THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, September 22, 1967-47

A Tribute to Florian Sokolow

By JOSEF FRAENKEL
Florian Ephriam Sokolow, son
of the late Nahum Sokolow, Presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization,
died in London Sept. 7, 1967, a
few weeks before his 80th birth-
day.
Nahum Sokolow had seven chil-
dren: Dr. Maria Mendelsohn- Hey-
man (now living in Berlin), Hein-
rich Sokolow (died in Berlin in
1929), Dr. Celina Sokolow (living
in London), Helena Czaplinski
(died in London in 1948), Leon
Sokolow (died in London in 1959)
and Sophia Raziel (died in Israel
in 1958).
Florian Sokolow, the third child,
inherited the literary and artistic
talent of his father. As a young
student in St. Petersburg he con-
tributed Arts reviews to the "Ha-
thefira," the Warsaw Hebrew
daily, edited by his father. He
was at the same time, editor of
a liberal student paper.
After gr aduating from St.
Petersburg University cum laude
in International Law, he continued
his studies in Berlin and in Paris.
Before the First World War he

Scholarship Set Up
in Memory of Young
School Teacher

A perpetual memorial scholar-
ship has been set up in Hamilton,
Ont., in the name of Joanie Rosen-
thal, a Central High School and
University of Michigan alumna
who formerly taught school in
Windsor and Toronto. She was 31.
Mrs. Rosenthal, wife of Dr. Don-
ald Rosenthal, a Ford Hospital in-
tern before setting up practice in
Hamilton, died July 29.
While living in Windsor as a
bride, Mrs. Rosenthal became ac-
tive in the National Council of Jew-
ish Women, and in Windsor's Tem-
ple Beth El. She organized and
helped staff a nursery school, now
named in her memory, at the
temple.
In Hamilton, the Kitchener,
Ont.-born Mrs. Rosenthal be-
came active in Anshe Sholem
Temple and organized a day
nursery for culturally deprived
children of working mothers in
connection with the city's com-
munity service. The school has
been issued a municipal grant
for expansion of the program
and facilities.
The Rosenthals' summers were
spent in Michigan, where they
worked at Campsehelu and Sea
Gull.
The memorial fund, to help spon-
sor a second-year nursery teacher
through Mohawk University, will
be under the auspices of the Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women.
Contributions may be sent to the
Jewish Rosenthal Scholarship
Fund, care of Mary Alexanderoff,
chairman, No. 2 Rita, Dundas, Ont.
Surviving besides her husband,
are her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lazarus Rosen of Windsor; three
sons, Gary, Kenneth and Douglas;
and a brother, G. Martin Rosen of
Toronto.

In Loving Memory

BETTY SKLAR

Who left us one year ago.
Always a beautiful mem-
ory of one we loved.
Sadly missed by her hus-
band, children, grandchil-
dren and great-grandchil-
dren.
Forever in 'oar hearts.

became the editor of the "Przeglad
Codzienny," a liberal Polish-Jew-
ish paper. During his journalistic
career he edited various Polish
journals, was Warsaw correspond-
ent for the Daily Express, Ob-
server, Nacion (Buenos Aires) and
for a number of press agencies.
He also translated one of Shalom
Asch's plays from Yiddish into
Polish. In 1932 he settled in Lon-
don and became the London cor-
respondent of "Gazeta Polska."
Florian Sokolow attended some
Zionist Congresses with his fa-
ther and accompanied him on
his Zionist missions to South
Africa, America and other coun-
tries. He acted as liaison officer
between the press, the authori-
ties, and the first delegation of
the American "Joint," led by
Dr. Boris D. Bogen (1919/1920),
to facilitate relief and medical
help among the Jews in Poland.
Prof. Israel Friedlander and
Rabbi Bernard Cantor of the
delegation were murdered by
Ukrainian thugs in 1920.
During the Second World War,
Florian Sokolow was correspond-
ent with the Allied Expeditionary
Forces and was one of the first
to enter the concentration camps.
He brought back the first list of
survivors.
He was the author of the
"English Cavalacade," a collection
of essays on England and English
personalities which was dedicated
to his only son, George, who grad-
uated from Cambridge and was
killed by a bomb in 1940 while
working for the B.B.C.
Florian Sokolow published vari-
ous articles about his father's
Zionist activities and left a manu-
script, a biography of Nahum
Sokolow, which is to be published
in Hebrew, English and other
languages.
In the Sokolow home, sur-
rounded by books, pictures and
other mementos, he was constantly
occupied in arranging the archives
of his father. Years after the Sec-
ond World War his personal
papers and enormous family cor-
respondences were traced in Po-
land. He was a personal friend
of Jozef Pilsudsky, Ignacy Daszyn-
ski, General Sikorski, Jan Mas-
aryk, Lord Melchett, Ant ony
Slominsky and Martin Buber, of
leading Zionist figures and of many
well-known artists and writers.
Florian Sokolow resembled his
father in appearance and in man-
ner: gentle, charming and tolerant.
Members of the Sokolow family
from many countries came to Lon-
don to attend the funeral which
took place last Wednesday. He
leaves his wife, Janina, nee Oxner.

Varian Fry; Saved
Intellectuals in France

NEW YORK — Varian M. Fry,
leader of a group that helped res
cue more than 1,500 persons from
German occupied France in 1940-
41, died in his Easton, Conn., home
Sept. 13. He was 59.
From the summer of 1940 until
September 1941, Fry and some 10
other persons managed by falsified
passports, disguises and other
means to get out of France such
men as Henrich Mann, novelist and
brother of Thomas Mann; Marc
Chagall, the artist; Jacques Lip-
chitz,, sculptor; and Dr. Otto
Meyerhoff, physicist.
Mr. Fry had gone to France as
representative of the Emergency
Relief Committee, a predecessor
of the International Rescue Com-
mittee, which resettles and rehabi-
litates victims of totalitarian op-
pression and persecution. He made
his headquarters in Marseille, and
although often suspected, was not
actually ordered expelled by the
Vichy government until August
1941.
His experiences were related in
Mr. Fry's book, "Surrender on De-
mand," published in 1945. He re-
ceived a plaque from the Interna-
tional Rescue Committee and the
French Legion of Honor.

Morton Grass, 61

Morton Grass, Detroit attorney
and former president of the Grand
River Businessmen's Youth Club,
died Monday at age 61.
A 1929 graduate of the Detroit
College of Law, the Detroit-born
Mr. Grass had offices in the First
National Building for 37 years. He
was a member of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek and its men's club, Perfec-
tion Lodge F&AM and the Detroit
and Michigan bar association.
Mr. Gras s, 19164 Roselawn,
leaves his wife, Toba; two sons,
Alan and Stuart; and three sisters,
Mrs. Alex (Myrtle) Schreiber, Mrs.
Kap (Lillian) Faudem and Mrs.
Irving (Jeanette) Yarrows.

Reuben Rubinstein;
Was Lithuanian Leader

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Reuben
Rubinstein, a prominent leader of
Lithuanian Jewry before World
War II, died here last weekend at
age 77. Mr. Rubinstein was head
of the Jewish faction of the Lithu-
anian Parliament before World
War II.
Mr. Rubinstein came to Palestine
after the war. He was well known
in this country as a Yiddish com-
mentator on Kol Israel, the govern-
ment-operated radio network. In
his commentaries, he reported and
interpreted world and Israeli news
to the large sectors of the Israeli
population who understand Yiddish
Samuel Fryer, Biochemist much better than Hebrew.

and Philanthropist, 83

LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Samuel
Aaron Fryer, biochemist and phi-
lanthropist, who aided Jewish edu-
cation in the United States and
higher education and research in
Israel. died in Santa Monica at
age 83.
Mr. Bryer's contributions to Is-
rael educational institutions in-
cluded an aeronautical engineering
building at the Haifa Technion, a
research laboratory at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem and grants
to the Jewish National Fund for
establishment of a research pro-
gram in organic farming.
Here, he made it possible for
the University of Judaism in Holly-
wood to acquire a 10-story build-
ing and contributed $300,000 for
the Yavneh Hebrew Academy here.
He was to have been a guest of
honor at a testimonial dinner
Oct. 1.

Detroit Metallurgist
Nathan Schermer, 70

Nathan II. Schermer, a metallur-
gist with the Curtis Steel Co., 14001
Intervale, died Sept. 15 at age 70.
Mr. Schermer, 825 Whitmore,
was a member of the Technion
Society and the Society of Auto-
motive Engineers. A graduate of
the University of Michigan's school
of engineering in 1920, he was the
former owner of the Acme Ball
Bearing Co.
Surviving is his wife, Birdie.

OBITUARIES

NATHAN BEERBOHM, 19130
Votrobeck, died Sept. 15. He leaves
a son, Alex; a daughter, Mrs. Sam-
uel (Mignon) Katser; and four
grandchildren.

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NEVA BELL, 4121 Arlene, Lans-
ing, died Sept 16. She leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Michael (Berna-
dine) Losik; and two grandchil-
dren. Interment Detroit.
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REBECCA CONNIG, 25155 Biar-
ritz, Oak Park, died Sept. 16. She
leaves a son, Samuel; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. William (Anna) Yanoff
and Mrs. Rachel Tracton; and one
grandchild.
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GERTRUDE E P S T E I N, 19784
Monte Vista, died Sept. 19. She
leaves two sons, Herbert and Ir-
win; two daughters, Mrs. Walter
(Anita) Strenger and Mrs. Ber-
nard (Dorothy) Sherman; one
brother, two sister and 11 grand-
children.
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ISRAEL GOLDBLATT, 19100 W.
Seven Mile, died Sept. 20. He
leaves his wife, Ada; a son, Milton
Gilbert of Houston; two daughters,
Mrs. Bernard (Alyce) Seyburn and
Mrs. Seldon (Birdie) Barris; seven
grandchildren and 11 great-grand-
children.
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ROSE LEVITES GOLDENBERG,
19100 W. Seven Mile, died Sept. 14.
Survived by five sons, Harry, Ed-
ward and Gilbert Levites, all of
California, Harry and Joseph Le-
vites; one sister; 14 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
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HARRY KAPLAN, 20420 Harbor
Lane, Southfield, died Sept. 19. He
leaves his wife, Dora; a son, Mor-
ris; a daughter, Mrs.'1,eslie (Fay)
Smith; one brother, on sister and
five grandchildren.
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ELIZABETH KATHLEEN
GOTTFRIED, wife of Harold Gott-
fried, president of Silvercup Bread
Co., headquartered in Detroit, died
in New York City Sept. 13. Surviv-
ing also are a daughter, Ruth Anne
Boros, and a son, W. Donald Jag-
gert.
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EDWARD B. KEIDAN, 18915
Fairfield, died Sept. 20. Survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baer
Keidan; a brother, Bruce; and a
sister, Mrs. Arthur V. (Alice)
Lanckton of Cambridge, Mass.
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ECHEEL KINGSTON. 17521
Northlawn, died Sept. 15. Survived
by his wife, Molly; two daughters,
Mrs. David (Muriel) Hoptman and
Esther of Boston; four brothers,
one sister and three grandchildren.
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JULIUS N. LUMBEIIG, former
Detroiter of Sherman Oaks, Calif.,
died Sept. 19. Survived by his wife,
Sylvia; a daughter, Ruth Ellen; a
brother, Louis R., and two sisters,
Mrs. Morris (Helen) Greenberg
and Mrs. Samuel (Celia) Mager,
all of Detroit.
• • •
EVA HECKLER, 16135 Baylis,
died Sept. 15. Survived by two
sons, Ben and Mark of Los Ange-

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During the coming
week Yeshiva Beth
Yehudo will observe
the Yohmeit of the
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traditional Memorial
Prayers, recitation of
Kaddish and study-
ing of Mishnayes.

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Harry Weiswasser
Fannie Lifshitz
Moses Liebergott
Joseph Goldman
Bessie Weingarden
Leo Flekel
Shelne Weinstein
Julius Kozloff
Dora Esther Green
Ida Begieman
Louis Koppel
Joseph Saxer
Sarah Glassman
Yaacov Hirsh B'reb
Israel
Fannie Schwartz
Harry Mondry
Israel Mayrock
Nathan Hess
Philip Forman
Rose lwrey
Sonya Yabeck
Esther Cohn
Jacob Soberman
Rebecca Freedman
Rebecca Podolsky
Yehudith Cohen
Jacob Feffer
Clarence Ablitz
Leah Morrison
Esther Rosenshine
Hyman Krasnick
Dora Chaben
Anna Rosenberg
Harry Thav
Bessie Krause
Peter S. Gold.tein
Regina Rubinstein
Jacob Must
SODhie Scherr
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(Ann) Rubin of Wheaton, Md., and
Mrs. Richard (Marion) Stannard;
nine grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren.
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MINNIE MIRVES, 1962 Calvert,
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Richard (Minnie) Reitman, Mrs.
Frank (Frances) Meye rs and
Mrs. David (Edith) Rubin; four
brothers, one sister, nine grand-
children and five great-grandchil-
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ELSA SHENKER, 26094 Hendrie,
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She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Saul
J. (Annette) Bechek, and three
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HARRY ZEITLIN, 8651 St.
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