THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 38—Friday, August 24, 1973 Marchioness of Reading Dies LONDON (JTA) — The Marchioness of Reading, president of the British Sec- tion of the World Jewish Congress and a member of its World Executive, a noted social worker, a dedicated Zionist campaigner. and one of the outstanding women of her generation, died here Aug. 14, one week before her 78th birthday. Eva Violet Reading was the daughter of the First Lord Melchett (Alfred Mond) and the widow of the Second Marquis of Reading (Ger- ald). Eva Reading made her mark in her own right, both at the Jewish and non-Jewish levels. Her mother was a Roman Catholic and she was brought up as one. When she was 27, and after a journey to Israel with her father, her Jewish roots asserted themselves and she was for- Dr. Waksman, Discoverer ► of Streptomycin mally converted to Judaism HYANNIS, Mass.—Dr. Sel- by Dr. Maurice Perlzweig. man A. Waksman, a Nobel From then on she em• laureate and principal dis- barked on an incessant and coverer Streptomycin, of effective campaign on behalf died Aug. 16 at age 85. of Zionism, the Zionist funds The son of a businessman, and other Jewish causes. She the Ukraine-born Dr. Waks- joined the WJC early and man coined the word "anti- became one of its leading figures. For a number of years she chaired effectively the Euro- pean Executive of the WJC. In the British Section, she was an active and effective President, almost until her last days. At the non-Jewish level, Eva Reading was president of the National Council of Women and a leading figure in the area of social welfare. Her memoirs appeared at the beginning of the year under the title, "For t'-, e Record." (See Commentary, Page 2) Isaac Goldman, 80, 'Strongest Navy Man' MIAMI — Isaac Goldman. once known as Sailor Jim White, "the strongest man in the Navy," died Tuesday at age 80. He was said to have pulled with his teeth a seven-ton bus loaded with 50 men 500 feet across Capitol Plaza in Washington. Henry Fechheimer, President of Firm Henry S. Fechheimer, president of the applicator division of Red Devil Inc., a paint manufacturer, died Aug. 17 at age 68. Born in Chicago, Mr. Fech- heimer, 7449 Deep Run, Birmingham, lived 35 years in Detroit. He was a mem- bed of Temple Beth El, the Michigan Association of Cer- tified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Accountancy and the Detroit Economic Club. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice; a daughter, Mrs. Sue Welsh; a son, Fred; and four grandchildren. Inter- . ment Chicago. Gendelman Survivor The Jewish News regrets that it erroneously referred to the surviving daughter of the late Joseph Gendelman as his step-daughter. Mrs. Jerry (Arlene) Spiro is the daughter of Sarah Gendelman and the late Mr. Gendelman. The obituary notice appeared in the Aug. 17 issue. JNF Tributes Honor Mrs. Samuel Kobaker Members of the boards of the Jewish National Fund Council and the JNF Women's Auxiliary added to the tributes to Dora (Mrs. Samuel) Kobaker by inscrib- ing her name in the Golden Book of the JNF in Jeru- salem. Other tributes include additional Golden Book in- scriptions. Announcement has been made by Mrs. Kobaker's survivors, her husband, Sam- uel, and daughters, Mrs. Ed- ward (Marcia) Kersh of Jerusalem and Mrs. Sheldon (Florence) Dulberg of South- field, that the projects in which Mrs. Kobaker partici- pated with her father in Is- rael will be expanded in honor of her memory. Mildred Steiner, Maimonides Women's Leader Poetry Teacher Mildred Steiner, an early member and past president of the Maimonides Medical Society Women's Auxiliary, Living Memorial for Mother, Son The family of the late Mildred Lefkowitz and her son, the late Bernard Lefko- witz, are establishing a memorial fund to be used for the Jewish Center Senior Citizens Camp. Mrs. Lefkowitz, who died Aug. 8 at age 80, was a pio- neer in the founding and establishment of the Center Mothers Club 52 years ago. She also was active in all other phases of Center senior citizen activities. Mrs. Lefkowitz survived her only son by three months, after his death due to an accident. To contribute to the fund, direct contributions to the Jewish Center-Mildred and Bernard Lefkowitz Memorial Fund, 18100 Meyers, Detroit died suddenly Wednesday night. Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m. today at Kaufman Chapel. Surviving are a son, Mar- tin (Mickey); and three brothers, Dr. David Reisman of. Dallas, Dr. Frank Reis- man and Dr. Sam Reisman. Mrs. Steiner lived at 23601 Sutton, Southfield. She was the widow of Dr. Max Steiner, a prominent Michigan psychiatrist. Born in Poland, Mrs. Stein- er lived in Detroit most of her life. She was a graduate of Wayne State University, taught public school for many years and resumed teaching poetry and English literature in 1968. She was actively involved with the Parents Association for Jewish Residential Care and assisted in setting up Haverim House for the re, tarded. She also established the Dr. Max Steiner tribute fund through Maimonides Women. She was a member of Hadassah, Pioneer Worn- en and Cong. Beth Achim. SELMAN A. WAKSMAN 45 Judges Urge UN to Probe Fate of Syrian and Iraqi Jews PHILADELPHIA (JTA) judges said in a joint letter — Forty - five Philadelphia to llhan Lutem, of Turkey, judges have appealed to the chairman of the UN's Third United Nations for an in- Committee. The Third Com- vestigation into the fate of mittee is charged with pro- Jews in Syria and Iraq. moting international respect The judges—more than for human rights and free- half of the jurists in the dom. "We have been told of city's common pleas and dozens of people who merely municipal court systems disappear and are not heard called on the UN to act on from again," the judges said, reports that Jews in these referring to continuing re- Arab countries face annihil- ports that many of the fewer ation at government hands. than 400 Jews remaining in The text of their appeal Iraq have been imprisoned was released by Thacker and their property has been Lois G. Forer, Joseph T. Murphy, Paul Ribner, Her- bert W. Salus Jr., and Cal- vin T. Wilson. Judge Klein predicted that other judges will add their names to the appeal when the vacation period ends. Culture of the Jewish People Judaism—the Unique The only name which ad- equately describes the Jewish heritage is civilization or cul- ture. Judaism is, then . . . to be defined as the unique culture of the Jewish people. Like any civilizaion, it rep- resents an organic complex of a literature, language, re- ligious outlook, folkways. group hopes, aspirations, ethical values and esthetic judgments. In his living whole, religion is at once the driving motif and the most ideal expression, but it is by no means the whole nor the largest part.—Milton Stein- berg, in "The Making of the Modern Jew." Longstreth, president of the confiscated. Greater Philadelphia Cham- Continuing, t h e judges ber of Commerce and chair- wrote: "In our lifetime we man of the Committee of have seen an example of the Concern for Syrian and shame and tragedy that can Iraqi Jewry. result when the most funda- The appeal to the UN was mental principles of law and organized by six of the justice are disregarded. Al- judges after they and other though numbers of people civic leaders attended a re- involved may be small, the cent luncheon sponsored by legal and ethiCal concepts involved are of the highest the Committee of Concern. At that time, three Jews importance to the dignity of who earlier this year escaped man. We urge your com- from Iraq—two of them mittee to conduct a full in- Fraud and deceit are ever widows of men murdered in vestigation of t h e charges in a hurry.—Benjamin Frank- that have been made, so public hangings — were lin. brought to Philadelphia by that the community of na- tions may be assured that the Jewish Community Re- law and justice exist for lations Council to brief com- these minorities in Iraq and mittee members and guests on the plight of those Jews Syria." Register at Organizing t h e appeal remaining in Iraq and Syria among their colleagues were "We have heard reports of midnight trials without Judges Richard B. Klein, counsel, followed by pre- n ique ,mramp dawn executions," the 45 biotic" for such "wonder drugs" as penicillin that were turning up in scientific journals. For the editor of Biological Abstracts, Dr. Waksman de- fined antibiotic as "a chemi- cal substance produced by a microbe which has the. capa- city to inhibit the growth of and even destroy other microbes." Later, with the help of some of his students, he iso- lated a microbe which was named Streptomycin, the first antibiotic to show po- tency in curing tuberculosis. Dr. Waksman came to the U. S. in 1910 following his graduation from high school. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees from Rut- gers University and studied for his doctorate at the Uni- versity of California, where he worked as a biochemist. He returned to Rutgers where he became a lecturer in soil microbiology while also working for two years as a bacteriologist. Among his studies, Dr. Waksman considered the role _soil bacteria play in oxidiz- ing sulphur, the origin and chemical make-up of peat and the nature of soil humus. He spent years classifying and studying the activities of soil organisms called acti- nomycetes. In 1952, Rutgers opened its institute of microbiology and soon afterward Dr. Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine. Sol Poskel, Director at Cadillac Overall Sol Poskel, personnel and labor relations director for Cadillac Overall Co. for 22 years, died Sunday at age 64. Mr. Poskel, 17200 Tracey, was a past president of De- troit Lodge, Bnai Brith, and a member of Perfection Lodge of the Masons. A na- tive Detroiter, he was a yeoman in the U. S. Navy. Survivors are his wife, Fay; a daughter, Mrs. Fred- erick (Lois) Alpern of Rich- mond, Va.; three brothers, Nathan of Los Angeles, Ralph and Meyer; two sis- ters, Mrs. Cy (Libby) Wein- stein of Groton, Conn., and Rose; and three grandchil- dren. BRIDES Ti 8- 22120 Coo idge at 9 Mile (0 • jiirtits 545 1410 - Aug. 14—To Mr. and Mrs. David L. 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