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"; - 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. , 1 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. 19 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, DETROIT Jack W. Perlman and MONUMENT WORKS Charles Perlman; two sis- 14441 W. 11 Mile Rd. ters, Mrs. Harry (Letty) Gardner, betw. Coolidge & Greenfield Solomon and Mrs. Arthur 399-2711 Eve. 626-0330 (Rose) Rubin; and four grandchildren. Mrs. Howard (Rickie) Brown of Lincolnshire, Ill.; a brother, Isadore of Grand Blanc; six grandchildren and four great-grand- children. * * * MONUMENT CENTER, INC. YETTA FISCHER STERNS, 79, former De- 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 Florida. * 661 E. 8 MILE, FERNDALE 11/2 Blocks E. of Woodward 6 Blks. from 3 Jewish Cemeteries on Woodward LI 2-8266 MONUMENTS BY BERG URBACH AND * * ILONA WEISSMAN, 44, died April 8. She leaves a son, Alan; a daughter,' Laura; her mother, Mrs. Irene Altshuler; a brother, Thomas Altshuler; and Dr. Howard Weissman. 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