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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
AJCongress Civil Liberties
Lawyer Joseph Robison Dies
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Joseph Robison, director
emeritus of the Commission
on Law and Social Action of
the American Jewish Con-
gress and a leading
authority . on civil liberties
and religious freedom, died
March 13. He was 70.
Mr. Robison drafted New
York City's Sharkey -
Brown - Isaacs Law, the
first statute against bias in
the general housing mar-
ket.
Mr. Robison regularly re-
presented the AJCongress
at legislative hearings be-
fore Congress and state and
local legislative bodies.
He submitted briefs in
leading cases on such is-
sues as government sup-
port of sectarian schools,
sectarian practices in
public schools, the opera-
tion of Sunday laws,
legislative apportion-
ment and racial segrega-
tion in both the South and
the North, before the
United States Supreme
Court and other courts.
Born in Crestwood, N.Y.,
Mr. Robison was a graduate
of Columbia College, 1932,
and the Columbia Law
School, 1934. He was a
member of the New York
State and United States
Supreme Court bars.
In addition to his work at
the AJCongress, he was on
the legal staff of the Na-
tional Labor Relations
Board for 10 years, served
for 20 years as general
counsel of the National
Committee Against Dis-
crimination in Housing,
and was chairman of the
Equality Committee of the
American Civil Liberties
Union.
Chop House Owner Dies
Friday, March 18, 1983 19
OBITUARIES
MOLLIE F. BRILL, 90,
died March 12. She leaves a
son, Max; and one grandson.
Interment Cincinnati,
Ohio.
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IRWIN BUCHALTER,
70, died March 16. He
leaves his wife, Sylvia; a
son, Dr. Daniel of Haddam,
Conn.; a daughter, Mrs.
Pasquel (Dorothea) Vaguer
of New York; two brothers,
Arthur and William of
Gary, Ind.; and four
grandchildren.
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SARAH ELLENSON,
72, of Southfield, died
March 13. Survived by her
husband, Harry B.; two
brothers, Allen Kraft and
Alex Kraft; nieces and
nephews.
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LEONA GERTRUDE
JACOBS, 73, former De-
troiter of Sherman Oaks,
Calif., died March 5. Sur-
- vived by three sons, Shel of
Oak Park, Gilbert of Sher-
man Oaks and Philip of
Northridge, Calif.; a
brother, Irving Rosenberg
Lester Gruber, a doyen of
Their
greatest
the restaurant business in achievement in the res-
Detroit, died March 15 at taurant business, how-
ever, was the London
age 75.
A native Detroiter, Mr. Chop House, established
Gruber dropped out of the in 1936 and moved to its
University of Michigan to present location in 1938.
Irving S. Cane
open a downtown restau- Mr. Gruber and his
Irving S. Cane, a real es-
rant, Den of the 40 Thieves, brother ended the
which became a haven for partnership in the res- tate and land developer,
artists, actors, writers and taurant and in the died March 5 at age 61.
Born in Brooklyn,
Caucus Club in 1976,
symphony musicians.
Mr. Gruber and his making Lester Gruber N.Y., Mr. Cane lived 35
brother, Sam, attempted to the sole owner, until his years in Detroit. He was the
open a Penobscot Club illness forced the sale of president of the Compass
Realty Co. and Cane and
downtown in 1941, but the his businesses.
Associates and secretary of
brothers went off to war and
took a loss on the restau-
He is survived by his wife, the Fisher Building Co.
rant. They chalked up an- Cleo; a daughter, Leslye _ He was appointed by the
other loss with a restaurant Ann Young; his brother, late Detroit Mayor Jerome
in Grosse Pointe Farms, call Sam of Las Vegas, Nev.; and P. Cavanagh as chairman
of the Detroit Committee for
London East.
a sister, Bertha Woolf.
Industrial and Commercial
Development. He was the
past _commander of the
Jewish War Veterans.
Mr. Cane served on the
WASHINGTON (JTA) — rael, according to a spokes- city of Southfield Plan-
President Reagan assured a man for the Orthodox ning Commission and
major American Orthodox group. The spokesman said was given a plaque from
leader that he would "re- Reagan declared that "noth- the city "for dedicated
main deeply and personally ing is further from the service." He was in the
committed" to Israel.
truth."
Marines First Air Wing in
Sherer met with Reagan China combat.
The President, in a 10-15
minute meeting with Rabbi as 160 Orthodox leaders
He was a member of
Moshe Sherer, president of from 13 states were in Cong. Beth Achim and the
Agudath Israel of America, Washington this week for Detroit Real Estate Board.
said it was the press that Agudath Israel's National
He leaves • his wife, Inez;
was trying to create the im- Leadership meeting. The four daughters, Mrs. Marc
pression of a "split" between group met with White (Sugar) Vogel of Las Vegas,
his Administration and Is- House, State Department Nev., Mrs. Eliot (Candy)
and other Administration Marcus, Phyllis and Hilary;
officials and had a luncheon two sisters, Mrs. Irving
Bernard Pepper
meeting with members of (Mollie) Sclawy and Mrs.
Bernard Pepper, a retired the House and Senate.
Nathan (Gloria) Friedman;
retail men's clothing mer-
Reagan also praised and two grandchildren.
chant, died March 14 at age Agudath Israel for its
76.
pioneering efforts in seek-
Born in Russia, Mr. Pep- ing tuition tax credits for
per lived 50 years in De- parents with children who
troit. He was a member of attend parochial schools.
If you were unmarried on
Adat Shalom Synagogue, The President had urged
the last day of the yea?
and maintained a home
Zager-Stone Lodge of Bnai Congress to adopt the tui-
for a parent. child. or
Brith and Perfection Lodge tion tax credit for private
other relative. you may
be able to file as Head of
of the Masons. . .
schools.
Household and Pay less
He leaves his wife, Belle;
tax than filing as a single
• taxpayer. Check the in-
most
of
us
a son, Raymond; a daugh-
The reason
structions for details
ter, Mrs. • Alfred (Beverly) don't live within our income
Rubenstein; and three is because we don't consider
grandchildren.
that living.
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Reagan Assures Orthodox
on Commitment to Israel
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of Woodland Hills, Calif.; a
sister, Ann Berick of Sher-
man
Oaks;
eight
grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Interment Los Angeles.
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HAROLD KRAMER,
79, died March 11. He
leaves a sister, Mrs. Louis
(Minnie) Simon of Florida;
nieces and nephews.
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ANNABELLE KUTIN-
SKY, 89, died March 13.
'She leaves a nephew, Mar-
shall Piper.
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SELMA LITVIN, 78,
died March 11. She leaves
three daughters, Anita,
Mrs. Irwin (Lillian) Man-
iloff and Mrs. Edward (Eve-
lyn) Mayer; one sister,
two brothers, nine
grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
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ESTELLE WARTELL
MILLER, 77, former De-
troiter of Hollywood, Fla.,
died March 9. She leaves
her husband, Milton;- a
WE REMEMBER
During the coming
week Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah will
observe the
Yahrzeits of the fol-
lowing departed
friends, with the
traditional Memo-
rial Prayers, recita-
tion of Kaddish and
Studying of Mis-
hnaycs.
brother, Irving H. Wartell
of Huntington Woods; and a
sister, Pearl Wartell of Hol-
lywood, Fla. Interment De-
troit.
SOLOMON WEISS, 60,
-former Detroiter of Sunrise,
Fla., died Feb. 23. He leaves
his wife, Paula; two sons,
Leo of Sunrise and Sam of
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Lauderdale Lakes; a sister,
ZELDA ROSSMAN, 66, Mrs. Chesa Kirschenbaum.
of Oak Park, died March 16. Interment Ft. Lauderdale,
Survived by a brother, Fla.
George J.; and cousins, Mil-
ton Herman and Saul Her-
SHELDON
man. Services 10:30 a.m.
MONUMENT COMPANY
today at Hebrew Memorial
19800 WOODWARD AVE.
Chapel.
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MARY- SILVERMAN,
86, of Southfield, died
March 16. Survived by her
husband, Harry L.; a
daughter, Mrs. Newton L.
(Selma) Freedman; a
brother, Dr. Frank Feldman
of Sarasota, Fla.; a sister,
Mrs. Nancy Effenberg of
Philadelphia, Pa.; five
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
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MARY TISCHLER, 89,
former Detroiter of Miami
Beach, Fla., died March 13.
Survived by a son, Martin of
Southfield; and five
grandchildren.
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ESTHER
TOL-
KOWSKY, 77, of Tel Aviv,
Israel, died March 15. Sur-
vived by her husband,
Joseph; a son, Itzchak of
Givat Yam, Israel; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sara Nadis of
Southfield;
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five
grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Interment Tel Aviv.
NISSAN MAR.
6 20
FRANK FRIEDMAN
6 20
MINNIE LAZARUS
6 20
NATHAN LEE
6 20
ARCHIE LUBORSKY
JERRY S. RICHMAN
6 20
7 21
-MAYER BERMAN
7 21
ANNA BOLOTIN
MARTIN FELDMAN-
7 21
7 21
FAY H. FREEMAN
7 21
MORRIS KENT
7 21
IRVING OSNOS
7 21
MUSHA STEIN
7 21
JULIUS W. WEBBER
LIBBE WOLFSON
7 21
8 22
ESTHER BERMAN
8 22
SARAH FARKAS
8 22
SARAH R. FLOMENHAFT
8 22
RACHEL GLADSTONE
BESSIE GLAZER
8 22
9 23
GERALD GREEN
ABRAHAM R. HOFFMAN
9 23
9 23
ELIEZER KAZERINSKI
JOSEPH SCHEY
9 23
HARRY SIMON
9 23
9 23
SARAH ZACK
10 24
MAX AMHOWITZ
10 24
HINDEL BAND
10 24
MORRIS CH. BODZIN _
10 24
IDA GREENSTEIN
10 24
WILLIAM GROSSMAN
10 24
JACOB KESSELMAN
10 24
SAM LYONS
11 25
ESTHER COHEN
11 25
JACOB GOLDSTEIN
11 25
PHILIP HILLELSON
11 25
SIMON KNOPPOW
11 25
OSCAR ROTTENBERG
ALFRED SCHOENBERG
11 25
11 25
ROSE YAGODA
ROSE BUSCH
12 26
12 26
REBECCA COHEN
12 26
ROCHEL FINE
12 26
MARLENE FRIEDMAN
12 26
IRVING GOLDSTEIN
RABBI SOLOMON
12 26
KREVSKY
BENJAMIN SCHURAYTZ
12 26
12 26
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