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Judge Levin's Memory Honored Nationally;
Noted Jurist Helped Many Important Causes
World and national leaders joined
with Detroit's community spokes-
men in honoring the memory of
Judge Theodore Levin, who died
Dec. 31 at age 73.
Funeral services were held at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek Friday after-
noon. Rabbi Irwin Groner and Can
for Jacob Harkin officiated.
Surviving are his wife, Rhoda;
sons, Judge Charles L. Levin,
Daniel E. and Joseph Levin; daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles (•iriam) Lieber;
a brother, Dr. Samuel J.;three sis-
ters, Mrs. David (Sally) Croll, Mrs.
Alan (Isabel) Grossman and Mrs.
Henry (Leah) Yanow; and 10
grandchildren.
He was the brother of the late
Bayre, Saul and Hoke Levin.
Born in Chicago, Feb. 18, 1897,
Judge Levin lived for a number
JUDGE THEODORE LEVIN
of years with his family in Canada
where his father was engaged as eration and was a Fred M. Butzel
an expert in the tobacco business. Award winner. He held national
They settled in Detroit during the offices, serving on the boards of
future judge's early youth and the Joint Distribution Committee,
Theodore attended the University American Friends of the Hebrew
of Detroit where he earned his University, National Refugee Serv-
LLB in 1920 and his LLM in ice and many other movements as
1924. Wayne State University well as the leading legal and judi-
awarded him an honorary LLD cial organizations and conferences.
in 1961. His alma mater, U. of D., He was a member of the Zionist
gave him a Civic Citation in 1961. Organization of Detroit and League
President Truman appointed for Israel.
him to the Federal District Court
Locally he was president of
in Michigan in 1946. From 1959 United
Charities, Council
until his 70th birthday in 1967 of Social Jewish
Agencies and many other
he was chief judge of the U.S. movements.
He
was a member of
District Court of the Eastern the boards of Sinai
Hospital, De-
District of Michigan. He re- troit ORT Chapter and
a member
mained on the bench until his of United Hebrew Schools.
death.
As a special assistant attorney
Judge Levin had set up a sea
tencing counseling system in fed- general of Michigan, in 1933, he
assisted
in conducting the grand
eral courts. It was viewed as a
progressive step in penology and
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won national acclaim.
Communally, Judge Levin was
one of Detroit's most distinguished
citizens. In his early years as a
William Avrunin, executive
practicing attorney he was help-
president of the Jewish Wel-
ful to scores of immigrants who vice
fare
announced this
needed assistance in entering the week Federation,
that a Theodore Levin Me-
United States and in settling here.
In his communal and judicial morial Fund is being set up by
associations, Judge Levin worked the United Jewish Charities and
closely with Fred M. Butzel, Judge contributions are being accepted
Henry Butzel, Judge -William in Judge Levin's memory to the
Friedman, Judge Harry B. Keidan, newly-established fund.
Julian IL Krolik and many others,
including Supreme Court Justice
Arthur Goldberg and Judge Louis jury proceedings concerning the
Levintbal of Philadelphia. He was closing of the banks. He was named
especially close to Judge Keidan to that post by Governor William
and Fred Butzel.
Comstock.
Among his close friends on the
Among the national honors be
national scene was the late Con- received
was the Jewish Publi-
gressman John D. Dingell, father cation Society
Citation, in 1966,
of the present congressman.
appreciation of his services
As president of the Jewish Social in
as
a
member
of
the JPS board.
Service Bureau, now the Jewish
On Judge Levin's 60th birthday,
Family and Children's Service, and
in
1957,
The
Jewish
News asked
of the Resettlement Bureau and as
a member of the national board of Judge Charles E. Simons, then
HIAS, he performed valuable serv- Chief judge of the Sixth Circuit
ices in aiding Immigrants through of the U.S. Court of Appeals, to
write an article honoring his friend.
local and national agencies.
Judge Simons, who gave the oath
His interest in immigration of
office to Judge Levin in the
matters and In the status of
Building here on Aug. 7,
aliens before they became citi- Federal
1946,
wrote, in a lengthy evalua-
zens led him to leadership in the tion of
Levin's career, in
fight against the alien registra- our issue Judge
of Feb. 15, 1957:
tion bill which was signed by
"It has often been said, and I
Governor Wilbur Brucker. His
legal battle and the historic brief think truly said, that a United
he prepared resulted
the bill States District judge Is possessed
being declared unconstitutional of more sheer power over the lives
by the U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- and property of litigants than any
other member of the judiciary, for
peals, in 1931.
It must be understood that under
Judge Levin was a former presi- our system of law a judgment in
dent of the Jewish Welfare Fed- the district court may be over-
turned only when there is a mis-
take of law, a failure to grant a
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sponsibility and an attitude of
humility. Judge Levin belongs
in the second category. It is sat
enough that a judge may knew
the law or at least know where
to find it; it is not enough to
create an atmosphere of fairness
in the court room; it is not
enough to apply the technicali-
ties of the law with an eye single
to affirmance by a reviewing
court. The quality that marks a
good judge is discernment that
penetrates the o b• ions and
pierces to the essential merit of
the case to ascertain the truth
and to reach if possible a result
that squares with that concept of
essential justice that lies at the
base of civilized society. This
quality Judge Levin's work has
amply demonstrated.
"Judge Levin's humanity has
made him an ardent believer in
the federal system of probation
by which first offenders may be
given a chance for rehabilitation.
He has spoken and written much
about it and his reliance upon the
expert humanitarian advice of
competent probation officer?, has
received the commendation of all
who have the responsibility for
erring humanity.
"When I speak of 'humility,' I
do not, of course, mean lack of
courageous independence. Judge
Levin's part in the three-judge case
which considered the constitutional
validity of the state's anti-Commu-
nistic statute is still fresh in mem-
ory. Through it, a circuit judge
stuck to his conviction that certain
constitutional rights were involved
and that the federal government
had pre-empted the field of domes-
tic security, leaving no area in
which the state could function.
"Without being fanatical, he has
adhered to the religious and moral
tenets of his Fathers with a deep
interest in the institutions by which
they are preserved and implemen-
ted. His great faith in the federal
judicial process is but an extension
of that religious concept which so
easily leads a highly moral man to
a loyal and deeply sentimental ad-
herence to the constitutionally
protected rights and privileges of
the individual in our American
way of life."
Gottesman Library Gets
Hochatein Collection
NEW YORK — Philip Roth-
stein, editor and 'publisher of the
Jewish Week and American Ex-
aminer, presented Yeshiva Uni-
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NEW YORK (JTA)—A program
which qualifies students to teach
in both Jewish and Public schools
is being offered this year for the
first time by the Teachers Insti-
tute for Women of Yeshiva Uni-
versity.
Rabbi Baruch N. Faivelson,
director, said the program, which
was started last September, re-
quires 164 credits for a bachelor
of education degree. Of these,
106 are in such Judaic studies as
Hebrew, biblica, medieval and
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The student can earn the credits
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