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OBITUARIES

LOUIS H. ALTER, 14951
3irwood, died Nov. 16. He
eaves his wife, Leona; two
ms, Edward and Sheldon;
daughter, Mrs. Charles
?,thel) Kaplan of Phoenix;
rte brother and nine grand-
.hildren.
• • •
JOEL BILANDER, 5548
Thene, died Nov. 18. Survived
j his wife, Adela.
• • •
MORRIS BUR STEIN,
9324 Westbrook, died Nov.
. Survived by his wife,
?aye
.son, William Burn-
daughter, Harriet;
one sister and two grandchil-
iren.
* *
SARAH FRIEDMAN, 22601
ilssex Way, Southfield, died
gov. 21. She leaves a son,
ly; two daughters, Mrs.
Joseph (Ruth) Ostrow and
Mrs. Irving (Adele) Raizin;
∎ ne sister, four grandchil-
iren and four great-grand-
thildren.

MORRIS OVSON, 381 Cov-
ington, died Nov. 20. He
leaves his wife, Dora; two
sons, Arthur Borkin and Ed-
ward Borkin; two grandchil-
dren and one great-grand-
child.

REGINA PEISS, 21600 Ken-
osha, Oak Park, died Nov.
15. Survived by her husband,
Leon; two sons, Nathan and
Frederick, and two grand-
children.
* *
PHILIP PETERS, 22811 W.
Seven Mile, died Nov. 19. No
known survivors.
* * *
SARAH RUBIN, 22313 La-
Seine, Southfield, died Nov.
20. Survived by two sons,
Maurice and Charles of Mar-
gate, Fla.; five daughters,
Mrs. Louis (Esther) Kozin,
Mrs. Leo (Molly) Furst, Mrs.
Ben (Ann) Jacobson and
Mrs. Hyman (Betty) 'Lieber-
man, both of Merritt Island,
Fla., and Mrs. Irving (Min-
GEORGE G. HERMAN, nie) Sacks; one brother, two
L8278 Mansfield, died Nov. sisters, 15 grandchildren, 18
,8. He leaves his wife Greta; great-grandchildren and two
Ind a daughter Alice.
great-great-grandchildren.
* *
cBEN KAHRNOFF, 22307
MINNIE SALOMON, 22111
aSeine, Southfield, died Kenosha, Oak Park, died
`rev. 19. He leaves his wife, Nov. 15. Survived by her hus-
.tty; a son, David; a daugh- band, William; four sons,
ter, Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Philip, Harry, Dr. Allan and
' -stl; two brothers, one sister Dr. Jack; two daughters,
five grandchildren.
Mrs. Josef (Sarah) Feuerei-
sen and Mrs. Donald (Elayne)
ILLY LERNER of Miami Ritten; one brother, two sis-
ach, died Nov. 17. She ters and nine grandchildren.
yes her husband, Abe;
ee sons, Ben of Midland,
HARRY VICTOR, 25819,
3eorge and Max of Atlanta; Southwood, Southfield, died
;n? brother, three sisters, Nov. 20. Survived by his
nne grandchildren and six wife, Fannie; three sons,
treat-grandchildren. I n t e r- David of Beverly Hills,
nent Detroit.
Calif., Simon and Max of
North Miami. Beach; a daugh-
NATHAN N. LIEBERMAN, ter, Mrs. Melvin (Shirley)
2280 Harding, Oak Park, Seffinger; 11 grandchildren
:ed Nov. 20. Survived by and one great-grandchild.
wife, Betty; three sons,
Olen, Phillip and David;
77ee brothers, three sisters
and one grandchild.
* *
NINA LISSAN, 15410 North-
Erwin R. Wile, a certified
;ate, Oak Park, died Nov. 18.
:urvived by a brother, Ber- public accountant with of-
lprd Glaser of Windsor; fices in the Honeywell Build-
ing, Southfield, died Nov. 17
iephews and nieces.
•
at age 52.
JOLAN MICHEL, 24260
Mr. Wile, 6698 Knollwood,
Blackstone, Oak Park, died West Bloomfield, was a na_
Nlov. 17. Survived by a tive of Cleveland. He was
laughter, Mrs. Jacob (Mag- graduated from the Univer-
Schneid; one sister, two sity of Detroit in 1950 and
"andchildren and one great- received certification in 1952.
grandchild.
Mr. Wile was a member of
Temple Emanu-El, Knoll-
wood Country Club and Per-
The Family of the Late
fection Lodge of the Masons.
EVELYN
Survivors are his wife,
Yvette; two sons, Dr. Alan
GAYNOR
and James; a daughter,
k A'
- , nces the unveil-
Lisa; his mother, Mrs. Leo
, inL , a monument in
Wile of Cleveland Heights;
her memory 12 noon
and a brother, Sanford.
Sunday, Dec. 2 at

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Westwood Ce metery
(Inkster). Rabbi
Schnipper will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

The Family of the Late

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Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2 at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Arm will offici-
ate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Mark Anisfeld, 65,
Zionist Leader

ANTWERP (ZINS)—Mark
Anisfeld, a dedicated and
veteran Zionist leader, died
here at the age of 65 follow-
ing a short illness.
Mr. Anisfeld was a mem-
ber of the Zionist Actions
Committee and secretary gen-
eral of the European office
of the World Union of Gen-
eral Zionists. Having lost his
family in the Nazi concentra-
tion camps, Anisfeld had
lived alone devoting his en-
tire time to the cause of
Zionism and Israel.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, Nov. 23, 1973-551

IL Rosenfeld,
Sibley's Owner

Dr. Morris Epstein, Author, Editor

NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr. daughters, Guita and Sherry
Morris Epstein, professor of Lee; and a brother.
English and chairman of the
A native of Newark, he
English department at Ye- was a widely known author,
shiva University's Stern Col- editor and lecturer. He wrote
sever al cihldren's books;
edited "World Over" maga-
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zine, the biweekly publica-
tion of the Board of Jewish
Education since 1947; wrote
scripts for "World Over
Playhouse," broadcast on
WNBC from 1948 to 1950;
and served as managing edi-
tor of the "Jewish Education
Magazine."
Dr. Epstein was the au-
thor of "Tales of Sendebar,"
a collection of stories form-
ing the Hebrew version of
the ancient romantic tale
which originated in the East
and later transmitted to the
West.
He was associate editor of
the "Samuel K. M i r s k y
Memorial Volume," was a
contributor to the new "Eh-
cyclopedia Judaica" and re-
cently completed a compre-
Gottesman Survivor
DR. MORRIS EPSTEIN
hensive research effort on
The Jewish News regrets
the fate of the "lost" 10
the erroneous omission of the lege for Women, died Sun- tribes of Israel.
day
at
age
52.
name of Mrs. Harry (Lillian)
Dr. Epstein is survived by
Rice, surviving sister of
Arthur Gottesman, whose his wife, the former Shifra
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Harry Rosenfeld, founder
of Sibley's Shoes, a chain of
19 stores in Michigan, died
Monday at age 77. He was
chairman of the board of the
firm, founded in 1920.
Mr. Rosenfeld, a native of
Russia, was a 40-year mem-
ber of Temple Beth El. He
also was past president of
the Greater Detroit Shoe Re-
tailers, past noble grand of
Jericho Lodge, Odd Fellows,
and former chairman of the
shoe division of the Allied
Jewish Campaign. He was a
member of the Detroit
Chamber of Commerce, Eco-
nomic Club and Detroit
Grand Opera Association.
Surviving are two sons,
Aaron Ross and Norman;
three brothers, Dr. John
Rosefield, Sam and Sol; two
sisters, Mrs. Leonard (Isa-
belle) Gray and Mrs. Ben
(Rose) Miller; and eight
grandchildren.

Dr. Kotsuji, Japanese Hebrew
Scholar Who Became Jewish

NEW YORK—The death of
Japanese Hebraist Dr. Abra-
ham Kotsuji, who was credit-
ed with saving many Jewish
refugees in World War II and
later became a convert to
Judaism himself, died Oct.
31 in Kamakura, Japan, it
was learned here. Dr. Kot-
suji, 74, was buried in Jeru-
salem, in accordance with
his wishes, on Nov. 9.
Dr. Kotsuji, who had re-
lated his experiences in the
book "From Toyko to Jeru-
salem," lived in New York
until two months ago, when
he returned to Japan. He was
doing research in the U.S.

of California. He earned his
doctorate at Kyoto Univer-
sity.
He became his country's
leading Hebrew scholar and
gave lessons in Hebrew and
Jewish law to Prince Mikasa,
youngest brother of Emperor
Hirohito.
During the war, he wrote
a book to counter Nazi-in-
spired anti - Semitism and
himself fled to Manchuria a
few months before the close
of the war.
In 1959, Dr. Kotsuji tra-
veled to Jerusalem for his
conversion. The following
year, he founded an institute
of Hebrew culture in Tokyo
to teach Judaism.
As a resident of New York
for the last 10 years, he ,be-
came an honorary member
of the Brotherhood Syna-
gogue in Greenwich Village.

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Anne Alpern,
Attorney, 79

Anne F. Alpern, a Detroit
attorney since 1932, died
Monday at age 79. She was
one of the first women to
practice law in the U.S.
Mrs. Alpern, who recently
retired, was past president
of the Women Lawyer's As-
sociation and a member of
the American and Michigan
Bar associations. She was a
DR. ABRAHAM KOTSUJI
graduate of the University of
Detroit's law school in 1930.
for second editions of his and later received a doctor of
Japanese-Hebrew dictionary laws degree.
and his autobiography.
She leaves two sons, Dr.
His burial was attended by
E. Bryce and Robert; two
Israel's religious affairs min-
ister, Zerah Warhaftig, and brothers Harold M. Shapiro
other public figures and Bi- and Nelson S. Shapiro; two
ble scholars. Dr. Kotsuji had sisters, Mrs. Jacob (Lillian)
met Warhaftig in Japan just Stiglitz and Mrs. Harold
before the war, when the for- (Alice) Rothbart; .and seven
mer was helping Jewish grandchildren.
refugees from Eastern Eu-
rope.
Morris Sarnoff, 79
HOLLYWOOD — Morris
The descendant of a line of
Shinto priests, Dr. Kotsuji Sarnoff, brother of the late
converted to Christianity as a David Sarnoff, board chair-
youth after reading the Old man of the Radio Corp. of
Testament. He studied He- America, died here Nov. 16
brew in a Christian mission at age 79. Mr. Sarnoff was a
school and later came to the retired insurance man and
U.S. to attend the University corporate executive.

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Dr. Epstein was also a
drama and book critic for
radio station WEVD in New
York, and was a member of
the editorial advisory boards
of "The Jewish Digest" and
"In Jewish Bookland."
He joined the faculty of
Stern College for Women in
1955 and was promoted to
full professor and depart-
ment chairman in 1966. He
received his BA from Ye-
shiva University in 1942, MA
from Columbia University in
1944, and PhD from New
York University in 1957.
He served as president of
the Yeshiva College Alumni
Association and the Ameri-
can Jewish Public Relations
Society and also was literary
editor of the publications
board- of the Board of Jewish
Education.

WE REMEMBER
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During the
coming week
Yeshivoth Beth
Yehude will
observe the
Yahrzeit of the
following de-
parted friends,
with the tradi-
tional Memor-
ial Prayers, re-
citation of
Kaddish and
studying of
Mishnayos.

Cheshvan Nov.
Ann Goldberg 30
25
Isidore Goldman 30
25
Kislev
Harry
Ehrenfreund
1
26
Jacob Fish
1
26
Anna Goldberg
1
26
Arthur A. Gould 1
26
Ben Hochman
1
26
Morris Kaplan
1
26
Samuel B.
Posner
1
26
Karl Yagoda
1
26
Feiga Yampolsky 1
26
Arthur Benjamin 2
27
Shirley Devlin
2
27
Freda Elstein
2
27
Nathan Fridson 2
27
Sadie Gelfund
2
27
Harry M. Gruber 2
27
Benjamin D.
Krugel
2
27
Elias Shier
2
27
John E. Siegel 2
27
Minnie Tilchin
2
27
Samuel Benidikt 3
28
Benny Derevny 3
28
Avrohom Y.
Eisenstadt
3
28
Charles
Goldschlag
3
28
Morris Kransberg 3
28
Bernard D. Lynn 3
28
Adele Reider
3
28
Rose Rothnagel
3
28
H. S. Seidman
3
28
Anne Shektman 3
28
Chenieh Simlak 3
28
Abraham
Valitzkin
3
28
Chaya Wallach
3
28
Wolf Wallach
3
28
Louis Hoberman 4
29.
Boruch Levine
4
29
Isadore Marcus
4
29
Ida F. Selker
4
29
Joshua Blazofsky 5
30
Harry Clements 5
30
Fanny Engel
5
30
Etta L. Finley
5
30
Meyer Freedman 5
30
Dec.
Eva Averbuch 6 1
Rachel D.
Burnstine
6
1
Joseph Feldman 6
1
Fannie Freid
1
6
Sol R. Greenwald 6
1
Harry M.
Krugel
6
1

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