54 Friday, September 16, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Philanthropist Helen DeRoy Dies `Fiddler' Star Zero Mostel Dead Helen L. DeRoy, leader in Jewish phifanthropic en- deavors, died Wednesday at age 95. Widow of Aaron DeRoy, who was prominent in the automotive industry prior to his death in 1935. Mrs. DeRoy established the Helen L. DeRoy Foundation through which she made many major philanthropic contributions. Among the projects for which she has been a benefactor are resi- dence halls at Brandeis Uni- versity and Wayne State University; auditoriums at WSU and the Jewish Com- munity Center; the Chil- dren's Rehabilitation Cen- ter at Children's Hospital; a wing at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle and the sanctuary at Temple Beth El. The foundation also estab- lished several university scholarships. Mrs. DeRoy was a mem- ber of the Fresh Air So- ciety, Detroit Historical So- ciety, Jewish Community Council, Hadassah, Nation- al Council of Jewish Wom- en, Detroit Yacht Club and the Great Lakes Club. She leaves nieces and nephews. Services 1 p.m. today in the Helen L. DeRoy sanctuary at Temple Beth El. U.S. Seeks 'Palestinian' Voice in Any Mideast Peace Talks NEW YORK—U.S. in- itiatives in the Middle East received mixed reactions early this week. Palestine Liberation Or- ganization leader Yasir Ara- fat spurned a U.S. plan for an "unarmed" Palestinian entity. The following day, Arafat and Egyptian President An- war Sadat applauded Mon- day's U.S. call for Palesti- nian representation in any new Mideast peace talks. The U.S. State Depart- ment announcement, made Monday, also called for Pa- lestinian recognition of United Nations Resoldtion 242. which implicitly recog- nizes Israel. Following the State De- partment announcement, Is- raeli spokesmen did not rule out Palestinian repre- sentation. but adamantly re- fused to consider the PLO as a negotiating partner. This has been Israel's posi- tion for some time. Avi Pazner of the Israel Embassy in Washington re- peated Israel's position that it would negotiate with Pa- lestinians, but not with the PLO. "this murderous or- ganization, practicing gen- ocide aimed at the __destruc- tion of Israel." NEW YORK — Zero Most- el, the man who turned Sho- lem Aleichem's Tevye the dairyman into a living leg- end on Broadway, died Sept. 8 at age 62. Born Samuel Joel Mostel in Brooklyn, the actor was preparing for pre-Broadway performances of a new play. "The Merchant," when he became ill. Mr. Mostel enjoyed the success his acting had brought him, but it took many years and much heartache to reach such ac- claimed status in the acting world. He was miscast in a After returning to the United States to finish their schooling and prepare for aliya, they reluctantly con- cluded that a moshav wasn't in their future be- cause it wasn't compatible with their training and oc- cupational interests. However after a meeting with Eldad Gissin of the Jewish Agency's settlement department last year, they realized that an industrial moshav could be the an- swer. Israel's first industrial moshav, Neve Ilan, was es- tablished near Jerusalem in 1970 and Israeli government officials are now pro- Coke Signs Egypt Citrus Agreement NEW YORK — Coca-Cola Co. officials expect that a $50 million agreement with Egypt to help its faltering citrus industry will lead to the removal of Coca-Coca from the Arab boycott list. The Atlanta-based firm has been blacklisted since 1967 by the Arabs for doing business with Israel. A company spokesman said, however, that the firm will not stop doing business with Israel in order to get off the boycott list. nouncing the experiment a success. The Berkeley group, now composed of some 25 members, ranging in age from 21 to 35, is one of several groups following in Neve Ilan's footsteps with the encouragement of the Jewish Agency. The new group has cho- sen the name "Sof Maa- rav," or "Far Reaches of the West" referring to the group's current location on the Pacific coast and to a famous poem by Yehuda Recitation of Kadish By RABBI SAMUEL FOX (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) The Kadish is recited in Aramaic instead of Heb- rew. A variety of reasons have been offered for this practice. One reason states that this is done because the angels do not understand. Aramaic and the recita- tion of the Kadish by humans would thus not antagonize them. It is suggested that they might be antagonized be- cause such recitation:, are made by the 'angels who might become jeal- ous of man's invasion into their role. Others contend that the angels who seek to ac- cuse man before the heavenly throne would not be aware that this Kadish was being recited in justification of man's role since it is in a diffe- rent language. It is also stated that reciting the Kadish in the Aramaic language casts man's role in a distinctive from in- stead of having him just become an incitation of angelic performances. A second reason for re- citing the Kadish in :Aramaic is so that it would not arouse the suspicion of evil kings who might for- hid its recitation as they once did of other parts of the liturgy, because it might seem to them that Jewish worshippers did not consider their kingly role as supreme — placing the role of the Al- mighty above them. This, the kings feared, might lead to rebellion. A third reason ad- vanced notes that the Aramaic language was once the day-to-day lan- guage of_ Jews. There were at that time some Jews who did not under- stand Hebrew, but who understood Aramaic as a jargon. Since the Kadish was originally recited by the ordinary Jews after a deep lecture had been of- fered by the learned, it was put into a language they could more easily understand and recite. It is required to recite Kadish seven times a day. Many derive it from the verse in the Psalms which says "Seven times a day do I praise Thee" (Psalms 119:164). This Kadish is, of course, the Kadish which is recited after definite sections of the daily prayers. The number seven is regarded by some as indi- cating• a totality of ex- perience, meaning that man praises the Al- rnighty for every type of experience he has on this earth, there actually being no experience where man does not realize the wonders of the presence ofthe Almighty. Monument Unveilings two inches deep with a black border.. The family of the late Re- gina Greenhut announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in her memory 1 p.m. Sunday. Sept. 18 at Hebrew Memorial Park. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * HaLevi in which he de- clares that while his body was in "the far reaches of the west" (Spain), his heart was in the east. Work has begun on some innovative toys powered by solar energy cells and on a line of decorative ceramics. Thoughts for future proj- ects include manufacture of electro-optical and biome- dical instruments as well as solar energy devices and educational games and ma- terials. mineworker. For a time, he was a WPA lecturer and spoke on art at the Museum of Modern Art, the Frick Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry. He often joked that he had acquired the name Ze- ro for his academic per- formance in school; it was actually given to him by Ivan Black, a press agent who was doing publicity for Cafe Society Downtown where Mr. Mostel did corn- edy routines and impres- sions. Black said he picked Zero for a nickname be- cause the actor was start- ing from nothing. The actor's body was cre- mated without prior serv- ices according to his wish- es. Unveiling announcements may be inserted by mail or by cal, he Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, 424-88:3:3. Written announcements must be accompanied by the name and address of the person making the insertion. There is a standing charge of :7+7..111 for an unveiling notice in•a,uring an inch in depth. and SI2 for a notice American's Moshav Concentrating on Industry NEW YORK—A group of young American Jews have formed a "moshav" with an industrial rather than an agricultural economic- base. Andy Pearlman, a gradu- ate student in bio-physics at the University of California at Berkeley, together with his wife Debbie, first con- ceived of the idea in March of last year. The Pearlmans, who have been active leaders of Zion- ist activities on the Berke- ley campus for several years, are no strangers to rural life in Israel. Follow- ing their graduation from college they spent a year teaching at the Caduri agri- cultural school in the lower Galilee. University for a master's degree but quit to find work. He wandered around. the country and took numer- ous jobs as a factory work- er, longshoreman, tutor and ZERO MOSTEL number of early films and for many years was black- listed by Hollywood and Broadway as a Communist. During the early 1950s, Mr. Mostel was subpoenaed to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He denied that he was a member of the Communist Party, but politi- cal witch hunters noted that he had sponsored the Na- tional Negro Congress and the Spanish Refugee Appeal of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, and he soon found himself on enter- tainment blacklists. A Hollywood film con- tract was canceled, doors were slammed in his face and for several years Mr. Mostel devoted himself to what he called his real loves, painting and art. He work€ d in a little studio in New York and produced huldreds of canvasses in what he later recalled as one of the most artistically productive periods of his life. By 1958 he was back on Broadway and was soon soaring to critical success- es. In later year he was to portray the role of a blacklisted comedian in "The Front," a film about the "witchhunts" in the Hol- lywood of the 50s.. Thje son of a rabbi, Mr. Mostel was encouraged in his painting endeavors by his mother. He pursued his interest in art in college. but because art courses were limited in the City Col- lege of New York curricu- lum, he took the same ones over and over, passing freshman art eight times be- fore graduating in 1935. He studied at New York The family of the late Harry A. Kay announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in his memory 12 noon Sunday, Sept. 25, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Syme will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * The family of the late Wil- liam New announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 2 p.m. Sunday. Sept. 18. at Oakview Ceme- tery. Sholom Ralph will offi- cate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. IThe Family of the Late BETTY COHEN Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Oakview Cemetery. Rabbi Stanley Rosen- baum and Cantor Louis Klein will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. The family of the late Morris Simons announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in his memory 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Gorrelick will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * * * The family of the late Naomi Tobisman announces the unveiling of a mon- ument in her memory 11 a.m. Sunday. Sept. 18, at Hebrew Memorial Park. Rabbi Goldschlag will offici- ate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. * The family of the late Abraham Zeidman an- nounces the unveiling of a monument in his memory 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. at Chesed Shel Emes a:me- tery. Rabbi Steinger will of- ficiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late EUNICE MONSON Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Arm will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Fainil) of the Late The Family of the Late DR. FRANK DISKIN LENA NATINSKY Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 1:31) p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Machpelah Cemetery. Rabbi Gruskin will offi- ciate. Relative's and friends are asked to at- tend. Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Hebrew Memorial Park. Rabbi Sperka will offi- ciate. Relatives and friends are asked to at- tend. he •amit, or th,i.ale MAMIE HARRIS Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory, 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18. at Machpelah Cemetery. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late HENRY J. SMOLINSKY Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 12 noon, Sunday. Sept. 18, at Beth Tefilo Emanuel Cemetery. Rabbi Leizer Levin will officiate. Relatives and friends are. asked to attend.