62 Friday, January 22, 1982
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Author, Bnai David's Ex-Rabbi, Hayim Donin Dies
Rabbi Hayim Halevy Do-
nin, who led Cong. Bnai
David for many years, died
Jan. 21 in Jerusalem. He
was 54.
Born in New York, Rabbi
Donin came to Detroit and
Bnai David in 1953 after
serving a congregation in
West Chester, Pa.
sophy of education at
Wayne State University.
He taught briefly at both
WSU and the University
of Detroit.
Under his leadership the
Bnai David congregation
moved from Elmhurst St. in
Detroit to new quarters in
Southfield. Rabbi Donin
launched and supervised
the synagogue's Hebrew
school.
Ordained at the Rabbi
Elchanan Theological
Seminary of Yeshiva
University, where he also
received a BA degree in
chemistry, Rabbi Donin
earned an MA degree in
guidance and counseling
at Columbia University
and a PhD degree in phil-
ANNE APPLEBAUM,
RABBI HAYIM DONIN
While in Detroit, Rabbi
Donin was a vice president
of the Jewish Community
Council, chairman of the
board of education of Akiva
Hebrew Day School and
high school and a member of
the board of governors of the
Jewish Welfare Federation.
rorists who had turned
informers. He said the
Red Brigade received
support from Libya,
Syria and the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
According to Il Mes-
saggerio, Imposimato is in
charge of the investigation
into the kidnapping and
murder of former Premier
Aldo Moro by the Red
Brigade in 1978.
Rabbi Claims
American Jews
Shift Priorities
FREEHOLD, N.J. (JTA)
— The president of the Rab-
binical Council of America,
an association of Orthodox
rabbis, asserted here that
the center of gravity of
Imposimato said he American Jewish interest
learned this from the con- was moving away from Is-
fessions- of jailed ter- rael and toward the Ameri-
can Jewish community.
"It is a disturbing and
Rabbi Rosen
perilous change," Rabbi Sol
Roth told several hundred
to Make Atiya
leaders and Rabbinical
Council delegates at the
organization's annual
mid-winter conference.
Declaring that American
Jews "may be beginning to
take Israel for granted," he
asserted that vision of
American Jews "of what is
indeed in our best interests
may be distorted by paroc-
hial concerns." Whatever
the reasons for this change
may be, it is distressing that
it is taking place."
•
RABBI ROSEN
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen of
Romania is planning to set-
tle in Tel Aviv, it was re-
ported by the newspaper
Yediot Ahronot.
The paper said this
"emerged from" a luncheon
given in Rosen's honor last
week in Tel Aviv by Rafael
Kotlowitz, head of the
Jewish Agency's Immigra-
tion and Absorption De-
partment.
guished service to Torah
and Zion" from the Reli-
gious Zionists of America,
and in 1972 he was the reci-
pient of Akvia Hebrew Day
School's man of the year
award.
Rabbi Donin served
from 1960 to 1968 as a
commissioner on the
Southfield Parent-Youth
Guidance Commission
and was a member of
former Gov. George
Romney's Ethical and
Moral Panel from 1966 to
1968.
Rabbi Donin, who with
his family made aliya in Oc-
tober 1973, was the author
of "Beyond Thyself," "Suk-
kot,""To Be a Jew," "To
Raise a Jewish Child" and
"To Pray as a Jew."
He is survived by his wife,
Tzivia; a son, David of Is-
rael; three daughters,
Haviva Donin Peters of
New York City, Rena and
Miriam, both of Israel; and a
brother, Morris Dolnane of
New York City. Interment
Jerusalem.
OBITUARIES
Israel Accused by Judge
of Trying to Destabilize Italy
ROME (JTA) — An Ita-
lian judge investigating the
Red Brigade has accused Is-
rael of trying to destabilize
Italy so that the United
States would rely on it more
for security in the Mediter-
ranean area.
According to an interview
published in the daily Il
Messaggerio, Judge Fer-
dinando Imposimato
claimed that up to about
1978, Italian terrorist
groups had been infiltrated
by Israel's secret service.
"The plan was intended to
reduce Italy to a country
‘racked by civil war so that
the U.S. would be forced to
depend more ;OP Israel for
security in the Mediterra-
nean," he told the news-
paper.
Nationally, he was a
member of the executive
committee Of the Rabbinical
Council of America; na-
tional rabbinic cabinet of
the State of Israel Bonds;
and rabbinic cabinet of the
T Tnited Jewish Appeal.
In 1971, Rabbi Donin re-
ceived the Chief Rabbi Her-
zog Gold Medal "for distin-
Classics AWard
to Yeshiva Prof.
NEW YORK — Dr. Louis
H. Feldman, a classics pro-
fessor of Yeshiva Univer-
sity has been named winner
of the American Philologi-
cal Association's 1981
Award for Excellence in the
Teaching of Classics for the
Eastern region of North
America.
In addition to his work
with students, Prof.
Feldman is known as an
authority- on Josephus, the
Roman historian.
69, died Jan. 19. She leaves
two nieces, Mrs. Harry (De-
11a),Gottlieb and Mrs. Isaac
(Pearl) Rufsky.
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"Jimmy"; two sisters, Mrs.
Albert (Betty) Blair and
Mrs. Max (Kitty) Lipin.
* * *
CLARA SINGER, 82,
died Jan. 18. She leaves her
husband, Albert.
EVA GOOSE GER-
SON, 75, former Detroiter,
ANN
PEGGY
SUCHER, 42, died Jan. 16.
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of - Los Angeles, Calif., died She leaves two sons, Ber-
Jan. 16. Survived by a son, nard of Ann Arbor and
Aaron Kerbis of Washing-
ton; four brothers, Larry
Goose and Max Goose, both
of California, David Goose-
of Las Vegas, Nev., and
NEW YORK (JTA) —
William Goose of South-
Eva Schocken Glaser,
field;
four
sisters,
Mrs.
SAMUEL DAVID CO-
president of Schocken
HEN, 74, died Jan. 18. Sur- Larry (Rose) Chankin and Books, Inc., died Jan. ; 13.
Mrs.
Leonard
(Celia)
Roth,
vived by his wife, Helen; a
She was 63.
daughter, Mrs. Patrick both of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
Mrs. Glaser, the former
(Marilynne) Doyle; two sis- Mrs. Shirley Katz of Oak Chawa Schocken, was born
Park
and
Mrs.
Alex
(Ann)
ters, Rose of Toronto, Ont.,
in Zwickau, Germany. She
and Mrs. Anne Sorensen of Schonberg of Livonia; and came to the United States
Panorama City, Calif.; and three grandchildren. from Jerusalem with her
Interment Los Angeles.
three grandchildren.
family in the late 1930s.
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* * *
Her father, Salman
FAE
FREDENTHAL
BESSIE DAVIS, 91,
Schocken,
founded Schoc-
died Jan. 14. Survived by a HARTSTEIN, 60, former ken Verlag in Berlin in the
Detroiter
of
Ft.
Lauderdale,
daughter, Mrs. Zelda
1920s and the American
Green; two sisters, Mrs. Re- Fla., died Jan. 18. Survived company was established in
becca Drilich and Mrs. Gus- by two sons, Loren of Co- New York after World War
sie Sklar; two grandchil- coanut Grove., Fla., and II. In 1934, the firm became
dren and one great-grand- Kim of Beverly Hills, Calif.; publisher of Franz Kafka
he/lather, Sam Fredenthal
child.
of Minnesota; a brother, when the Nazi regime ruled
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Burton Fredenthal of Min- that Aryan publishers could
EDNA EPSTEIN, 78, nesota; and 'one grand- no longer publish Jewish
died Jan. 17. She leaves a daughter. Interment Ft. writers.
son, Herbert S. of Waterloo,
Keenly interested in
Lauderdale.
Iowa; two brothers, Ben V.
e, Jewish cultural life, Sal-
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Feldstein of Delray Beach,
CELIA HORWITZ, 73, man Schocken continued
Fla., and Dr. Herbert S.
of
Royal Oak, died Jan. 17. to publish Jewish
Feldstein; three sisters Mrs.
authors, such as Kafka
Allen (Bessie) Dinkin, Mrs. Survived by her husband,
Harold;
two
daughters,
Ms.
Ben J. (Jeanne) Feldstein
Maurice Wartell
and Mrs. Allan (Laura) Co- Rachel Makleff of Madison,
Maurice -Mitchell War-
hen; and three grand- Wis., and Marsha of New
York; and two grand- tell, credit collection man-
children.
children.
ager for People's Outfitting
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* * *
Co. in Detroit for 20 years,
JENNIE FELDMAN,
JOSEPH SAMUEL died Jan. 15 at age 62.
83, died Jan. 8. Survived by
A native Detroiter, -Mr.
a son, Sidney; a daughter, JACOBS, 81, died Jan. 18.
Survived by a son, Peter; a Wartell also was a real es-
Mrs. Jacqueline Buzette;
three grandchildien and daughter, Mrs. Ernest tate agent for Republic De-
(Miriam) Scafone of War- velopment Corp. for eight
two great-grandchildren.
ren; a sister, Mrs. Helen years. He was a member of
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BENJAMIN • FLAN- Newman of Canton, Ohio; Temple Israel and Jewish
War Veterans.
DERS, 82, former Detroiter and three grandchildren.
* * *
He leaves his wife, Edith;
of Las Vegas, Nev., died
two sons, Dr. Mitchell A. of
Jan. 14. Survived by his
ESTELLE LICHT, 74,
wife, Ethel; a son, Irving died Jan. 20. She leaves two Philadelphia, Pa., and
(Skippy) of Southfield; a sis- daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Kevin D. of New York City;
ter, Tracy of San Francisco, Wolk and Mrs. Ernest (Au- a brother, Irving H.; two sis-
Calif.; and two grandchil- drey) Lewis; a sister, Mrs. ters, Mrs. Milton J. (Estelle)
dren. Interment Las Vegas. Ralph (Gertrude) Wolfe of Miller and Pearl, both of
Hollywood, Fla.
* * *
EDWARD FOX, 50, died Vancouver, B.C.; five
Dr. M. Wainger
Jan. 17. He leaves a son, grandchildren and one
Dr. Max J. Wainger, an
Gary; a daughter, Lisa; his great-grandchild.
ophthalmologist for more
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mother, Mrs. George (Fan-
than 40 years, died Jan. 18
nie) Fox; three brothers,
ROSE RUBENSTEIN,
Manuel, Jack and Sam
in Florida.
91, died Jan. 15. She leaves • A resident of Southfield
a son, Daniel E. Robb; a
and Pompano Beach, Fla.,
daughter. Mrs. Steven
Dr. Wainger was a part-
NEW YORK — A (Eula) Barrar; five grand-
time professor at Wayne
Women's American ORT chirdren and four great-
State University for 15
overseas study mission grandchildren.
years.
comprised of organizational
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He is survived by his wife,
leaders from across the U.S.
Molly; a son, Dr. Robert; a
82,
of
SADIE
SAMUEL,
will depart Tuesday to in-
sister, Mrs. Samuel (Esther)
spect ORT schools and in- Detroit, died Jan. 20. Sur-
Coggan; and one grand-
vived
by
her
husband,
Re-
stallations in Paris, Stras-
daughter. Interment
;
and
nieces
and
uben-
bourg, Marseilles, Rome,
Florida.
nephews.
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
SANDOR BIRO, 87,
died Jan. 15. He leaves a
brother-in-law, Bondy
Gross; a sister-in-law Mrs
Eugene W. (Julia) Price;
and two sisters in Budapest,
Hungary.
ORT Mission
David; and a daughter,
Linda of Petoskey.
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ROSE TARNOFF, 77,
died Jan. 18. She leaves a
son, George; a sister, Mrs.
William (Lillian) Utley; 10
grandchildren and one
great-granddaughter.
Eva Schocken Glaser Dies,
Led Family Printing Firm
and Martin Buber, until
the Gestapo put an end to
the publishing house in
November 1938. Schoc-
ken, who had been living
in Jerusalem since 1933,
started the concern again
in Tel Aviv.
Mrs. Glaser became the
head of the publishing
house in New York after the
death of her brother, Theo-
dore, in 1975. Her only sur-
viving brother, Gershon
Schocken, is publisher of
Schocken Press, Israel, and
Haaretz.
Sarah Davis
Sarah Davis, a member of
Cong. Beth Tephilath
Moses of Mt. Clemens, died
Jan. 19 at age 93.
Born in Lithuania, Mrs.
Davis lived 76 years in the
U.S. She was a member of
the sisterhood of Cong. Beth
Tephilath Moses and
Women's American ORT.
She is survived by three
sons, William B. of Delray
Beach, Fla., Louis M. of Mt.
Clemens and Harry H. of
Akron, Ohio; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Alfred (Betty)
Meyers of Naples, Fla., Mrs.
Irwin (Ada) Eisenfeld of Mt.
Clemens and Mrs. Nat
(Elaine) Warshaw of
Miami, Fla.; two sisters,
Mrs. Edith Harris of Los
Angeles, Calif., and 'Mrs.
Sophie Weber of Min-
neapolis, Minn.; 20 grand-
children and six great-
grandchildren.
Rio Industrialist
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA),
— Antonio Cunha Bueno,
Sao Paulo industrialist and
a former member of the
House of Representatives in
Brasilia, has died at age 63.
For many years he was
the president of the Israel-
Brazil Chamber of Com-
merce. His son, Henrique is
secretary of culture in the
government of the state of
Sao Paulo.
Yiddish Actress
NEW YORK — Yetta
Zwerling, an actress and
comedian who appeared on
the Yiddish stage, died Jan.
17 at age 93.