THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
62 Friday, June 19, 1981
Dermatologist Dr. Schiller,
Affiliate of Many Hospitals
Prof. Claims Prayers Deny
Identity of Jewish Women
Dr. Arthur E. Schiller, an Medical Society, American
By BEN GALLOB
Dr. Sybil Cohen, who
(Copyright, 1981, JTA, Inc.)
teaches at Rutgers Univer- associate professor of Medical Association
A female philosopher has sity in Camden, N.J. spelled dermatology at Wayne (chairman dermatology sec-
charged that what is said in out her views in an article, State University, who was tion), Detroit Dermatologi-
praise of a Jewish woman in "Over My Dead Body," in on the staffs of many Detroit cal Society (twice past
the prayer at her funeral the current issue of "Lilith," hospitals, died June 11 at president), Michigan State
"implies a denial of her per- a quarterly described by its age 89. Medical Society (twice past
Born in Bay City, Dr. president), Central States
sonal identity, of her integ- sponsors as "The Jewish
Schiller was graduated Dermatological Society
rity, of the respect and dig- Women's Magazine."
(twice past president) and a
nity we ascribe to persons,"
Declaring that the Jewish from Wayne State Univer-
fellow of the American Col-
sity's
medical
school
in
1914
qualities which in such prayer book has four differ-
prayers she asserted are ent funeral prayers "to call and interned at Grace Hos- lege of Physiotherapy and
the American Academy of
"reserved for men only."
attention to the special pital. He took post-graduate
Dermatology.
training
in
dermatology
at
praise due the dead person,"
He was a past president of
University of Michigan
Goldberg Backs she listed the four the
the
house of delegates of the
and
was
certified
as
a
der-
categories as: all women,
Michigan State Medical
Israeli Action
matologist
at
U-M
in
1921.
ordinary men, distin-
Society and chairman of
Against Iraq
guished rabbis and men of He was appointed attending industrial health and
dermatologist
at
Grace
JERUSALEM (JTA) — eminence.
United Community Service
While noting that in Hospital in June 1919.
Former U.S. Supreme Court
Dr. Schiller was certified 1955-1959.
Jewish
tradition,
keep-
Justice Arthur Goldberg be-
A member of Temple
by the American Board of
lieves Israel had a "legal ing God's command- Dermatology and Syphilol- Beth El, Dr. Schiller was
ments
is
surely
neces-
right" under international
ogy in June 1935, was an the chairman and coun-
law to bomb Iraq's nuclear sary" for a woman, that examiner for the American sel to the Michigan State
plant and that its June 7 air same tradition has al- Board in Dermatology Medical Society and the
raid threrefore was a "jus- ways "excused" the 1953-1967 and was a fellow Pan American Medical
woman from certain ob-
tified act of self-defense."
ligations, most of them in of the American College of Association (fellow dip-
lomat 1964).
Goldberg, who also served the areas of prayer and Physiotherapy in 1927.
Dr. Schiller leaves his
He
was
an
honorary
as U.S. ambassador to the study.
member of the Michigan wife, Rena; two daughters,
United Nations in the later
"At least part of the and American Mrs. Arthur W. (Nancy)
1960s, offered his opinion in
rationale
for 'excusing' the Psychological Society in Schlesinger, Jr., and Mrs.
a letter to Premier
woman is that she has other 1958. Dr. Schiller was the _ Hebert (Elaine) Holman of
Menahem Begin.
"I have no doubt about Is- duties that make demands attending dermatologist Portolla Valley, Calif.; 10
grandchildren and two
rael's right to bomb Iraq's on her time and energy," at Jennings Hospital in
great-grandchildren.
nuclear* installation in which Prof. Cohen inter- 1968.
preted
to
mean
to
include
Dr.
Schiller
served
on
the
light of the given circum-
Nathan Swerdlin
stances under traditional mainly "duties toward her staffs of Receiving, Grace,
principles of international husband. Even unmarried Harper, Hutzel, Children's, of--Day-Journal
law and generally accepted women are 'excused' be- Sinai and Jennings Hospi-
NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr.
concepts of what actions cause they are presumed to tals.
Nathan Swerdlin, former
He was a member of the drama editor of the now de-
constitute self-defense be- be part of the household
tween belligerents," headed by a male to whom Wayne County Medical funct Yiddish daily Day-
they owe allegiance."
Society, Michigan State Morning Journal, died June
Goldberg wrote.
9 at age 74.
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VOLK
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WEINSWEIG
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LEON
ZAGERMAN
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Sunday, June 21, at He-
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