DETROIT
14 Friday, May 14, 1982
NEWS
lion does not defend himself
against traps, and the fox
does not defend himself
against wolves. So one has
As a prince must be able
to act just like a beast, he
should learn from the fox
and the lion; because the
to be a fox in order to recog-
nize traps, and a lion to
frighten off wolves.
—Machiavelli
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Ad Salesman Ben Gorney Dies
By HEIDI PRESS
Every day, Ben Gorney
and I would have the same
conversation.
Ben: "Miss America,
what's for lunch?"
HP: "Tuna fish."
Ben: "My favorite
fruit!"
And with a twinkle in his
eye and a smile from ear to
ear, he'd wish us all a good
afternoon and go to work on
his ads.
That's the way we re-
member Ben Gorney, with
his radiant smile, as, a dap-
per dresser and always the
gentleman. A cherished
friend, Ben Gorney died
May 8 at age 89.
Born in Russia, Mr. Gor-
ney came to Detroit as a
BEN GORNEY
ledo. Five years later, after
serving as buyer and mer-
chandiser of all wearing ap-
parel, the Gorneys returned
to Detroit.
After a brief retirement,
youngster with his parents Mr. Gorney returned to
and brother, Jay, who be- work and was an advertis-
came a successful songwri- ing salesman for the
Northwest Detroiter for 10
ter.
As a young man, Mr. years. He joined The Jewish
Gorney helped support News as an advertising
his family selling news- salesman in 1970.
papers, later landing a
job at the Leo Zuckerman
ready-to-wear store on
Woodward. From Zuc-
kerman's, he moved to
Community leaders and
Goldberg Brothers De-
social
workers in this coun-
partment Store, where he
met Rose Lieber, to try and in Israel joined this
whom he was married for week in honoring the mem-
65 years. Mrs. Gorney ory of Harold Silver who
died last week at Kibutz
died in 1977.
Mr. Gorney was employed Urim, Israel. He was 81.
Executive director of the
as a fur buyer at the Frank
and Seder department store Detroit Jewish Social Serv-
here and was promoted to ice Bureau before it was re-
head the F and S coat de- named the Jewish Family
partment in Pittsburgh. and Children's Service, Mr.
After many years there he Silver was the initiator, as
was transferred to the executive director, of the
Bailey Co. store in Cleve- Resettlement Service as a
land where he supervised major branch of social work
merchandising and buying activities here.
He was a leader in na-
of wearing apparel and furs.
tional as well as local circles
He was associated with on the Labor Zionist move-
the Denver Dry Goods Co. in ment and his Zionist efforts
Denver, but his wife's wish resulted in his children's
for him to be closer to home and his own going on aliya
brought him to a job with to Israel.
Lamson Brothers Co. in To-
Mr. Silver headed the
forerunner of the Jewish
Family Service from 1933
Until his recent illness,
Mr. Gorney actively
exercised daily and
swam frequently.
An even-tempered, cheer-
ful man, Mr. Gorney would
call the office daily to get his
messages. No matter who
answered the phone, the
greeting was the same:
"Good morning, dolly!"
A good friend, he often of-
fered to help the advertising
manager or others on the
staff who needed an extra
hand. Columnist Danny
Raskin summed it up pa&
when he said, "Ben 1C111,
people, and people liked
Ben."
Mr. Gorney was a long-
time member of Perfection
Lodge of the Masons and
was a 32nd degree Shriner.
Besides his brother, Mr.
Gorney leaves a daughter,
Mrs. Herbert (Shirley) Mil-
ler; seven grandchildren
and two great-
grandchildren.
Harold Silver, Dean of Social .
Workers, Dies in Israel at 81
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Blind Rabbi
Dies, Was Expert
in Braille Writing
Word was received here of
the death in Los Angeles of
Rabbi Harry Brevis.
A University of Michigan
law school graduate, he be-
came a student in the
Jewish Institute of Religion
in New York when he was
turning blind. He was
encouraged to study rab-
binics in spite of his blind-
ness by Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
who was then the president
of the Jewish Institute of
Religion before it merged
with Hebrew Union Col-
lege.
Upon his ordination,
Rabbi Brevis held pulpits in
New York, in synagogues
for the blind. He became a-
Braille expert and he pre-
sented a prayer book he
transcribed-in Braille to the
then President Yitzhak
Ben-Zvi of Israel in his
presidential home in
Jerusalem.
Rabbi Brevis is survived
by his wife, Anne, who was a
Buffalo school principal be-
fore they were married.
HAROLD SILVER
until 1963 and directed
the Resettlement Service
during the same period.
He was the former
president of the National
Conference of Jewish Com-
munal Service, past
president of the American .
Association of Social Work-
ers and on the accreditation
panel of the Child Welfare
League of America.
Mr. Silver was on the fa-
culty of the Wayne State
University School of Social
Work, where taught social
services administration.
Following his retirement,
he worked in Israel for the
Ministry of Education and
Ministry of Social Services.
His letters from Israel
were published regularly
in the Journal of Jewish
Communal Service.
While in Detroit, Mr.
Silver was active in task ,-
behalf of the Histadrut
He is survived by a soli,
Reuben of Cleveland; a
daughter, Rena
Schwartzberg of Kibutz
Urim; and six
grandchildren. Interment
Israel.
Cite Chaplain
PARIS (JTA) — The
French Chief Rabbi's office
has announced that the
Jewish prison chaplain for
the Paris region, Rabbi
Joseph Fima, has been
awarded the nation's
Penitentiary Medal for his
work with Jewish prisoners.