
Kopel Dworkin
Esther Flayer
Nathan Goldman
Minnie Handler
Isaac Henig
Archie Hoffman
Harry Morrison
Eva Richman
Hebrew Civil
Teves Jan.
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Allen Lawrence Leach 25
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Sadie Maltzman
Joseph Wetsman
Jacob Sukenic
Max Schlange
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Reisel Babetsh
Meyer Mirsky
Beatrice Stepsay
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Rose Bloch
Lillian Epstein
Jacob Rothbard
Mollie Weingarden
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George Cetron
Mollie Greenspoon
Mordechai Matil
Hoffman
Beatrice Shoot,-
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Fruma Edelman
Fannie PatIojohn
Anna Posner
Rachel Sachs
Shevat
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