54 ridgy, August 26, 1977

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Yemeninte Jews Refuse to Return

By Moshe Ron

The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent

TEL AVIV—For Israeli
Jews who came from West-
ern countries. the Yemenite
Jews are always a certain
attraction. They emigrated
from Yemen because of per-
secution by the authorities.
They were mostly poor arti-
sans and they continued
their professions in Israel.
Now there is also a gener-
ation of Yemenite academi-
cians. including some politi-
cians. like Israel Ye-
shayahu. former speaker of
the Knesset.
When the state of Israel
was established. large
groups of Yemenites Jews
left Yemen. They wandered
for weeks through the
desert until they reached
Aden and came by boat to
Israel.
Later the Israeli govern-
ment. Jewish Agency and
Joint Distribution Corn-
mittee hired British freight-
ers. which transported
100.000 Yemenite Jews in
one year.

Today there are approx-
imately 2.000 Jews living in
Yemen's villages. In ''the
cities one can hardly find a
Jew. In the capital, Sanaa.
a 70-year-old Jew remains.
He is a very rich man. His
name is Daud Subari and
he is the only Jew in the
town. He is clad as a beg-

gar, but the Moslems like

him because he reminds
them of their former Jew-
ish neighbors.

Lately. reports have
reached Israel about mis-
sionary activity among
Jews in Yemen who live
near Saudi Arabia. The gov-
ernment of Yemen and Pre-
mier Ibrahim El Hamidi
have declared that each
Jew from Yemen who emi-
grated to Israel and decides
to return will be received
with "open arms - .
All Arab countries accept-
ed the plan of the Palestine
Liberation Organization
that is Jews-- from Israel re-
turned to their countries of
origin. Israel would not he
able to exist.
But no Yemenite Jew has
returned to Yemen.
In the times of the Yeme-
nite kings ( Imanis ). Jews
were severely persecuted.
especially by the Moslems.
In 1961 Yemen became a re-
public.

When the Jewish mass
emigration started. Iman
Achmud took a certain sum
of each emigrant. The JDC
paid these sums. Jews sold
all their belongings and
went through the desert.
Many were attacked by rob-
bers.

The 2.000 .Jews left in
Yemen wear turbans on
their heads and long robes
like the Moslems. But they

DMC Seeks to Back Dulzin
for Top Jewish Agency Post

.

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Anoth-
er meeting was held be-
tween Yigael Yadin, leader
of the Democratic Move-
ment for Change (DMC),
and Likud leaders Leon Dul-
zin, who is treasurer of the
Jewish Agency, and Fi-
nance Minister Simha Ehrl-
ich but the topic was not
possible renewed negotia-
tions for the DMC to join
Premier Menahem Begin's
Likud-led government, but
on rallying support from
the DMC for Dulxin's nomi-
nation to be chairman of
the Jewish Agency.

The subject of renewed
negotiations was mentioned
in passing.

Dulxin's backers believe
he already has a majority
for the post in the up-
coming World Zionist Con-
gress but they believe that
the wider the support, the
better.
A suggestion was floated

that the Likud approach the
Labor Alignment to create
a "wall-to-wall" coalition
for Dulzin as Jewish
Agency Executive chair-
man.

Dulzin and Ehrlich, who
are leaders fo the Liberal
Party component in the
Likud, reportedly sug-
gensted that, in exchange
for Dulzin, the DMC would
be given a portfolio in the
World Zionist Organization
Executive.
The DMC was expected
to meet and react favorably
on condition the DMC re-

Whoever sneaks, gossip.
or listens to gossip. and
whoever testifies as a false
witness deserves • to he
thrown before the dogs.
—The Talmud

are recognized immediately
by their paot (side locks).
There is no Jewish school
in Yemen. .Jewish children
go to the same school as
Moslems. and relations he-
tween the Moslems and
their .Jewish neighbors are
good.

Paul Deutch. Detroit drug-
gist for half a century
under whose name Paul's
Drug Store on BroadWay be-
came one of Detroit's most
popular business estab-
lishments died Aug. 18 at
age 72. Hundreds of friends
and associates in commu-
nity affairs paid tribute to
the deceased at funeral
services at Kaufman Chap-
el last Friday afternoon.
Born in Russia, Mr.

Oscar Bodansky,
Noted Biochemist

NEW YORK—Dr. Oscar
Bodansky, a pioneer in the
use of biochemistry for the
detection of serious dis-
eases, espceially cancer.
died Aug. 21 at age 76.
Dr. Bodansky's contribu-
tions to.biochemistry and to
its application for diagnos-
tic purposes were recog-
nized in 1962 when the Al-
fred P. Solan Foundation
presented him with a
$10,000 award.
He had also received
awards in clinical chem-
istry and another for clini-
cal investigation. He was a
retired member of the
Sloan-Kettering Institute for
Cancer Reserach.

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)

LEON DULZIN,

Joseph G. Berry

Joseph G. Berry, a . self-
employed real estate' in-
vestor, died Aug. 21 at age
75.
Active in Jewish organi-
zation and educational
groups, Mr. Berry was a
member of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek and a 50-year mem-
ber of Union Lodge of the
Masons. He resided at 25435
Wareham, Huntington
Woods.
He leaves his wife, An-
nette; a son, Milton L.;
three daughters, Mrs. Rob-
ert (Pearl) Solomon, Milli-
cent, and Mrs. Jack (Jane)
Solomon; a sister. Mrs.
Abraham (Esther) Siegel;
and seven grandchildren.

NEW YORK — Israel Dis-
count Bank Ltd.. the princi-
pal subsidiary of IDB Bank-
holding Corporation Ltd.
has reported a 10 percent in-
crease in consolidated
assets in terms of U.S. dol-
lars. Consolidated assets

reached S4.6 billion. up
from $4.2 billion at year
end 1976.
The consolidated balance
sheet of the bank includes
the following subsidiary
companies: Barclays Dis-
count Bank Ltd.: The Mer-

Paul Deutch, Local Druggist

Vowells and
Torah Verses

ceived the portfolio which
deals with the return of yor-
dim—an area hitherto dealt
with by the Agency Execu-
tive chairman.
The Labor Alignment is
considering submitting the
name of Itzhak Navon as a
candidate for the post but
Navon has said he would re-
ject the proposal if he was
not assured in advance of
majority backing.

IDB Limited Reports Asset Gains

The Torah scroll is
written without ..vowels
because tradition has it
that the Torah contains
more meaning than that
of the literal text.
Every written word is
said to have behind it a
mountain of interpreta-
tion. Omitting the vowels
from the official scroll
gives the text more
latitude in interpretation
since a change of vowels
can produce a change of
meaning in the word.
Often in the Talmudic
literature there is a dis-
pute as to what the cor-
rect reading of a scrip-
tural word is. It is not un-
usual for some rabbi to
claim that the word is not
to read in accordance
with one set of vowels but
with another.
The text is thus made to
fit various sets of circum-
stances, thus increasing
its relevancy to a variety of
life's conditions.
The printed versions of
the Bible do however con-
tain exact voweling be-
cause the Masoretic au-
thorities in the ninth and
10th centuries affirmed
the official voweling
necessary for the liturgi-
cal reading so as to have a
measure of consistency
and reliability for the
Scriptures.
However, this was only
for the literal reading and
not for the oral.

Deutch lived 70 years in De-
troit. He was a pharmacist
and founded Paul's Cut
Rate Drugs at 1419 Broad-
way in 1922. He retired in
1975.
He was a member of
Cong. Bnai David, Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, the Down-
town Synagogue. and a life
member of Mosaic Lodge of
the Masons and the YMCA
Businessmen's Group. He
resided at 25660 Southfield,
Southfield.
He leaves his wife, Net-
tie; two daughters, Mrs.
Harvey (Shirleyann) Al-
tman of Lansing and Mrs.
David (Deena) Fishman;
three sisters, Mrs. Harry
(Ethel) Tyner, Mrs. Isa-
dore (Anna) Chitro of Chi-
cago, Ill., and Mrs. George
(Selma) Keil; two brothers,
Joseph and Samuel; and
seven grandchildren.

Monument Unveilings

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Irene Solomon, 13

Irene Solomon, a student
at Thompson Junior High
School in Southfield, died
Aug. 21 at age 13.
A native Detroiter, Miss
Solomon was a member of
Cong. Beth Shalom and a
board member of its youth
group. She resided at 17055
George Washington, South-
field.
She leaves her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William (Lor-
raine) Solomon; a brother,
Edward; a sister, Enid;
and her grandparents, Mr.
Norman Cohen and Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander (Mollie)
Solomon.

Morris Seinwel

Morris Seinwel, the oldest
living Michigan Jewish war
veteran, died Aug. 24 at age
91.
Born in Hungary, Mr.
Seinwel lived most of his
life in Detroit. He was a
member of Craftsman
Lodge of the Masons and
Silverman-Detroit Post of
the Jewish War Veterans.
He leaves his wife, Han-
nah; a daughter, Mrs. Da-
vid (Adele) Tapper; and
three grandchildren. - Serv-
ices 12:30 p.m. today at Ira
Kaufman Chapel.

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asked to attend.
The family of the late An-
nette Brody Kotkin an-
nounces the unveiling of
monument in her memo:- \I
10 a.m. Sunday. Aug. 28.
Hebrew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Goldschlag will offici-
ate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

The Family
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The family of the late
Gussie
Glassman
an-
nounces the unveiling of a
monument in her memory
10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. at
Adat Shalom Memorial
Park. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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The family of the late
Percy Goodman announces
the unveiling of a mon-
ument in his memory 12:30
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at_
Beth Abraham Cemetery.

Rose Gerendasy

Rose Gerendasy, a mem-
ber of area congreations
and their women's groups,
died Aug. 20 at age 82.
Born in Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
Mrs. Gerendasy lived 75
years in Detroit. She was a
member of Temple Beth El
and its sisterhood, Cong.
Shaarey Zedek. Downtwon
Synagogue Sisterhood, Pio-
neer Women and other Jew-
ish organizations. She re-
sided at 16300 W. Nine Mile,
Southfield.
She leaves her husband,
Dr. Samuel; two sons, Dr.
Robert and Larry; a broth-
er, Elliot Novitsky; 11
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren

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ARTHUR E.
KOTLIER

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DOROTHY
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ing of a monument in
his memory 1 p.m. Sun-
Aug. 28. at Clover
Hill Memorial Park.
Rabbi Arm vv;ill offici-
ate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.

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SARA
RUBENFAER

JACK BROOKS

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept.
1, at
Maclipelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Schnipper will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.

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in her memory 2 p.m.
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friends are asked to in-
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MIRIAM COHEN

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their memory II a.m.
Sunday. Aug. 28,
Workmen's Circle Cem-
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friends are asked to at-
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