Friday, July 5, 1968 9 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS - National Leaders Pay Tributes to Memory of Dr. Morton Robbins Heads of a number of national' movements paid tribute this week to the memory of Dr. Morton Rob- bins of Brookline, Mass., who died in Jerusalem on June 21, two days after the World Zionist Congress LATE DR. MORTON ROBBINS which he attended as a delegate from the Zionist Organization of America of which he was honorary vice president. Funeral services were held in Brookline on June 27. He was 70. He is survived by his widow, the former Claire Yochpa, and a brother, Aaron J. Robbins of Springfield, N. J. Voicing his and the ZOA's pro- found sorrow at the passing of Dr. Robbins, ZOA President Jac- ques Torczyner said that "Dr. Robbins will be missed by all those who believed in Zion re- stored and by those who supported and enhanced the State of Israel, among whom he was one of the pre-eminent builders of Zion." .1111110111111.111 1 *SALE of fine Tropical Worsteds *tailored by a X rvvvvvirwrvvvrrrewrrrrnvy The well-known Zionist leader was a vice chairman of the ZOA's national executive committee. He served as national chairman of its youth commission and a past chairman of the American Zionist Fund. A member of the World Zionist Actions Committee' and the Maccabi World Executive Committee, Dr. Robbins was also founder and president of Camp Young Judaea in Amherst, N.H., founder and honorary president of the New Hampshire State Zionist Federation and past president and honorary president of the New England Zionist Region. He had been a member of the national council of the United Palestine Appeal, a governor of the Jewish National Fund and a director of Keren Haysod, which was the land-acquisition arm of the Jewish Agency. In the field of medicine, Dr. Robbins was a founder of the American Physicians Fellowship of the Israel Medical Association and a contributor to Ha-Rofe ha- Ivri (The Hebrew Doctor). In addition to his many accom- plishments he was also a poet, composer, author and linguist. He was a dynamic and forceful plat- form personality and was versed in every aspect of Israel and Jewish life. A widely traveled lecturer throughout the United States on behalf of the ZOA, he made fre- quent visits to Israel. Dr. Robbins was born Oct. 16, 1897, in Balta, the Ukraine, with the surname Rabinovitz. He came to the United States in 1922 and studied pharmacy at Rutgers Uni- versity. He earned a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Liege. Belgium, in 1927 and was 'awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the Interna- tional Academy of New York and London in 1953. Until he retired in 1964, when he moved to Brookline, Dr. Rob- bins had practiced medicine in Nashua, N. H. During World War TT, he was lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corns. " ■- n. 1952 he was named Bnai Brith Man of the Year and Zionist of the Year. cglianh You For your generosity at the recent successful Detroit Friends of Yeshiva University 13th Annual Bar Mitzvah dinner in honor of MORRIS KARBAL Our deep gratitude to our fellow Detroiters, for exemplary benefactions to Yeshiva University's scholarship program and far-reaching educational efforts. May we continue to enjoy your interest and par- ticipation to assure the education of our youth and the growth of the University. Detroit Friends of Yeshiva University CHAIRMAN - Abraham Borman TREASURER David Goldberg DINNER CHAIRMAN David P. Zack CO-CHAIRMAN Edward C. Levy SECRETARY Daniel A. 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