10 Friday, November 19, 1982

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Sperka Plaque Is Presented

Dr. Nahum Ben-Hur, left, and Rabbi James Gor-
don present the dedication plaque for the Rabbi
Joshua Sperka Lecture Hall at Shaare Zedek Hospital
of Jerusalem to Mrs. Sperka at last week's dinner of
the Detroit Friends of the hospital.

Sonia Goldman Dies at 65

Sonia Goldman, wife of
Rabbi Leo Y. Goldman of
Cong. Shaarey Shomayim
in Oak Park, died Nov. 12 at
age 65.
Mrs. Goldman was born
in Neushtedt, near
Mariampol in Lithuania.
She was a graduate of the
Yauneh Hebrew Gym-
nasium and Kaunas Uni-
versity Law School. During
the war she was in exile in
Russia where she was active
in helping Jewish children
after their parents died or
were jailed by the Soviet
Secret Service.
After the war she and her
husband lived in Oslo, Nor-
way, where her husband
was the chief rabbi. The
Goldman family came to De-
troit in 1948. In Detroit,

Mrs. Goldman was the di-
rector and teacher of the
nursery and Hebrew school
where her husband was
rabbi. Besides her husband,
Mrs. Goldman is survived
by a son, Joseph; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Michael (Vivian)
Aronson of Indianapolis,
Ind., and Mrs. Henry (Rose)
Brystowski; a sister, Ella
Steinberg of Israel; and
seven grandchildren.

Terrorists Gone

WASHINGTON — Tuni-
sian camps for 1,000 PLO
terrorists evacuated from
Beirut in September are
now empty, according to Is-
raeli intelligence sources,
and the terrorists are now
believed back in Lebanon or
Syria.

Ralph A. Mayer

Ralph A. Mayer, an at-
torney with Moll, Desen-
berg, Mayer, Behrendt, died
Nov. 15 at age 83.
Mr. Mayer resided in
Southfield. He was on the
boards of Children's Hospi-
tal of Michigan and the
Skillman Foundation.
He was formerly a vice
president and personnel
trust officer for Detroit
Bank and Trust. He was
graduated from University
of Michigan Law School in
1922 and was a major in the
U.S. Army during World
War II.
He is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Marjorie L.
Grodin of Cleveland, Ohio;
three grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.

Babette Deutsch

NEW YORK — Babette
Deutsch, poet, novelist, cri-
tic and editor, died Nov. 13
at age 87.
She collaborated on
translations with her late
husband, Avraham Yar-
molinsky; he translated the
Russian and she polished
the English.
Miss Deutsch was elected
to the National Academy of
Arts and Letters in 1958
and became the organiza-
tion's secretary in 1969.
She also was a writer of
fiction and biographies for
children.

Zionist Leader

NEW YORK — Raymond
M. Patt, an attorney froin
Brooklyn, has been elected
president of the American
Zionist Federation.

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World Leaders Send Tributes
to Begin on Death of His Wife

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Premier Menahem Begin,
sitting shiva for his wife
Aliza at his home in
Jerusalem this week, has
received a warm condolence
message from President
Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
and Foreign Minister
Kamal Hassan Ali.
Condolence cables have
also arrived from President
Francois Mitterrand of
France, Chancellor Helmut
Kohl of West Germany and
President Sese Seko
Mobutu of Zaire, among
others. Deputy Premier
Simha Ehrlich is continu-
ing to fill in for the premier
until after the week of
mourning.
Monday's private funeral
service for Mrs. Begin at the
Mount of Olives coincided
with a national day of re-
membrance for the 75 Is-
raeli military and civilian
personnel killed in an exp-
losion which destroyed Is-
raeli military headquarters
in Tyre, south Lebanon, last
week.
The death toll stands at
89 — 75 Israelis and 14
Arabs. There were 56 in-
jured in the blast. Sixteen
Israelis and two
Lebanese were still
under treatment at a
Haifa hospital. The cause
of the explosion which
leveled the seven-story
building housing Israeli
military And civil ad-
ministration headquar-
ters in south Lebanon
remained a mystery.
Aliza Begin was born on
April 20, 1920 in
Drohobycz, a small town in
Poland where her father,
Dr. Zvi Arnold, was an at-
torney and a leader in the
Zionist Revisionist move-
ment.
She was one of twin
daughters. Her sister died
in the Holocaust.
She met her future hus-
band, Menahem, when she
was 17. Her father invited
the then recent law gradute
of Warsaw University to
their home for dinner.
Begin was at the time a
leader of Betar, the Re-
visionist youth movement.
The young couple corre-
_ sponded and were married
two years later, on May 29,
1939. They took their vows
both dressed in Betar uni-
forms.
World War II broke out
on Sept. 1 when German
armies invaded Poland.
The Begins joined a
stream of Jewish refu-
gees trying to reach the
Romanian border, but
got no further than Vilna.
When the 'Russian
army occupied that part
of Poland,

teriorated recently, requir-
ing hospitalization.
She was buried near
the graves of two under-
ground fighters of Be-
gin's Irgun and the Stern
Group who committed
suicide shortly before
they were to be executed
by the British.
The site was chosen by
Begin who designated it in
his will to be his and his
wife's last resting place.

ALIZA BEGIN

Aliza left for Palestine
alone.
Begin, who had organized
Revisionist party head-
quarters in Vilna, was ar-
rested and sent to forced
labor camps. He was re-
leased a year later and
joined his wife in
Jerusalem.
His activities in Palestine
soon made him a wanted
man by the British
Mandate authorities.
Aliza and her husband lived
underground for five years,
moving from hide-out to
hide-out under a variety of
aliases.
During those difficult
years their children were
born — Benyamin Zeev,
Hasya and Leah. They fi-
nally settled in a modest
ground floor flat in Tel Aviv
which was their home until
May 1977 when Begin was
elected premier.
They moved to the prime
minister's residence in the
Rehavia section of
Jerusalem.
Mrs. Begin remained
out of the public eye dur-
ing the 30 years that her
husband was leader of
the opposition in Is-
rael's parliament. He was
prime minister for two
years before she granted
her first press interview.
She never expressed opin-
ions on public issues. She
was however active in sere:
ice for handicapped persons,
particularly wounded
soldiers.
Mrs. Begin had suf-
fered from asthma since
childhood. Her condition de-

Rabbi AvRutick

NEW YORK — Rabbi
Abraham N. AvRutick,
former president of the
Rabbinical Council of
America, died Nov. 13 at
age 72.
Rabbi AvRutick was the
author of many articles and
the former editor of the
sermon manual of the Rab-
binical Council of America.
He also was a board member
of the Union of Orthodox
Congregations of America.
He was the founder and
former president of the
Rabbinical Council of Con-
necticut.

"Over 65 years of traditional service in the Jewish community with dignity and understanding."

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his memory 2:30 p.m. Sun-
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The Family
of the Late

BENJAMIN
DANEMAN

Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 21, at Adat
Shalom Memorial Park.
Rabbi Gorrelick will of-
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friends are asked to
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The Family
of the Late

ROSE MOLLY
GRUSKIN

Announces the un-
veiling of a nlonument
in her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 28, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Morton Yolkut
and Cantor Hyman
Adler will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

The Family
of the Late

SOL
SIMON

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veiling of a monument
in his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 21, at Beth
Abraham Cemetery.
Relatives and friends
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