M. Turkow, Led Latin Jews
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Marc Turkow, former secre-
tary general of the Latin
American Jewish Congress
and an architect of the
World Jewish Congress
constituency in Latin
America, died in Buenos
Aires on April 28 at age 79.
Born in Warsaw, Mr.
Turkow was a prominent
Yiddish editor and jour-
nalist in that city. He was
co-editor of the distin-
guished Yiddish daily, Mo-
ment, and played a leading
role in the fight against
anti-Semitism in Poland
and against Nazism.
He was the general secre-
tary of the Anti-Hitler
Committee in Poland. In
1933, he attended the Sec-
ond Preparatory Confer-
ence of the World Jewish
In Memoriam
, In loving memory of Ida
Friedlander, who passed
away May 9, 1975. Sadly
missed by her children,
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
In beloved memory of
our dear mother and
grandmother
BECKY
CAPLAN
Who left us May 5,
1949. You are not dead
to us who loved you, but
gone before! Sadly mis-
sed by your son Dr. B.B.
Caplan and daughter
Mrs. Nathan Feldman
(Ann) and their families.
In loving memory of
our beloved mother and
grandmothe
-IDA
MITI
Died May 8, 1955
Never to be forgotten
by her children and
grandchildren.
In loving memory of
KENT
SEEDMAN
Sadly missed more
each day by his family
and friends. His wisdom
and courage lives on
forever in our hearts.
Congress in Geneva as a
representative of the
United Committee of
Jewish Delegations in Po-
land.
Mr. Turkow escaped
from Poland before the
Nazi occupation and set-
tled in Argentina in 1939.
In 1946 he became direc-
tor of HIAS in Argentina
and in 1954 he became the
Latin American repre-
sentative of the WJCon-
gress. In 1959, he became
the director of the South
American branch of the
WJCongress.
He helped considerably to
build the whole network of
WJCongress affiliated
communities in Latin
America and was for many
years the embodiment of the
Congress there. He made a
major contribution to all
fields of WJCongress
endeavor.
Mr. Turkow was the
creator of the Popular
Jewish Library and of OJI, a
Latin American Jewish
Congress Spariish-language
information bulletin which
has become a vital link be-
tween the Jewish com-
munities of Latin Atherica.
He was active in the Zionist
movement and an ex-
tremely popular speaker.
Harry Blumberg
Harry Blumberg, a He-
brew educator, died April 28
at age 80.
Born in New York, Mr.
Blumberg resided in Ann
Arbor at the time of his
death. He was a professor
emeritus at Hunter College
in New York City, a scholar,
Hebrew educator and
author of modern Hebrew
grammar and compositions,
numerous books in
medieval philsophy, He-
brew and Arabic and other
learned Hebrew and
English periodicals. He was
a member of Cong. Beth Is-
rael in Ann Arbor.
He leaves his wife, Ann; a
son, Paul of Northbrook,
Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. Shi-
mon (Judith) Redlich of Is-
rael; two sisters, Esther and
Mrs. Eleanor Bard of Bal-
timore, Md.; and five
grandchildren. Interment
Ann Arbor.
Alfred Perlman
NEW YORK — Alfred E.
Perlman, former president
of. the New York Central
Railroad and other major
railroad lines, died April 30
at age 80.
In Loving Memory of
SOL BRENNER
Sept. 10, 1904
May 5, 1981
THE
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ADL Leader Epstein Dies at 70
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Benjamin Epstein, from
1948 to 1978 national direc-
tor of the Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith and
for the past five years
executive vice president of
the ADL Foundation, died
May 2. He was 70.
A leading figure in
Jewish communal work Mr.
Epstein's concern and in-
volvement with problems of
prejudice and discrimina-
tion dated back to 1934,
when he was a history stu-
dent at the University of
Berlin on a fellowship grant
from the Institute of Inter-
national Education. It was
the year after Adolf Hitler
had been appointed chan-
cellor of Germany and the
young student observed the
beginnings of the Nazis'
solution to "the Jewish
problem."
Mr. Epstein returned to
the • United States in 1935
and was shocked by what he
described as "a mirror
image of what had been
happening in Germany.
There was a German-
American Bund wearing
the brown uniforms I had
seen in Berlin, wearing the
swastika emblems, flying
swastika flags — not
secretly, but on American
street corners and in Madi-
son Square Garden."
He joined the faculty of
the University of
Pennsylvania, but gave
every spare minute to lec-_
turing the groups
throughout the - East
about what he had seen
in Germany and warning
about Nazism in this
country, as well as over-
seas.
Finally, deciding to make
human relations his full-
time career, Mr. Epstein
joined ADL in 1939 as direc-
tor of what was then called
its "Foreign Language De-
partment."
He worked with anti-Nazi
German Americans and
other ethinic groups in this
country arranging public
meetings and anti-Nazi
demonstrations to make the
point that what was hap-
pening in Europe was not
only of concern to Jews but a
fight for all Americans to
undertake against fascism.
During his years with the
ADL, Mr. Epstein built the
organization into what is
Sidney Skolsky
HOLLYWOOD — Sidney
Skolsky, a Broadway and
Hollywood reporter whose
column of vignettes
entitled, "Tintypes," ap-
peared in national news-
papers died May 3 at age 78.
Mr. Skolsky wrote his
column for more than 50
years. He also was the pro-
ducer of two films, "The
Eddie Cantor Story" and
"The Al Jolson Story."
Luther King, Jr.
He was the author of
numerous articles on
anti-Semitism, human re-
lations problems and ex-
tremist threats to democ-
racy. He was co-author of
seven books, including
"Cross Currents," "Some
of My Best Friends,"
"Danger on the Right"
and "The New Anti-
Semitism."
Mr. Epstein was born in
Brooklyn and was raised in
Coatesville, Pa., where his
father ran a general store.
He was a graduate of Dic-
kinson College in Pennsyl-
vania, received his MA de-
gree from the University of
Pennsylvania, and was the
recipient of two honorary
degrees: Doctor of Humane
Letters from Dickinson and
Doctor of Laws from Tal-
ladega College in Alabama.
.
,
BENJAMIN EPSTEIN
generally recognized as the
leading agency for human
rights in the world. Active
in the movement that led to
the passage of the 1964
Civil Rights Act, Mr. Eps-
tein was proud to have
marched at Selma, Ala., at
the side of Dr. Martin
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-
hnayos.
IYAR MAY
JACK B. MICKEL
25 8
CHAIM A. CORMAN
25 8
ABRAHAM FINE
25 8
JACOB JOSEPH SNION
25 8
ANN SHINDLER WOLK
25 8
LILLIE BLOCH
26 9
MAX COHEN
26 9
ADOLPH E. FELL
26 9
BRAINDLE GITTELMAN
26 9
JEANETTE M. GOLDBERG
26 9
ALBERT L. JASLOVE
26 '9
SARA KANER
26 9
AVRAM MALLY
'26 9
BEN NOSANCHUCK
26 9
SYLVIA RABINOVITZ
26 9
ROBERT L. SIEGEL
26 - 9
DR. KARL STILLWATER
26 9
SAMUEL WOHL
26 9
SARAH NATHAN
27 10
HARRY PENFIL
27 10
RAYMOND ROSENBERG
27 10
ZAVEL SILBER
27 10
LOUIS ZEFF
27 10
IDA FRIEDLANDER
28 11
BESSIE LANDGARTEN
28 11
ABRAHAM SACHS
28 11
PHILIP SCHLUSSEL
28 11
CHAJA RACHEL SIWEK
28 11
TILLIE SNYDER
28 11
ANNA SPIEGELMAN
28 11
DOROTHY TEREBELO
28 11
ETTA PASCAL WALDMAN
28 11
SAM KLEIMAN
29 12
AARON LEIDERMAN
29 12
CHARLES LESSER
29 12
REGINA LEVI
29 12
JANETTE NOLER
29 12
BORIS J. SHEAWITZ
29 12
MORRIS SKLAR
29 12
EVA STEIN
29 12
MAX WEINBERG
29 12
EVA WEXLER
29 12
SIVAN
JENNIE BOLKER
1 13
ETEL CASH
1 13
SOLOMON B. COHEN
1 13'
MAX ERNSTEIN
1 13
HELEN FARCZADI
1 13
HYMAN GOLDBERG
1 13
1 13
ROSE SCHWARTZ
JOHN ZARKIN
1 13
MORRIS ZUROFF
1 13
ETHEL ALLEN
2 14
JEANETTE BLOCH
2 14
MOSHE COHEN
2'14
MICHAEL FRANKEL
2 14'
HARRY S. GOTTLIEB
2 14
MORRIS STERN
2 14
MINNIE SUCHMAN
2 14
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Barbara Paley
Barbara
Paley,
a
psychotherapist, died April
29 at age 37.
A native Detroiter, MrS.
Paley was affiliated with
the Humanistic Psycho-
Therapy Center in South-
field. She held a MSW de-
gree from Wayne State
University (1977).
Mrs. Paley was a found-
ing member of the Troy
Jewish Congregation. She
conducted parenting semi-
nars.
She leaves her husband,
Lloyd S.; a son, John; a
brother, Cary Levy; and a
sister, Mrs. Donald (Phyllis)
Mutnick of Columbus, Ohio.
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