62 Friday, January 28, 1983

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Pollution Control Expert
Dr. Samuel Jenkins Dies

BIRMINGHAM, England
(JTA) — Dr. Samuel Jen-
kins, one of the world's
foremost biochemists in the
field of water purification,
died last Friday at age 81.
He won a scholarship at
Manchester University,
where he gained a Bachelor
of Science degree with
first-clash honors.
He entered private indus-
try after an appointment as
a British government fuel
scientist was denied him be-
cause his father was not
British-born.
In 1928, after a year, at
the Rothamsted experimen-
tal station, Harpenden, Dr.
Jenkins was appointed chief
scientist at Birmingham's
drainage board, a post he re-
tained until his retirement
31 years later in 1969.
A Fellow of the Royal
Institute of Chemistry, he
had already reached the
pinnacle of his profession
in Britain in 1957 with his
election as president of

the Institute of Water Pol-
lution Control.
Dr. Jenkins then played a
central role in fostering in-
ternational talks among
scientists from indus-
trialized and developing
countries and both sides of
the Iron Curtain.
Accompanied by his wife,
he travelled tirelessly to
many parts of the world, or-
ganizing scientific confer-
ences and advising govern-
ments. He also edited two of
the leading learned jour-
nals on water pollution
control.

A strictly observant Jew,
Dr. Jenkins was also an ar-
dent Zionist, serving for
many years as treasurer of
the Birmingham Friends of
the Hebrew University and
the city's Zionist Council.
He took a close interest in
environmental questions in
Israel where he presided at
an international conference
on water pollution in 1972.

ZOD Protests JTA Usage
of the Term 'West Bank'

The Detroit District of the
Zionist Organization of
America has adopted a reso-
lution criticizing the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency for
using the term "West Bank"
in its news reports.
The ZOD's resolution
stated:
"The Zionist Organiza-
tion of America — Metro
Detroit District deplores the
practice of the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency in some of
their news reports to substi-
tute the Arab designation
`West Bank' for the names
`Judea and Samaria' used
by Israeli government lead-
ers.

"The state of Israel calls
the area 'Judea and
Samaria,' as it has been
called for 3,000 years. It is a
matter of respect for the
heritage of the Jewish
people and their right to live
and worship in their na-
tional home to use the
names so long identified
with the Jewish people.

"Replacing the words
used by Israeli officials with
the Arab designation
suggests that the idea is
being promoted that the
area belongs to the Arabs
and that a Jewish presence
is illegal."

Wedding. Ring Tradition

By RABBI SAMUEL FOX

scription which tells how
Pharaoh took off his ring
One of the original three and gave it to Joseph when
ways in which the first step he was appointed the prime
of the marriage ceremony minister, and when
was executed was to have Ahasuerus took off his ring
the groom present the bride and gave it to Haman, and
with some object of material later Mordecai, when they
intrinsic value. This is done were appointed prime
to indicate a sense of com- ministers. The ring would
mitment and appreciation thus indicate a feeling of re-
for the bride's willingness to spect and exaltation which
turn down the prospect of the husband has for his
other suitors and to accept wife.
the groom's offer.
It is also claimed that the
The usage of a ring for roundness of the ring repre-
this purpose was instituted sents a feeling of eternity
for a number of reasons. which is a way of expressing
First, a ring is something the hope that the love of this
that a person would wear all marriage would be eternal.
the time; thus, being con-
stantly made aware of the
This is the feeling that
obligations and respon- gives a man true courage —
sibilities of marriage.
the feeling that he has a
Secondly, some claim, work to do at all costl; the
that this practice was mod- sense of duty.
eled after the biblical de-
—C. Kingsley

(Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.)

OBITUARIES

ROSE COWITZ, 76, San Francisco, Calif., and
former Detroiter of Mrs. Louis (Nettie) Golnick
Phoenix, Ariz., died Jan. 16. of East Lake, Ohio.
Survived by her husband,
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Phillip; a son, Jerrold of
EILEEN GOODMAN,
Woodland Hills, Calif.; a 76, of Bloomfield Township,
daughter, Mrs. Leon died Jan. 25. Survived by a
(Adelle) Sears of Southfield; son, Harold; and two grand-
a sister, Ada Lew of South- children.
field; five grandchildren
* * *
and four great-grandchil-
HYMAN
GUS, 95, of
dren. Interment Phoenix.
Southfield, died Jan. 19.
* * *
Survived by two sons, Louis
WILLIAM EISEN- and Sol of Boca Raton, Fla.;
BERGER, 82, of Delray - a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Ro-
Beach, Fla., died Jan. 14. senthal; a sister, Mrs. Ida
Survived by his wife, Eve- Rosenberg; three grand-
lyn; a son, David of Cleve- children and six great-
land, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. grandchildren.
Milton (June) Isenberg of
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Boca Raton, Fla.; six grand-
SAMUEL HAMBURG,
children and two great-
grandchildren. Interment 72, of Oak Park, died Jan.
23. Survived by his wife,
Delray Beach.
Dorothy; a daughter, Shir-
* * *
ley of Chicago, Ill.; a
MORTON H. ESPAR, brother, Nathan Lewis; and
86, former Detroiter of Los a sister, Mrs. Harold (Sally)
Angeles, Calif., died Jan. Blum.
19. Survived by his wife,
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Rita; two sons, Julian of
MILDRED
HARRIS,
Marina Del Rey, Calif., and
64,
died
Jan.
22.
She leaves
Noel of Los Angeles; six
grandchildren and three a son, David; a daughter,
Mrs. Judy Colburt of Ran-
great-grandchildren.
cho Palos Verdes, Calif.; a
** *
brother, Jack Levant of Las
ARTHUR FEALK, 63, Vegas, Nev.; a sister, Mrs.
of Southfield, died Dec. 2 in Raymond (Hazel) Gold of
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Sur- Las Vegas; and four grand-
vived by his wife, Betty; a children.
son, Daniel of Detroit; a
*
*
daughter, Mrs. Torn (Linda)
MINA INOWLOCKI,80,
Hoffman of California;
three brothers, David, of Detroit, died Jan.- 21.
Herman and Ben; and two Survived by two daughters,
sisters, Connie Weinberg Cecile and Paula.
* * *
and Jean.
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CORA JACOBY, 84,
ROSE FRIEDMAN, 82, died Jan. 24. She leaves a
of Detroit, died Jan. 21. son, Seymour of Van Nuys,
Survived by a nephew, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs.
Gerald Gorman of Jerry (Phyllis) Mall; a sis-
Montreal, Que., Canada; ter, Rose Cohen; a brother,
three nieces, Mrs. Gary (Ei- Sam Cohen of Ann Arbor;
leen) Hadrich, Mrs. Walter six grandchildren and two
(Gloria) White and Mrs. great-grandchildren.
** *
Allen (Marjorie) Chaikin of
Montreal.
BERTHA
RICH
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KERSH, 82, died Jan. 19.
TERESA K. GOLD- She leaves two sons, Irving
BERG, 77, former De- Rich and Samuel Rich;
troiter of San Antonio, Tex., seven grandchildren and
died Jan. 21. Survived by one great-grandson.
* * *
her husband, Victor; four
sisters, Mrs. Eva Bernstein
LILI KHORRAM, 87,
of Oak Park, Mrs. Clarence died Jan. 24. She leaves a
(Sadie) Camenker of Oak son, Lova Khoram; two
Park, Mrs. Rose Shaw of daughters, Mrs. Joe (Rena)

Director George Cukor Dies

LOS ANGELES —
Oscar-winning film director
George Cukor died Jan. 24
at age 83.
Mr. Cukor won an Oscar
in 1964 for directing "My
Fair Lady." His last film
project was "Rich and
Famous."
Known for directing Hol-
lywood's major actresses,
Mr. Cukor began his career
as a stage manager, then as
a director and finally as a

Broadway director, prior to
going to Hollywood.
In Hollywood, he was re-
cruited as a speech assistant
because of his experience
with dialogue. He was cre-
dited with discovering
Katherine Hepburn, and
battled studio executives to
introduce her in 1932 in "A
Bill of Divorcement." It
began a series of Hepburn-
Cukor collaborations that
lasted nearly 50 years.

Forbes and Bibi Khoram;
three grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
* * *
JULIUS LEVI, 85, died
Jan. 20. He leaves his wife,
Rose; two sons, Ralph
Bishop of Fairfax, Va., and
Edward Bishop of North-
ville; a daughter, Mrs. Wood
(Velma) Nester of Wooster,
Ohio; a brother, Sigfried of
Argentina; a sister, Mrs.
Usher (Recka) Rottenberg
of Argentina; 10 grandchil-
dren and eight great-grand-
children.
** *
ARTHUR G. LEVINE,
former Detroiter of Clear-
water, Fla., died Jan. 25.
Survived by his wife, Lil-
lian; a daughter, Mrs. Rusty
(Diane) Allen of New York;
two sisters, Dorothy Her-
chfield of Clearwater and
Rosealy Kenerick of
Florida; and two grandchil-
dren. Interment Clearwa-
ter.

THOMAS. SCHNEI-
DER, 61, of South-
field, died Jan. 26.
Survived by his wife, Abbie;
a daughter, Susan; and two
brothers, Jack and Martin.
Services 10:30 a.m. today at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

* * *

HELEN SCHREIBER,
90, of Detroit, died Jan. 23.
Survived by a daughter-in-
law, Gertrude Schreiber; a
sister in Hungary and two
grandchildren.

* * *

MAX W. SCHULDING-
ER, 63, died Jan. 23. He
leaves his wife, Dorothy;
three sons, Mark , Eugene of
New York and Kenneth; a
sister, Mrs. Sidney (Syd)
Krandall of Miami Beach,
Fla.; and one granddaugh-
ter.
** *
MOLLIE SIEGEL, 71,
died Jan. 24. She leaves two
sisters, Doris and Mrs.
Joseph (Sarah) DeLise;
nieces and nephews.

* * *

HARRY LEVINE, 68, of
Oak Park, died Jan. 22.
* * *
Survived by his wife, Sara;
JEANETTE SPINNER,
three sons, Irwin M. of Mt.
Clemens, Harvey and 71, of Troy, died Jan. 23.
Barry; a daughter, Mrs. Gus Survived by two sons,
(Doreen) Christy; four sis- Joseph Sheplow of Sterling
ters, Mrs. Anne Saperstein, Heights and Jay 0. Spinner;
Mrs. Lil Colman, Mrs. Isa- two brothers, George Kaner
dore (Rachel) Levine and and Samuel Kaner; three
Mrs. Sam (Pearl) Cohen; sisters, Mrs. Norman B.
(Nettie) Sukenic, Mrs.
and three grandchildren.
Nathan (Edith) But-
** *
rimovitz and Mrs. Martin
MEYER NITZKIN, 78, (Ruth) Rose.
former Detroiter of Sunrise,
Fla., died Jan. 20. Survived
Soviet Refusnik
by his wife, Martha; two
sons, Donald of Southfield
Death Reported
and Joel L. of Pittsford,
NEW YORK (JTA) —
N.Y.; five grandchildren
and two great-grandchil- Nadezhda Ovsishcher, the
wife of former Soviet Army
dren.
Colonel and Jewish activist,
* * *
Lev Ovsishcher, died Jan.
LILLIAN POPKIN, 87, 12 at age 64.
The Ovsishchers applied
died Jan. 24. She leaves a
son, James L.; three grand- to -emigrate to Israel in
children and one great- 1972. Since that time they
had been singled out for
grandson.
special harassment by local
authorities.
Israeli System
Col. Ovsishcher was de-
Used in Schools
prived of his rank and mili-
The Detroit Public tary pension, and had been
Schools have begun using a repeatedly attacked and
learning system developed maligned in the Soviet press
in Israel which teaches as a "Zionist provocateur."
children how to reason.
Based on the studies of Is- Eva Heinick
raeli psychologist Reuven
Eva Heinick, a member of
Feuerstein, the program Jewish communal organ-
forces children to use an or- izations, died Jan. 22 at age
derly, systematic approach 84.
in order to solve games and
Born in Romania, Mrs.
other problems.
Heinick was a member of
Entitled Instrumen61 Pioneer Women/Naamat,
Enrichment, the program Sinai Hospital Guild, Cong.
has been used with both Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
mentally retarded and and its sisterhood.
gifted students, Israeli
She leaves a daughter,
army recruits and in schools Mrs. Eddie (Lenore) Mittel-
throughout Europe and the dorf; and two
United States.
granddaughters.

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

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