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. HANKA J a gift subscription to The Jewish News __IMBENOWNEMENIMINBINNIMMIIMIIMOMMINIIMIIMIIMPI•111•••••= 1 To: The Jewish News 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 Please send a year's gift subscription to: NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE k)IR• -ZIP 1 state occasion if gift FROM H$15 enclosed J 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." HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL Monument Unveilings Unveiling announcements may he inserted by mail or by calling The Jewish News, 17515 W, Nine Mile, Suite 865, South- field, Mich. 48075. 424-8833. Writ- ten announcements must be ac- companied by the name and ad- dress of the person making the insertions. 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