Friday, April 17, 1981
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Herman Yablokoff Dies,
Yiddish Actor, Playwright
and "Mein Veise Blum."
He was in the Yiddish
theater for more than 55
years, having begun
playing children's roles
at tlje age of 12.
Mr.' Yablokoff did . not
limit his activities to the
American Yiddish stage. He
traveled extensively abroad
and during a seven-month
tour of 94 refugee camps in
Germany, Austria and
Italy in 1947 he gave 104
performances for 180,000
Jewish refugees, for which
he received the United
States Army Certificate of
Merit.
Mr. Yablokoff was
president of the Hebrew Ac-
tors Union, a post he held
for numerous terms be-
tween 1945 and his death.
The union, affiliated with
the Associated Actors and
Artists of America, was
founded in 1900.
He also was president of
the Yiddish Theatrical Al-
liance. He also wrote and
published his two-volume
memoirs, "Around the
World With Yiddish Thea-
ter," which won him the
1970 Zvi Kesel Prize for
Yiddish literature.
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Herman Yablokoff, the
Yiddish actor whose plays
and songs delighted genera-
tions of audiences in the
Yiddish theaters on Second
Avenue on the Lower East
Side during the 1930s and
1940s, died April 3 at age
77.
Mr. Yablokoff, who wrote,
produced and directed many
of the plays in which he ap-
p- "ed, had the gift for
equally at home in
drama, comedy, and soap
opera, frequently shifting
from one to the other in
quick succession in the
same play.
_ Sometimes, at the height
of a five-handerchief
dramatic scene, he would
ask the audience for advice
on what song he should sing
to express the dramatic
. moment. After listening to
numerous suggestions he
would ignore them all and
break into the song that
had, all along, been com-
posed for the occasion.
Born in Grodno, Po-
land, Mr. Yablokoff came
to this country in 1924
and settled in New York.
Among the extravagan-
zas he wrote were "Der
Payatz" ("The Clown);
"The King of Song";
"Goldela Dem Bakers";
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Samuel Berger
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.
NISSAN APR.
15 19
FRANCES L. KATT
15 19
MARCELLA MAISELOFF
ROCHEL LEAH B' YITZCHOCK 16 20
16 20
JANE FEINTUCH
16 20
EDWARD E. SCHULTZ
16 20
JENNIE SHOENIG
17 21
MORRIS CANVASSER
17 21
MORRIS GREENBERG
17 21
JACOB GUTTERMAN
17 21
DAVID KING
17 21
SARAH POLLACK
17 21
JACOB DAVID PONT
17 21
DAVID SOLOMON
17 21
IRVING SPERKA
17 21
HELEN WACHTENHEIM
18 22
BENJAMIN ABRAMOWITZ
18 22.
SARAH COHEN
18 22
SAMUEL FIELDS
18 22
LOUIS FORMAN
18 22
REBECCA GREENBERG
18 22
WOLFE HENIGMAN
18 22
JOSEPH JEREMIAS
HENRIETTE LOEWENSTEIN 18 22
18 22
AARON MALAMUD
18 22
•
AMELIA MEISNER
18 22
OSCAR ROSENBERG
18 22
ELI SCHERR
18 22
ARTUR STERN
18 22
H. WINER
18 22
RACHEL YAMSHON
18 22
MORRIS A. YASSKY
HERSHEL B . MEIER
19 23
HAKOHEN
19 23
HYMAN BERMAN
19 23
ROSE BERMAN
19 23
MINNIE DIAMOND
ANNA WEISSLER•
19 23
GOLDENBERG
19 23
NATHAN D. KLEINER
20 24
MAX BOESKY
20 24
BELLE HELEN DRUCKER
20 24
MAX FRIEDLANDER
20 24
ELI GERSON
20 24
PAULINE GOLDBERG
20 24
MORRIS PUSHKIN
20 24
MIRIAM ROSENHECK
21 25
SOL OSBORNE
21 25
SARAH SITRIN
Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah
15751 W. Lincoln Dr.
557-6750
Southfield
OBITUARIES
CHARLES BELL, 71, of
Oak Park, died April 9.
Survived by his wife, Syl-
via; sons, Marshall Bell,
Robert Snyer, Martin Snyer
and Gary Snyer; and four
grandchildren.
* * *
ANN COHEN, 74, died
April 15. She leaves her
husband, Jack; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Stuart (Marilyn)
Hertzberg and Mrs. Gerald
(Barbara) Manko; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Louis (Sara)
Ehrlich of Scottsdale, Ariz.,
Mrs. Louis (Marjorie) Klein
of Paradise Valley, Ariz.,
and Mrs. Paul (Evelyn) Sei-
gal of Tempe, Ariz.; two
brothers, Judge George D.
Kent and Harry Keywell;
nine grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. Serv-
ices 11 a.m. today at Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
* * *
SAMUEL COHEN, 77,
of Southfield, died April 10.
Survived by his wife, Sarah;
a brother, Edward of Flush-
ing, N.Y.; and a sister, Mrs.
Riva Greenberg of Long Is-
land, N.Y.
** *
ERVIN J. ELLENSON,
48, died April 9. He leaves
his wife, Arlene; two sons,
Peter and Franklin; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert (Ida) Ellenson; and a
sister, Mrs. Fred (Marsha)
Gordon.
Laura Kling; a sister, Mrs.
Joseph (Rose) Sage; 10
grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter.
* * *
PEARL HABERMAN,
73, of Southfield, died April
10. Survived by a son,
Samuel; two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph (Sandra)
Roberts of Livermore,
Calif., and Mrs. Paula Rot-
man of Santa Cruz, Calif.; a
brother, Joseph Hyman of
Toronto; a sister, Mrs. Re-
becca Mitchell of
Willowdale, Ont.; and seven
grandchildren.
* * *
SAMUEL A. POPKIN,
89, died April 11. He leaves
his wife, Lillian; a son,
James L.; two brothers,
John of Grand Rapids and
Henry of Lima, Ohio; three
grandchildren and one
great-grandson.
* * *
LENORE -e. ROTHEN-
BERG, 75, died April 13.
She leaves her hus-
band, Barney; two sons,
Harold and Hanley; a sister,
Mrs. Joseph (Rhea) Land-
sberg; four grandchildren
and three great-grand-
children.
* * *
MICHAEL SCHNEID-
ER, 80, died April 12. He
leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Joshua (Eunice) Stone and
Samuel Berger, founder
of Midwest Waste Mate-
rials, died April 15 at age
70.
* * *
Born in Poland, Mr. Be-
Writer `Rabi'
rger lived 60 years in De-
HERMAN GRAY, 74,
troit. He founded his corn-
died April 11. He leaves his Dies in Paris 74
pany in 1940. He was wife, Evelyn; three sons,
PARIS (JTA) — Judge
graduated in 1932 from the Robert and Ronald of Wladimir Rabinovitch, bet-
Detroit College of Law.
Phoenix, Ariz., and Sanford ter known under his pen
Mr. Berger was a member Melder; a daughter, Mrs. name of "Rabi," died April
of Temple Israel, Adat
6. He was 74.
Shalom Synagogue, Perfec- M. Balansoff
Born in Russia, Mr.
tion Lodge of- the Masons,
Morris Balansoff, former Rabinovitch came to France
Men's ORT and Harry B. owner of Trumbull as a child and became a
Keidan Lodge of Bnai Brith. Hardware, died April 1 at judge in 1944. He was a pro-
He also was active in efforts age 69.
lific writer and journalist,
on behalf of Hillel Day • Formerly of Southfield, an ardent Zionist and an
School and Yeshivath Beth Mr. Balansoff resided in Ft. energetic defender of Israel.
Yehudah.
Lauderdale, Fla., at the
In 1979 he caused a small
He leaves his wife, Clara; time of his death. He owned scandal when he published
a son, Ernest J.; a daughter, his hardware business for a book, "One Nation Too
Mrs. Dwayne X. (Sharon) 20 years. He was a member Many," in which he called
Riley; two sisters, Mrs. Jay of Pisgah Lodge of Bnai for the creation of a Palesti-
(Sara) Milin and Mrs. Anne Brith.
nian state and for Israel's
Orwant; and seven grand-
He is survived by his wife, withdrawal to its 1967 bor-
children. Services 10 a.m. Yetta; a son, Robert Balan ders.
today at Adat Shalom of Fremont, Calif.; a daugh-
Mr. Rabinovitch was a
Memorial Park.
ter, Mrs. Ilene Finnk, of member of the French
Seneca, S.C.; a brother, Ben Magistrates Union and
Perlman Teacher Balan of Seal Beach, Calif.; often served as spokesman
a sister, Mrs. Ann Cargan of for the French judiciary in
Galamian Dies
Torrence, Calif.; and four matters relating to human
NEW YORK — Ivan grandchildren. Interment rights which he ardently de-
Galamian, violin teacher to Toledo.
fended.
such internationally
acclaimed musicians as It-
zhak Perlman, Pinhas
In Memory Of
Zukerman and Jaime
Laredo, died April 14 at age
78.
,
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MAX S. GREENSPON
.
Arthur Mayer,
Movie Maven
NEW YORK — Arthur
Leob Mayer, motion-picture
exhibitor, distributor and
lecturer on film history,
died April 14 at age 94.
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Our never-to-be-forgotten son and
brother, who passed away April 19, 1960
(two days in Nisan). In our hearts his mem-
ory is kept for the one we love and never
will forget. Sadly missed by his mother,
Rose Yova, and his sister, Marsha.
ROSE YAGODA, 87, of
Southfield, died April 15.
Survived by a son, Herman;
three daughters, Mrs. Ed-
ward (Esther) Brady of
Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Irwin
* * *
E. (Geraldine) Goldman and
Mrs. William (Lillian)
79,
died
EMMA SIKOV,
April 13. She leaves her Haftka; 14 grandchildren
husband, Paul; two sons, and 12 great-grandchil-
Stanford and Melvin of dren.
Richland, Wash.; three
Sidney A. Deitch
brothers, Maurice Perlman,
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Mrs. Howard (Rickie)
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a brother, Isadore of Grand
Blanc; six grandchildren
and four great-grand-
children.
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troiter of West Palm Beach,
Fla., died April 6. Survived
by two daughters, Mrs.
Joseph (Helen) Wyzan of
Hollywood, Fla., and Mrs.
Carl (Jacqueline) Siegel of
Birmingham; six grand-
children and one great-
grandchild. Interment
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