THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Abel Shaban 3 .
Led ORT Body
Herman Gittleman
Herman Gittleman, the
founder of Gifts Galore, died
Oct. 31 at age 74.
Born in Russia, Mr. Git-
tleman lived 73 years in De-
troit. He was a member of
the Moslem Temple, Cres-
cent Shrine and Mosaic
Lodge of the Masons. He re-
sided at 17745 Alta Vista,
Southfield.
He leaves his wife, Pearl;
two sons, Murray and
Stuart; a daughter, Mrs.
Herbert (Gloria) Woolman;
two sisters, Mrs. Henry
(Sadie) Wildstrom and Mrs.
Molly Kleiber; and six
grandchildren.
JOHANNESBURG
(JTA) — Abel Shaban, the
former chairman of ORT
and OSE in South Africa
and member of both organ-
izations' world executives,
has died here at age 70.
Born in Krakinava,
Lithuania, Mr. Shaban
began his writing career on
the Kovno Yididsh
Shtimme as one of its pro-
vincial reporters. After his
arrival in South Africa in
the late 1920s, he worked as
a journalist on various pub-
lications and also published
"Homeless Days."
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Shahan: left jour-
nalism for business during Bread Blessing
World War II and amassed a
fortune. He was instrumen- Rite Explained
By RABBI SAMUEL FOX
tal in helping procure arms
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
for the Hagana in the last
Pious Jews make an im-
stages of the British Man-
pression of some kind in the
date in Palestine.
bread before they pro-
nounce the blessing over it.
Fannie Zeltzer
This is especially done on
the Sabbath when the bles-
Fannie Zeltzer, a founder sing over the bread is made
of the local Magen David
over two whole loaves. The
Adorn, and with her hus- reason given is the general
band one of the founding
which requires that the
pioneers - of the Labor rule
act of doing something and
Zionist Alliance of Detroit, the blessing which is recited
died Oct. 30 at age 87.
before doing it be performed
Born in Poland, Mrs. 'as close to each other as pos-
Zeltzer was a member of sible.
Pioneer Women, Farband
It is the act of eating the
and the Sholem Aleichem bread that is preceded by
Institute.
She leaves her husband, the benediction over the
Joseph; two sons, Dr. Allen bread. (Should the bread not
and George; a daughter, contain ari impression at all
Grace; a brother, Abraham there would be the act of
cutting the bread which
Chover; two sisters, Mrs. would be an interruption
Ethel Elconin and Mrs. between the blessing and
Rose Goberman; seven the eating of bread.) Should
grandchildren and two the cut actually slice off one
great-grandchildren.
piece entirely, the bread is
not a whole loaf.
Harry Ackerman
Hence one makes a very
Harry H. Ackerman, slight incision before the
benediction without sever-
founder and owner of Ac-
kerman Trophy Co. in Pon- ing the bread, then one
makes the blessing and
tiac, died Oct. 30 at age 66.
finishes the slicing and eats
Born in Beaver Falls, Pa.,
the piece. This is the closest
Mr. Ackerman owned his
one can come ,to making the
company for 25 years. He
was a lifetime member of acts follow each other con-
secutively without inter-
the Elks and Eagles. He re-
ruption.
sided at 1021 Voorheis Rd.,
Pontiac.
"We need- a state like all
He 'leaves his wife, other peoples but it cannot
Blanche; a son, Dale of To- be a state like all other
ronto; three brothers, Rube, states — Israel must' aspire
Benjamin and Mo; and a sis- to make it a Jewish state
ter, Mrs. Belle Hartstone.
which does not profess to be'
better than other states but
which is different and un-
The Family
ique in its nature, a pure
of the Late
embodiment of the ideals
HARRY
and dreams of *the great
LEVINE
thinkers in Jewish history."
Announces the un-
—Nahum Goldmann
veiling of a monument
in his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 5, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Gorrelick will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
e nds are asked to
/ Ind.
The Family
of the Late
JACOB
WELNER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 5, at Ch-
esed Shel Emes Cemet-
ery. Rabbi Samuel
Prero will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
WOLFE (WILLIAM)
ATLAS,
86, 17264
Pennsylvania, Southfield,
died Oct. 26. Survived by
three daughters, Mrs.
Nathan (Miriam) Davis,
Mrs. Norman (Dorothy)
Breyer of Highland Park,
Ill., and Ruth of Los
Angeles, Calif.; and six
grandchildren.
* * *
BURTON K. BEER-
MAN, 41, former Detroiter
of Trenton, N.J., died Oct.
27. Survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis (Julia)
Beerman of Southfield; and
a brother, Charles of Troy,
Mich. Interment Trenton.
* * *
EVA DAVIDSON, 83,
22190 Condon, Oak Park,
died Oct. 30. Survived by
her husband, Sam; a son,
Paul M.; a daughter, Mrs.
Sanford (Rose) Rubin; a sis-
ter, Fruma Katz of Israel;
seven grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
* * *
JACK DENISON, 83,
died Oct. 27. Survived by
nieces and nephews, Mrs.
Edward (Naomi) Cohen,
Mrs. Kenneth (Barbara)
Given, Mrs. Stanton (Gail)
Corbat, Frank and Robert
and Mrs. Dennis (Leslie)
Rogers.
** *
ROSE ROSENBERG
DICKMAN, 90, 19100 W.
Seven Mile, Detroit, died
Oct. 27. Survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Delphine
Levinson; a brother; Dr.
William Vidaver of Miami
Beach, Fla.; four sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Bright, Mrs. Jes-
sie Bright, Mrs. Ben
(Sophie) Shifrin and Mrs.
Ezra (Leah) Lipkin; and one
grandchild.
** *
MORRIS
EISEN-
BERG, 86, 15402 North-
gate Blvd., Oak Park, died
Oct. 28. Survived by his
wife, Ethel; and a son, Sid-
ney of Jacksonville, Fla.
* * *
LILLIAN GORELICK
died Nov. 1. She leaves two
sons, Stuart and Burton of
Indianapolis, Ind.; a daugh-
ter, Lynnda ; a brother,
Dave Silberg of Ft. Wayne,
Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Mor-
ris (Sylvia) Olshansky of
Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs.
Jack (Madeline) Segal; and
five grandchildren. Services
11:30 a.m. today at Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
.
OBITUARIE
ANNA KOLOFF, 83,
died Oct. 27. She leaves a
son, Henry; and two
grandchildren.
** *
MAX LEVINE, 82, died
Oct. 28. He leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Milton (Be-
tty) Levinson and Arline; a
brother, Alex of Florida;
and two grandchildren.
* * *
RUTH MERETT, 70,
former Detroiter of North
Miami Beach, Fla., died
Oct. 27. Survived by a son,
Philip of Miramar, Fla.
Interment North Miami
Beach.
JACOB SAMBERG Beach;
and
seven
died Oct. 20. He leaves a grandchildren. Interment
daughter, Suzanne of North Miami Beach.
* * *
Whitehorn, Calif.
* * *
LOUIS YASSER, 85,
ESTHER SHANKEN, 16210 W. Nine Mile, South-
66, died Oct. 30. She leaves field, died Oct. 27. Survived
her husband, Sam J.; three by two sons, Dr. Irving of
sons, Robert B. of Charles- Fairfield, Conn., and Mar-
ton, S.C., Steven P. of East tin of New York City; two
Rochester, N.Y., and How- daughters, Mrs. Jack (Rose)
ard E. of Grand Rapids; a Schiff and Anne; three sis-
daughter, Mrs. Rcdpert ters, Mrs. Rose Kravits,
(Sandra) Hartlieb; and Mrs. Bessie Feldman and
Mrs. Rachel Wolfson; six
seven grandchildren.
grandchildren
and two
* * *
great-grandchildren.
LOUIS SIEGEL, 78, Interment New York.
* * *
died Oct. 26. He leaves two
* * *
sons, Marvin and Daniel;
JENNIE ZIEGLER, 96,
GUSSIE
WEITZ two brothers, Nat and Karl; 18516 Dalby, Detroit, died
RACHMAN, 92, former and five grandsons. Inter- Oct. 28. Survived by a
Detroiter of Claremont, ment Woodbridge, N.J.
daughter, Mrs. Hannah J.
'Calif., died Oct. 30. She
Wallace; and one
* * *
leaves three sons, Leon
CHARLES SNOW, 88, grandchild.
Weitz of Farmington Hills, 25450
Karen, Oak Park,
Harry Weitz of Traverse
died
Oct.
27. Survived by a
City and Herman Weitz of
California; a daughter, Mrs. sister, Mrs. Dora Snow; and
During the coming
nieces and nephews.
week Yeshivath
Sol (Thel) Sweet of Califor-
* * *
Beth Yehudah will
nia; a sister, Mrs. Fanny
observe the Yahr-
MORRIS SPIELMAN,
Stark of New York; seven
zeits of the follow-
grandchildren and seven 81, 28486 Pierce, South-
ing departed
great-grandchildren.
field, died Oct. 19. Survived
friends, with the
Interment Detroit.
by his wife, Louise.
* * *
traditional Memo-
WE REMEMBER
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In his years of service to
Jewish life, Mr. Cohen
served as treasurer of Youth
Aliya in England, as well as
vice president of the Mag-
bit, the Israel Bonds Organ-
ization and the World ORT
Union (WOU) in Switzer-
land. He also served on the
WOU finance committee
and on the board of the
Weizmann Institute.
Shortly after World War II,
Mr. Cohen was made a
Chevalier of the French
Legion of Honor "in recogni-
tion of his services to the
French government."
Sidney A. Deitch
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Announces the unveiling of a monument
in his memory 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at
Workmen's Circle Cemetery. Rabbi
Gottlieb and Cantor Klein will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked to attend.
ThE
LESLEY
BARBARA
Always in our hearts.
Mother and Dad
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In Loving Memory
VICTOR KRON
rial Prayers, recita- •
tion of Kaddish!
and Studying of
Mishnavos.
LOUIS E. WIENER,
Detroiter of North
Leonard Cohen, former
Miami Beach, Fla., died
Jewish Leader
Oct. 19. Survived by his
GENEVA (JTA) — wife, Kay; two sons, David
Leonard Cohen, a leader in and Melvin, both of Miami
the European Jewish com- Beach; a daughter, Mrs.
munity, died Oct. 29 at age Michael (Barbara) Teper of
Pembroke Pines, Fla.; two
74.
sisters, Ann Sandler and
A descendant of rabbini- Mrs. Max (Florence) Pro-
cal families on both pater- how, both of North Miami
nal and maternal sides, Mr.
Cohen was born in England
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