THE DETROIVJEWISH NEWS
Ida Kaminska, Proponent
of Yiddish Theater Dies
NEW YORK (JTA) — Ida
Kaminska, a leading per-
former in the classical Yid-
dish theater for more than
60 years, died May 21 at age
80.
Miss Kaminska, who
came to the United States in
1968, was known to genera-
tions of Yiddish theater-
goers in Poland.
But she was best known
outside the Yiddish stage
er performance in the
f
1
Czechoslovak film,
"The Shop on Main Street,"
in which she played an old
Jewish shopkeeper who
could not understand why
she was being forced out of
her store and home by the
Nazis.
Born in 1899 in Odessa,
she came from a theatri-
cal family. Her father,
Avram Izhak Kaminska,
founded the Yiddish
Theater in Moscow and
had his own company.
Her mother, Esther
Rachel Kaminska, was
known as the "mother of
the Yiddish stage."
Although her parents put
her on the stage when she
was .5, Ida had originally
planned to become a
psychiatrist. But after her
parents gave her a leading
role in an operetta and she
received a warm reception
she decided to remain in the
theater.
With her first husband,
Zygmunt Turkow, whom
she later divorced, she es-
tablished the Warsaw Yid-
dish Art Theater which per-
formed until 1931. When
the Nazis invaded Poland,
she and her family fled and
ended up in Soviet Central
Asia.
The family was first
courted but later got into
trouble with Soviet
authorities. Although Ida
was allowed to return to Po-
land after the war, her
daughter, Ruth,• was im-
prisoned for several years.
Miss Kaminska was
helped by the Polish gov-
ernment in establishing
the Jewish National The-
ater of Poland which she
headed until she left for
the U.S. in 1968 in the
wake of anti-Semitism in
Poland kindled by the
1967 Six-Day War.
Miss Kaminska and her
husband, Marian Melman,
CARD OF THANKS
rT" family of the late
IDA KAMINSKA
who died last year, contin-
ued to work after their arri-
val in the U.S. They tried
unsuccessfully to start a
Yiddish theater in Israel
and in New York.
Her most recent appear-
ance was this month, in
Peter Weiss' "The Investi-
gation" in which she spoke
Yiddish while others trans-
lated it into English. Miss
Kaminska, who lived with
her daughter, Ruth, here,
wrote her autobiography
"My Life, My Theater,"
Rose Polasky
Rose Polasky, a life
member of Hadassah and
Temple Bnai Israel in
Saginaw and its sisterhood,
died May 25 at age 74.
Born in Newark, N.J.,
Mrs. Polasky lived briefly in
Detroit and has lived in
Saginaw since 1936.
She is survived by two
sons, Frank and Robert L.
Schiff of Oakland, Calif.;
two daughters, Mrs. San-
ford (Marianne) Smith and
Mrs. Melvin (Linda) Pearl
of West Bloomfield; two
brothers, Irving Schiff of
Pompano, Fla., and Sam
Schiff of Detroit; and 10
grandchildren. Interment
Saginaw.
Sol-Keller, 68
OBITUARIES
PEARL ADLER, former
Detroiter of Exeter, Ont.,
Canada, died May 20. Sur-
vived by a son, Frederick of
Toronto; a daughter, Mrs.
Harvey (Esther) Hillman of
Exeter; a brother, Alan
Slutsky of Cincinnati, Ohio;
three sisters, Mrs Mary
Goldstein of Cincinnati,
Mrs. William (Helen)
Bluford of Southfield and
Mrs. Samuel (Bertha) Fink
of Farmington Hills; six
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. Inter-
ment Exeter.
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The Family
of the Late
ABE
NATHANSON
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy
extended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.
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SEYMOUR
(CY)
KAUFFMAN, 53, 16221
Pennsylvania, Southfield,
died May 24. Survived by
his wife, Roslyn; a son,
Marvin; a daughter,
Helene; and hiS parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
(Sophie) Kingstone of
Miami Beach, Fla.
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CLARA LEVITT, 77,
15100 W. 10 Mile, Oak
Park, died May 22. Sur-
vived by a sister, Mrs. Adele
Kozin of Chicago, Ill.
SIDNEY RAUB, 64, died
May 27 in San Diego, Calif.
He leaves his wife, Mildred;
a son, Alan of California;
two daughters, Mrs. Melvin
(Sharon) Volin and Jodi,
both of California; two
brothers, Joseph and Mar-
tin; three sisters, Mrs. Beat-
rice Probasco of Omaha,
Neb., Mrs. Julius (Beverly)
Travis and Mrs. Edward
(Trudy) Gilpin of Texas.
Services 11:30 a.m. today at
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
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FRANCES , ROBIN-
SAMUEL APEL, 69,
SON, 85, 5147 Whispering
died May 27. He leaves his
Oak, West Bloomfield, died
wife, Selma; two sons, Fred
May 24. Survived by two
and Norman; a daughter,
daughters, Mrs. Gary (Ei-
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Carolyn of Seattle, Wash.;
leen) Hadrich and Mrs.
two brothers, Joseph
MARY C. LIGHT, 62, 'Walter (Gloria) White; a
Applebaum and Leo 8691 , Rosemont, Detroit, sister, Mrs. Rose Friedman;
Applebaum; three sisters, died ' l.'[ay 23. Survived by and four grandchildren.
Mrs. William (Helen) four sons, Harold S. Lawr-
Rosenberg, Mrs. Jack (Ger- ence, John Leach of St. Clair
BESSIE RUBIN, 91,
trude) Baruch and Mrs. Chores and Nathan; a
former
Detroiter of Roches-
Sam (Zelda) Gechter; and daughter, Mrs. Richard
ter, N.Y., died May 22. She
four grandchildren.
(Elena) Nowicki; two leaves a daughter-in-law,
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brothers, John Stellman Mrs. Saul (Jean) Rubin; a
MAUREEN (WOHL) and Michael Stellman of
BENNETT, 41, died May Fullerton, Calif.; a sister, brother, Bernard Michlin of
28. She leaves four daugh- Mrs. John (Josephine) Rochester; two sisters, Mrs.
ters, Sacha, Reesa _ of Charochack of Glendale, Dorothy Moscov and Mrs.
California, Alicia - of Ariz.; 13 grandchildren and Jeanne Horwitz, both of
Rochester;
three
California and Patricia of two great-grandchildren.
grandchildren and three
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California; her parents, Mr.
great-grandchildren.
and Mrs. Louis (Ann) Wohl;
MARK LITT, 36, 23460 Interment Detroit.
and two brothers, Robert Coventry Woods, South-
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Wohl and Danny Wohl.
field, died May 22. Survived
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EILEEN SCHULAK,
his wife, Nancy; a son,
SARAH CAMEN, 85 ; by
Scott; a daughter, Stacy; his 47, former Detroiter of Oak-
25340 Ronald Ct., Oak parents, Mr. and Mrs. land, Calif., died April 24.
Park, died May 27. Sur- Jerome (Freda) Lipowicz; Survived by her mother,
vived by three sons, Harry three brothers, Alexander Jeanette Lefton of Oakland;
of Tucson, Ariz., Sam and Lipowicz, Paul of Tel Aviv, and cousins and uncles.
Hyman; a daughter, Mrs. Israel, and Phillip.
Interment Oakland.
Reuben (Bessie) Katz; a sis-
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ter, Mrs. Ray Lesser of New
JOSEPH PARKER, 81,
MONUMENT CENTER, INC.
York; 12 grandchildren and 19100 W. Seven Mile, De-
661 E. 8 MILE, FERNDALE
15 great-grandchildren.
troit, died May 26. Survived
11/2 Blocks - E. of Woodward
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by his wife, Sarah; two sons,
6 Blks. from 3 Jewish
MARGARET ENGEL, Rollin of Coral Springs,
Cemeteries on Woodward
84, 21800 Coolidge, Oak Fla., and Eugene of Naper-
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JO 4-5557
Park, died May. 24. Sur- ville, Ill.; a sister, Mrs
vived by her husband, Ar- Rifka Gorbeck of Van-
Sidney A. Deitch_
thur; two daughters, Mrs. couver, B.C.; and eight
Jerry (Florence) Meites and grandchildren.
DETROIT
Mrs. Sol (Grace) Newman of
MONUMENT WORKS
Chicago, Ill.; and two
MOLLIE PEREIRA,
14441 W. 11 Mile Rd.
grandchildren.
Gardner, ',c.v. Coolidge & Greenfield
70, died May 25. She leaves
her husband, Leonard; two
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ABRAHAM EVANS, sons, Arthur of Los Angeles,
80, 27400 Franklin, South- Calif., and Leon Mathews; a
MONUMENTS BY
field, died May 26. Survived daughter, Mrs. Joel (Jac-
by a son, Sheldon of queline) Charach; two sis-
Broomall, Pa.; two ters, Mrs. Rae Navon and
AND
grandchildren and three Mrs. Rose Finver; and seven
great-grandchildren.
grandchildren.
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REBECCA KARBAL,
90, 15100 W. 10 Mile, died
May 28. Survived by her
-
M ;N. Eisenberg ac-
knowledges with grateful
apPreciation the many kind
3sions of sympathy ex-
tei.,ed by relatives and
friends during the family's
recent bereavement.
husband, Zelik; two sons,
Albert and George; a
daughter, Mrs. 'Louis
(Esther) Bialick; four
grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
.
Sol (Kosoglad) Keller,
owner of Bonded Cleaners
and Keller's Men's Wear in
Detroit, died May 19 in
Oakland, Calif. He was 68.
Mr. Keller is survived by
his wife, Anne; two sons,
Paul and Jerry of Oakland;
a daughter, Mrs. Elliot (Ar-
line) White of Philadelphia,
Pa.; five sisters, Mrs. Morris
(Anne) Nemer of Southfield,
Mrs. Emanuel (Betty)
Davidson, Mrs. Joseph
(Genevieve) Glicker, Mrs.
Bernard (Belle) Yoffe and
Mrs. Abraham (Evelyn)
Rozanoff of Orlando, Fla.
, In Blessed and Beloved Memory
of Our Dearly Departed
LOUIS MARGOLIS
Who passed away May 30, 1962. Sadly mis-
sed and forever in our hearts. His loving
children, grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
T h E
Friday, May 30, 1980 55'
BERG
URBACH
Joseph Arnsteiri
Joseph Arnstein, a
machinery and equipment
sales executive, died May 22
at age 80.
Born in Warsaw, Poland,
Mr. Arnstein was a member
of the Jewish War Veterans,
American Legion, Daylite
Lodge of the Masons and
Moslem Shrine,
He leaves his wife, Joan;
two sons, Malcolm and
Harold, both of Marco Is-
land, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs.
Ronald (Anne) Scott of
Grand Rapids; and 11
grandchildren.
FINE MONUMENTS
SINCE 1910
18325 W. 9 Mile Rd. Southfield
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JOSEPH WAKS, 74,
died May 28. He leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Golda Spetal-
nik of Israel and Mrs. Fan-
nia Andrews of Johannes-
burg, South Africa; and two
grandchildren.
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JEAN WEINBERG, 77,
19820 W. 12 Mile Rd.,
Southfield, died May 25.
Survived by her husband,
Sam M.; a son, Louis M.; two
brothers, Herman Seal and.
Harris Becker of Lagoona
Hills, Calif.; and two
grandchildren.
WE REMEMBER
During the coming
week Yeshivath'
Beth Yehudah will
observe the Yahr-
zeits of the follow-
ing departed
friends, with the
traditional Memo-
rial Prayers, recita-
tion of Kaddish
and Studying of
Mishnavos. •
.
SWAN JUNE
RABBI HY AN EISENBERG 17 1
.BESSIE HARRIS
-17 1
BERTHA HELFMAN
17 1
JOSEPH HOLTZMAN
17 1
ABRAHAM KLEVNOV
17 1
MORRIS VERNICK
17 1
BECKIE WEINBERG
17 1
CHAYA GOLDA COHEN
18
FRED FISHER
.18 2
NATHAN LEVINE
18 2
NETTIE MARKOFSKY
18 2
DR. NATHAN J. REISMAN 18 2
LOUIS SIEGEL
18 2,
ISAAC BRANDT
19 3
AARON LEVINE
19 3
JOSEPH MILLER
19 3
SOL SKLAR
19 3
MAX G. SALASNEK
20 4
MORRIS TEITEL
20 4
IDA GOLDMAN
20 4
ROSEJ-IELLER
20 4
MORRIS JACOBSON
20 4
ABRAHAM DUBIN
20 4
NORMAN EGREN
21 5
LOUIS GELFUND
21 5
BROCHA R. GREENBERG
21 5
DAVID GREENBERG
21 5
HARRY HOCHMAN
21 5
ISAAC ROSENTHAL
21 5
LOUIS ARONOFF
21 5
WILLIAM COHEN
21 5
MOSES WEINGARDEN
21 5
IDA COHEN
-
22 6
JACOB HOLLAND
22 6
22 6
ALBERT PRITZ
JACOB B. SHLAIN
22 6
ISRAEL STILLERMAN
22 6
BERTHA COSSMAN
23 7
-ISADORE GLATTSTEIN
23 7
MAX KOZLOWSKI
23 7
SIDNEY LORFEL
23 7
MORRIS STOLLER
23 7
ERIC WEISS
23 7
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BETTIE SHARFE, 50,
former Detroiter of Toledo,
Ohio, died May 22. Survived
by a daughter, Celia; a
brother, Robert Mullen of
Southfield; and her mother,
Mrs. Anna Mullen of Los
Angeles, Calif. Interment
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