62 Friday, November 5, 1982
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Dr. Herman Sperling's Scholarship
Symbolized Devotion to Torah, Music
Dr. Herman Sperling
aged a devotional role
which linked him to the tra-
ditional in learning, to re-
search, in scholarship. This
was always evident at pub-
Boris Smolar's
`Between You
. . . and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.)
THE CJF ASSEMBLY: The Council of Jewish Fed-
erations — central body of the organized Jewish com-
munities in the U.S. and Canada — is celebrating 50 years
of its existence. The event, an important milestone in
American Jewish history, will be marked at the Golden
Anniversary Assembly of the CJF which will open in Los
Angeles on Wednesday. The Assembly will last five days
and will be attended by about 2,000 leaders and activists in
American Jewish communal life.
There are many major problems facing the American
Jewish community today. They will all be discussed at the
Assembly, which is the largest Jewish yearly gathering in
the world, and is considered by many as the "parliament" of
American Jewry. A major item on its agenda is the impact
of the economic recession on the Jewish federations which
are the financial backbone of the communal agencies and
institutions; the federations also raise many millions of
dollars for the United Jewish Appeal. There is also the
problem of meeting Jewish needs at a time when govern-
ment programs for human needs are diminishing. There is
the crisis ofJewish studies in colleges and universities, due
to declining budgets.
There is also the need of strengthening Jewish educa-
tion as the number of children in Jewish schools is declin-
ing. There is the growing problem of "single parents" —
divorced, widowed or never married. There is the problem
of the ever-growing number of the Jewish aged in need of
assistance. There is the issue of federation-synagogue rela-
tions, and there are other problems of major importance.
The Assembly is also to assess the implications of the
results of the Congressional elections, which will take place
a week before the CJF conclave opens, the issues raised
during the election campaign, and the impact of the elected
lawmakers on matters of special interest to American
Jewry.
RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL: All these problems
will however, be overshadowed at the Assembly by dis-
cussions on the relations between the U.S. government and
Israel in the light of President Reagan's plan to achieve a
peaceful atmosphere in the Middle East, also by discussion
on relations between the American Jewish community and
Israel.
American Jews speak as both American and Jews
when they support Israel. There is unity among them on
the question of an undivided Jerusalem under Israeli sov-
ereignty and on issues concerning Israel's security. How-
ever, differences of opinion between the Israel government
and some elements in the American Jewish community
supporting Israel are in existence and growing.
As a body representing 95 percent of American Jewry,
the Council ofJewish Federations faces now the problem of
reflecting the stand of all elements in the American Jewish
community on certain issues concerning Israel, also of pre-
senting these views to the Israel government in the
framework of the "partnership" that exists between Israel
and American Jewry.
THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE: A major issue of dissent
between Israel and important sections of American Jewry
a — an issue which has been discussed until now in low tones
— will now have strong reverberations at the Assembly.
This is the issue of the Orthodox Rabbinate in Israel having
the monopoly, to regulate and control matters of religion.
The issue was discussed last year at the CJF Assembly
and a special committee was established to explore whether
it is appropriate for the CJF to Weal with the matters of
religious issues in Israel. Chairman Raymond Epstein of
Chicago reported last month to the CJF board that local
leadership has expressed great reluctance to see the CJF
involved in this issue. The committe is now seeking a for-
mula for a consensus and will report its findings at the
Assembly where the issue will be debated.
lic functions, his participa-
tion in symposia, in all im-
portant musical projects.
A native of Cleveland,
Ohio, some four decades of
his 68 years devoted as a
graduate from the Univer-
sity of Detroit College of
Dentistry, it was in the
communal spheres that he
was best known for the
interest he shared in learn-
ing.
He was Bar Mitzva here
in the Orthodox Cong. Beth
Tefila Emanuel Tikvah,
Daniel Ignatoff
CJF Official
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Daniel Ignatoff, director for
the past 12 years of the
budget service department
of the Large Cities Budget-
ing Conference of Council of
Jewish Federations, died
Oct. 29 at age 67.
Born in Brooklyn, he was
the son of David Ignatoff,
the Yiddish novelist. He
was a student at the Sholem
Aleichem Mittelshul, the
Jewish Teachers Seminary
and Peoples University, and
the YIVO.
He served as secretary of
the CJF Controllers Insti-
tute and Data Processing
Committee from 1965 to
1978. He also was research
consultant of the CJF
Budget Research Depart-
ment.
From 1946 to 1950, after
overseas service in
Europe during World
War II, Mr. Ignatoff was,
from 1946 to 1950, a civi-
lian employee with the
United States Military
Ctovernment in Germany,
serving the educational
and religious affairs di-
vision at Nuremberg,
Munich and Berlin.
He eventually became
assistant director of the di-
vision, a civil equivalent to
a military lieutenant col-
onel rank.
James Seitner
Seitner,
B.
James
president of Miller Jewelers
in Jackson and Battle Creek
and former president of Cole
and Erwin Jewelers in De-
troit, died Nov. 2 at age 63.
Born in Canton, Ohio, Mr.
Seitner lived 32 years in De-
troit. He was a member of
Temple Beth El and
Franklin Hills Country
Club. •
He was a warrant officer
in the Armored Division
during World War II.
He leaves his wife, Joan; a
son, William Sable; a
daughter, Mrs. Karl (Mary
Ellen) Lyngaas; his mother,
Mrs. David (Dorothy)
Seitner; and five grand-
children.
and he retained his love for
Hebrew and Jewish history,
in his activism in Zionism,
during his many active
years as a regular partici-
pant in all services and
functions of Temple Beth
El.
He was popular in
many areas, including
the professional, having
been the official dentist
for the Detroit Red Wings
hockey team.
Scores of his associates in
Beth El and other cultural
projects paid tribute to him
at services at Temple Beth
El Sunday at which Rabbi
Dannel Schwartz and Rabbi
Emeritus Richard Hertz of-
ficiated.
Dr. Sperling practiced for
more than 40 years. He was
a 1939 graduate of the Uni-
versity of Detroit Dental
School and was graduated
from Wayne State Univer-
sity. He pursued post-
graduate studies at Oxford
University.
He was a member of the
Temple Beth El, Mosaic
Lodge of the Masons,
American Dental Associa-
tion, Oakland County Den-
tal Society and Lathrup Vil-
lage Lions Club. He was a
captain in the Army during
World War II.
He leaves his wife, Es-
telle; two daughters, Mrs.
John (Judith) Kamins and
Mrs. Harlan (Linda) Cohen
of Dallas, Tex.; a sister, Mrs.
Joseph (Doris) Markel; and
four grandchildren.
Albert Porvin
Albert L. Porvin, a retired
bar owner, died Oct. 31 at
age 77.
Born in Russia, Mr. Por-
vin was the former owner of
Anderson's Garden in De-
troit:
He was a member of the
Judea Social Club, Ben-
Gurion Club and Cong.
Beth Shalom.
He leaves his wife, Sarah;
a son, Lawrence; a brother,
Sherman of North Miami
Beach, Fla.; and three sis-
ters, Mrs. Betty Porvin,
Mrs. Beverly Warshaw and
Mrs. Clara Fiarman, all of
California; and six grand-
children.
S. Tenenblatt,
Polish Editor
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Shmuel Tenenblatt, editor
of the Jewish weekly, the
Folks-Sztyme, in Warsaw,
died Oct. 31. He was 47.
Born in Galicia in 1935,
Mr. Tenenblatt studied phi-
losophy at Warsaw College.
During the war, he and his
parents fled to the Soviet
Union and returned to Po-
land after the war.
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Dr. Franzblau Dies at 81
NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr.
Abraham Franzblau, a
psychiatrist who was a
leader in Reform Jewish
education and a founder of
the Hebrew Union College
(HUC) School for Teachers
in New York City, died Oct.
28. He was 81.
Dr. Franzblau served as
dean and professor of pas-
toral psychiatry at the He-
brew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion in New
York from 1935 to 1958. He
also was professor of pas-
toral psychiatry at the Re-
form Institute's Cincinnati
campus from 1931 to 1943.
He served as principal of
the HUC School for
Teachers from 1923 when
he helped start it, until
1931. In 1948, Dr.
Franzblau helped to or-
ganize the HUC School of
Sacred Music. He estab-
lished the Sacred Music
Press in 1950 and was a
founder of the American
Conference of Cantors.
He was the author of a
number of books and
maintained a private
practice in psychiatry for
many years.
A native New Yorker,
Franzblau was graduated
from City College in 1921,
received a PhD degree from
Columbia University and a
medical degree from Cin-
cinnati University's College
of Medicine.
He was a resident at Cin-
cinnati Jewish Hospital C,
from 1937 to 1940 and
began a long association
with Mount Sinai Hospital
in 1949 as a lecturer at the
Mount Sinai Medical
School.
A former Detroiter, Dr.
Franzblau was the
president of the Halevy
Singing Society for many
years.
Leading Lubavitch Rabbi
Shlomo Kazarnovsky Dies
NEW YORK — Rabbi
Shlomo Aron Kazarnovsky,
elder statesman of the world
Lubavitch movement, died
last week at age 85.
Rabbi Kazarnovsky, born
in the Mohlier district of
Russia came to the United
States in 1926. After a few
years in Rochester, N.Y., he
assumed the rabbinate of
the Jewish district of Ben-
sonhurst in New York,
which he headed until his
death.
The rabbi studied in the
famous Yeshiva of
Lubavitch in White Russia
and was a leader of
Lubavitch institutions in
the United State's and in Is-
rael.
Dr. Allen Soble
Dr. Allen Robert Soble, a
physician and founder and
partner of Oakland Inter-
nists, died Oct. 31 at age 48.
A native Detroiter, Dr.
Soble was a staff physician
at Sinai Hospital and clini-
cal assistant professor at
the Wayne State University
School of Medicine. He was
a fellow of the American
College of Physicians, and
was certified by the Ameri-
can Board- of Internal
Medicine.
Dr. Soble was a diplomate
of the American Board of
Internal Medicine in oncol-
ogy and member of Alpha
Omega. He was a member of
American Society of Clini-
cal Oncology and Temple Is-
rael.
He leaves his wife Shelda;
two sons, Richard and Jef-
frey; a daughter, Mindy; his
mother, Mrs. Harold (Gol-
die) Soble; two brothers,
Jerome and Kenneth; and
two granddaughters.
"Over 65 years of traditional' service in the Jewish community with dignity and understanding."
HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Rabbi Kazarnovsky
worked with the Lazaroff
and Schaver families in
Detroit in establishing
the network of vocational
schools in Kfar Chabad,
Israel.
Among his survivors is a
grandson, Rabbi Sholom
Stock of Detroit, who heads
the Camp Gan Israel of
Michigan.
Max Groner
Rabbis' Father
Max Groner of Chicago,
Ill., father of Rabbi Irwin
Groner of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek, died Nov. 4.
He leaves four sons,
Rabbi Irwin of Southfield,
Rabbi Benjamin of New Or-
leans, Rabbi Oscar of Wash-
ington, D.C., and ,Julius of
Chicago; two daughters,
Mrs. Irving (Ruth) Rosen-
baum and Mrs. Irving
(Sarah) Barach, both of
Chicago; brothers and sis-
ters, 29 grandchildren and
24 great-grandchildren.
- Interment Chicago.
Sadie Rashken
Sadie Rashken, a member
of Purity Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star, died Oct.
16 in Canoga Park, Calif.
She was 73.
A former Detroiter, Mrs.
Rashken is survived by her
husband, George; a son,
Jerry of Canoga Park; a
brother, Harry Saltzman of
Birmingham; two sisters,
Helen Saltzman of Oak
Park and Minnie Cohn of
Southfield; two
grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Interment Los Angeles.
Philip Reiss invented the
telephone.
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