10 Friday, Oct sir li, 191
THE DETROIT 4EWISH NEWS
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Histadrut to Honor the Redstones at Beth Achim Testimonial
Mr. and Mrs. Louis (Ruth)
Redstone will be honored at
a testimonial dinner Oct. 27
at Cong. Beth Achim, spon-
sored by the Israel Histad-
rut Campaign of Metropoli-
tan Detroit.
Proceeds from the dinner
will be used to establish the
Redstone Architectural •
Drafting and Design De-
partment at the Lady Davis
Amal Vocational SChool in
Petakh Tilsva, Israel, an-
nounces Irwin Green, din-
ner chairman.
The "Friends of Lou
and Ruth" committee of
sponsors includes as
honorary chairmen Gov.
and Mrs. William
ken and Mayor Coleman
E. Young. The co-
chairpersons are Goldie
Adler, Louis Berry,
Frieda Leemon, Morris
Lieberman, Philip
Slomovitz, Beryl Win-
kelman and George M.
Zeltzer.
An artist, lecturer and
author, Redstone is a Fellow
of the American Institute
of Architecture; the reci-
pient of the Michigan Soci-
ety of Architects highest
honor, the Gold Medal; and,
in 1979, was elected Honor-
ary Fellow of the Royal
Academy of Fine Arts of the
Netherlands. In 1980, Red-
stone was elected corres-
ponding Academician of the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
of San Fernando, Spain.
Born in Grodno, Poland in
1903, he came to pre-state
Israel as a youth pioneer in
1920. After three years of
working on reforesting,
roadbuilding and learning
the buiding trades from
Arab master stone masons,
he came to Detroit where
his brother Sol was already
established.
Earning his expenses
as a union bricklayer, he
entered the University of
Michigan Architecture
School and received his
New Building
at Hebrew U.
JERUSALEM — The
Domont Life Sciences
Building, established by the
Domont family of In-
dianapolis, Ind., was re-
cently dedicated on the
Hebrew University's Givat
Ram campus.
The two-story building
•0•.tains an auditorium
.d electronic microscope
anoratories.
Cattle Power
.JERUSALEM — Kibutz
Kfar Giladi in the Galilee
has developed an experi-
mental power plant which
operates on cow manure,
urine and dirty water.
The three ingredients
produce methane gas to
heat water, and green algae
which makes up one-fourth
of the feed for the kibuti
400 cows.
If two angels were sent
down from heaven, one to
conduct an empire, and the
other to sweep a street, they
would feel no inclination to
change employments.
—John Newton
bachelor's degree in 1929.
In 1933, he returned to
Tel Aviv where he estab-
lished his own office and
was one of the architects
for the new buildings of
the 'Levant Trade Fair. In
1937, he joined a group of
architects to design the
Palestine Pavilion at the
Paris World's Fair, fol-
lowing which he re-
turned to Detroit and
started his practice
which has covered a
period of 45 years.
He received a BS degree
in architecture at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, 1929;
Master of Architecture and
Urban Design degree,
Cranbrook Academy of Art,
1948; member of Tau Sigma
Delta, honorary fraternity
of architecture and the al-
lied arts.
Among the notable build-
ings for which his firm is
known are the Michael
Berry International Air
Terminal at the Detroit
Metropolitan Airport, the
16-story 333 W. Fort Street
office building, the Man-
ufactuer's Bank Operations
Center, the new Jewish
Community Center, Cong.
Beth Achim and the busi-
ness administration build-
ing for the Lawrence Insti-
tute of Technology.
The Redstones have
been active members of
the Labor Zionist Al-
liance more than 40
years. Redstone is a
board member and past
president of the Ameri-
can Technion Society. He
served as board member
and Art Committee
Chairman of the Jewish
Community Center, also
participated in the Pro-
fessional Division of the
Allied Jewish Campaign
and the United Founda-
tion.
Since 1975 he has served
on the Governor's Commis-
sion for Art in State Build-
ings; is a member of the en-
vironmental committee of
Michigan Council for the
Arts; trustee of Michigan
Foundation for the Arts;
member of the Arts Com-
mittee for New Detroit, Inc.;
board member Travelers'
Aid Society; fellow and
member of awards commit-
tee of the Engineering Soci-
ety of Detroit; board
member of the Friends of
Orchestra Hall.
Redstone is the author of
"Art in Architecture," 1968;
"New Dimensions in Shop-
ping Centers and Stores,
1973; "The New
Downtowns," 1976; "Public
Art—New Directions,"
1981. He edited "Hospitals
and Health Care Facilities,"
1978 and "Institutional
Buildings," 1980.
As an artist, his one-man
shows include large tapes-
tries, woven in Mexico from
his water-color painting. He
has exhibited at the Arwin
Gallery, Rubiner Gallery.
the Hudson Gallery, the
Jewish Center and the
Maskit Gallery — Tel Aviv.
He has served on juries at
the Artists Exhibition at
Madison, Wis., and the Ar-
tists Guild, Chicago, Ill.
He has sponsored -
awards at the Michiglin ,
Artists Show at Detroit
Institute or Art and at
Cass Technical High -
School. Redstone also
supports the award
program of the Michigan
Water Color Society's
annual show.
Redstone's current ac-
tivities include: board
member of American
Technion Society and Or-
chestra Hall; member of
American Jewish Congress,
Cong. Beth Achim, Cran-
brook Academy of Art
Alumnus, Founders Society
of the Detroit Institute of
Arts, United Hebrew
Schools, Hashomer Hatzair,
Jewish Welfare Federation,
Michigan Society of Ar-
chitects, Michigan Water
Color Society, Pewabic Soc-
iety, University of Michi-
gan Alumni.
He is active on behalf of
Bnai Brith Youth Services;
Community Music School;
Detroit Symphony; Eye Re-
search Institute; Heartline,
Inc.; Jewish National Fund;
the National Conference
of Christians and Jews,
League of Jewish Wo-
men, Michigan Congress
Council and Women's Di-
vision, American Jewish
Congress. She serves on
the boards of Detroit
Round Table, Women's
•
Division; executive com-
mittee of the Jewish -
MR. AND MRS. LOUIS REDSTONE ,
the
Meharry Medical College; University . and
National Historic Preserva- graduate school for Jewish
tion Society; National Social Work, Mrs. Redstone
Jewish Hospital; National came to Detroit in 1931 as a
Music Camp at Interlochen; social worker for the Jewish
Penrickton Center for Blind Social Service Bureau.
Children; Simon Wiesent- After the bank crash of
hal Center; United Negro 1933, she served as case
College Fund; Jewish worker supervisor in the
Braille Institute; Jewish Detroit Welfare Depart-
- Association for Retarded ment for 15 years__
Citizens.
She was president of
A Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of St. Lawrence Detroit Round Table of
Community Council;
Heart of Gold Award
Council; executive com-
mittee of Jewish Com-
munity Council; Heart of
Gold Award Council;
Hebrew Free Loan Soci-
ety; Jewish. Center;
Northwest , .Activities
Center; -tribute fund of
United Community Ser-
vices and Women's Divi-
sion Jewish Welfare•Fed-
eration.
Her civic efforts were rec-
ognized when she received a
Heart of Gold Award from
the United Foundation in
1974. She co-authored with
her husband their 1981
book "Public Art, New Di-
rections.-
Edward C. Levy, Pioneer Industrialist,
Inspirer of Construction Work in Israel
Edward C. Levy had a
most colorful career, as one
of Michigan's most success-
ful industrialists, and
equally as a leader in the
ranks of Israel's developers
who encouraged invest-
ments there and the con-
struction of noteworthy
sponsorships of movements
to establish the Jewish
state's building industry.
As a leader in the crushed
stone products industry,
Haim Landau, Ex-Minister
in Begin's Administration
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Former Transport Minister
Haim Landau (Likud-
Herut), a close friend and
comrade-in-arms of Pre-
mier Menahem Begin, died
Oct. 1 in Tel Aviv. He was
65.
Born in Cracow, he came
to pre-state Israel in his late
teens, already a devotee of
the Betar Revisionist
Zionist movement, and
studied engineering at the
Haifa Technion. In the hey-
day of the Irgun, Mr.
Landau, code-named "Av-
raham," was chief of opera-
tions of the underground
movement and in effect
commander and Begin's
right hand man.
From 1948 to 1977, Mr.
Landau served as a Herut
Knesset member, speaking
for the opposition on foreign
policy issues. He was a
member of the national
unity government (1967-
1970) and joined Begin's
first administration as
transport minister.
In this job he threw
himself energetically into
the war against road ac-
cidents — and the statis-
tics show - conclusively
that his efforts produced
a significant decline in
the carnage on Israel's
highways.
A political hardliner, Mr.
Landau abstained in the
Cabinet on the historic
votes during the peace pro-
cess with Egypt and on the
issue of autonomy for the
Palestinians on the West
Bank and the evacuation
from Sinai. Once the die was
cast, however, he muted his
opposition and stayed in the
Cabinet,
Dr. David Silver Dies at 69
Dr. David I Silver, a de-
ntist with offices in Detroit,
died Oct. 13 at age 69.
Born in Brooklyn. Dr.
Silver lived 60 years in De-
troit. He was a captain in
the U.S. Army, and his unit
liberated concentration
camp prisoners near Nor-
dhausen, Germany, during
World War II. Dr. Silver
was a captain in the combat
engineers and was one of
the first GIs to land in Nor-
mandy on D-Day.
He was graduated from
the University of Detroit
Dental School in 1939 and
was the past president of the
Detroit Chapter of Alpha
Omega Dental Fraternity.
Dr. Silver was a
member of Temple Israel,
Histadrut and a founding
member and past presi-
dent of the former Cong.
Beth Moses.
He leaves his wife, Ger-
trude; two sons, Michael
and Sheldon; two sisters,
Mrs. Herman (Ceal) Zim-
merman of Lauderdale
Lakes, Fla.. and Mrs. Bar-
ney (Min) Ross of
Lauderhill, Fla.; and two
grandchildren.
and the creation of the Is-
rael glass industry; he was
the American halutz labor-
ing in Israel's best interests.
(See Commentary, Page 2)
Mr. Levy, a former De-
troiter who retired to Bay
Harbour Island, Fla., died
Oct. 6 at age 81.
Born in Troy, to-Russian
immigrant parents, Mr.
Levy dropped out of school
and at age 14 began his own
trash hauling business.
In the 1920s, he got con-
tracts to haul slag from steel
mills and foundries. He took
advantage of the new
Maurice Mackey
Maurice Mackey, a cer-
tified public accountant
with offices in Bloomfield
Hills, died Oct. 9 at age 71.
Born in St. Paul, Minn.,
Mr. Mackey was the foun-
der and partner in the firm
of Mackey and Mackey. He
was a member of Adat
Shalom Synagogue, Mosaic
Lodge of the Masons, Cres-
cent Shrine Club, Michigan
Association of Accountants
and American Institute of
Accountants.
He leaves his wife, Rose; a
son, Calvin; two daughters,
Mrs. Arnold (Carole) lsner
and Mrs. Jeanne Delidow; a
sister, Mrs. David (Shirley)
Gross; and 11 grandchil-
dren.
Barbara Luria
Barbara Luria, a past
board member of the Bir-
mingham Temple, died Oct.
10 at age 31.
A native Detroiter, Mrs.
Luria leaves her husband,
Bruce; a son, Brent Jay; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald (Esther) Simon; a
sister. . Cynthia Simon: a
brother, Robert Simon; and
grandparents, Harold
Simon and William Freed.
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EDWARD C. LEVY
techniques to change slag
from a waste material into a
usable product, a compo-
nent of concrete, and from
there his business and for-
tunes grew.
In 1949, he went to Is-
rael, where he developed
a modern quarryihg and
rock-crushing operation.
Althoukh he retired in
1978, he kept an active in-
terest in the business,
which today has more than
500 employees and more
than 20 subsidiaries.
He was on the boards of
Junior Achievement, De-
troit Round Table of the Na-
tional Conference.of Christ-
ians• and Jews, the Merrill-
Palmer Institute, the
Michigan Trucking Associ-
ation and the Urban
League.
Mr. Levy was a former
Michigan regional director
for the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress and
served three times as presi-
dent of the National Slag
Association. He was a_
member of Temple Beth El.
He lgaves a son, Edward
C., Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Ar-
nold (Janet) Aronoff; and
six grandchildren. !nag=
ment Detroit.