THE DETROIT JEWISH- NEWS

STANLEY ISRAEL
ACKNER, 62, of Oak Park,
died July 27. Survived by
his wife, Roslyn; two sons,
Jeffrey and Bruce; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Michael (Joyce)
Levin; his mother, Fannie of
Long Beach, N.Y.; a
brother, Walter of Bridge-
water, N.J.; a sister, Mrs.
Arnold (Judith) Rattner of
Long Beach, N.Y.; and three
grandchildren.

* * *

BESSIE BLAKE, 78, of
Oak Park, died July 26.

Survived by her husband,
Leo; a son, Wilbert (Bill); a
daughter, Mrs. David
(Elaine Friedman) Breger;
two sisters, Mrs. Edith
Kuhel of University
Heights, Ohio and Mrs. Abe
(Bernice) Tukel of Lauder-
dale Lakes, Fla.; three
grandchildren and a great-
granddaughter.

ABRAHAM BER-
NARD COHEN, 91, of
Southfield, died July 27.
Survived by two sons, Dr.

OBITUARIES

Leonard A. of Southfield
and Dr. Manfred L. of Fox
Chapel, Pa.; a daughter,
Mrs. Joseph (Geraldine)
Sternstein of Roslyn
Heights, N.Y.; eight grand-
children and six great-
grandchildren. Interment
New York.
* * *
ISAAC EISENBERG,
72, of Oak Park, died July
24. Survived by his wife,
Bessie; two sons, Dr. Burton
and Melvin; a daughter,
Mrs. Jerry (Ilene) Blaz;
three sisters, Mrs. Julius

(Anna) Zemmel, Mrs. Mary
Plotnik, and Mrs. Faye
Gottlieb Needleman of
Phoenix, Ariz.; two
brothers; and six grand-
children.
*
EDWARD GREBS, 79,
of Southfield, died July 21.
Survived by his wife, Lil-
lian; a sister, Mrs. Rose
Levenstein of Margate,
Fla.; and neices and
nephews.
* * *
ANNA GROSS, 86, died
July 22. She leaves three

Joseph S. Sandwiess of Jewish- Legion
Farm: His Life Was Saved by Jabotinsky

It was early in 1918. A
private in the 39th Battal-
ion of the Jewish Legion, an
assigned contingent of the
British army, was unknow-
ingly lost in the desert and
instead of going in the direc-
tion of his forces he was
heading toward the Turkish
enemy.
Suddenly, he heard, a
voice commanding him to
stop. It was his captain, who
ordered him to turn around
and go in the right direc-
tion. It developed later that
he might have been shot by
the Turks had he proceeded
in the wrong direction.
The soldier was Joseph
Samuel Sandweiss. His cap-
tain was Vladimir
Jabotinsky.
Thus begins the story
about the Detroiter who
died here on Monday at age
87, and the world famous

N

In Beloved
Memory of

MORRIS
BROTSKY

Who passed away
Sept. 10, 1968. Lov-
ingly remembered
today on his birth-
day, July 29, and
always.
Your devoted
family.

In Memory of Our
Dearly Beloved
Husband, Father
and Grandfather

BEN
GETTLESON

Who passed away
July 25, 1982. Sadly mis-
sed by his wife, Helen,
children, Mr. and Mrs.
Irving (Lorraine) Mer-
kovitz and Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin (Gail)
Gettleson, and grand-
children.

JOSEPH SANDWEISS

Jewish leader who saved his
life.
Such is only one of the
incidents in the exciting
life ofJ.S. Sandweiss who
was among the few sur-
viving members of the
Jewish Legion which
played an historic role in
World War I.
The Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan pub-
lished a special edition of its
"Michigan Jewish History"
journal in June 1968. In it,
Jewish Legion veterans
from Michigan recalled
their experiences. The fol-
lowing are Mr. Sandwiess'
recollections:
* * *
"Born in Bereznitz, Rus-
sian Ukraine, in 1895, I re-
ceived a Yeshiva education
at Vladimir Volynsk. Arriv-
ing in Detroit just prior to
the outbreak of World War
I, I closely followed the
events that were unfolding.
When the news came that a
Jewish Legion was being
formed, I enlisted at the

The Family
of the Late

IRVIN
COHEN

Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy
extended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.

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British recruiting station
on Woodward Avenue with
the understanding that I
would be sent to the Pales-
tinian front.
"When I evantually ar-
rived at H'alifax, Nova
Scotia, there were another
hundred Legion recruits
from New York and Celve-
land awaiting passage to
England. There we met the
Jewish leaders: Chief Rabbi
Dr. Hertz, and Lord
Rothchild. We trained for
eight weeks at Plymouth,
where our commander was
Colonel Samuels.
"By cattle train we
made our journey to
Italy, by boat to Alexan-
dria, and then on to the
outskirts of Cairo for
further training. After
two months, we traveled
through the Sinai Desert
to Lud, (Lod) Israel (then
Palestine).
"We marched with full
equipment to the Jordan
Valley near Jericho, which
was close to the front lines.
When a shell landed close
by, a New York boy yelled,
`Captain Reed, they are
shelling us!' The captain
looked up from his map and
shouted back, 'What do you
want me to do, — send them
a bloody telegram to stop
firing?'

"It was shortly thereafter
that I contracted malaria
and was sent to a convales-
cent camp near Cairo. Of
the 200 men in my unit, I
was the only Jew. When this
fact became known, I
encountered some hostility
and eventually had to take
on a 'bully in a boxing
match. After that my
presence was accepted and I
could read Jewish papers in
peace.
"Following recovery from
the malaria, I rejoined the
battalion at Sarafend near
Rishon Le-Zion. Soon after,
I was on my way back to
Cairo, this time for training
as a locomotive engineer.
However, on the way we
encountered signs of an
Egyptian uprising and were

daughters, Mrs. Seymour
(Evelyn) Feldman, Mrs.
Julius (Betty) Weingarten
and Mrs. Eben (Edith)
Fridenberg; eight grand-
children and 12 great-
grandchildren.
** *
DR. DAVID LEACH of
Grosse Pointe Woods died
July 24. Survived by his
wife, Marjorie; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Philip (Susan)
McLaughlin of Boston,
Mass.; Mrs. Russell
(Elisabeth) Smith of Grosse
Pointe Woods; Mrs. John
(Anne) Webster of Toledo,
Ohio, and Sara of Washing-
ton, D.C.; a brother, Saul M.
of West Bloomfield; and a
sister Mrs. William B.
(Esther) Davis of Delray
Beach, Fla.

assigned to guarding supply
* * *
trucks.
LEO
LEVINSON,
77,
"There was one close
call when thousands of former Detroiter of Miami
Egyptians approached Beach, Fla., died July 20.
our vehicle and we had to He leaves his wife, Faye;
press ahead at top speed four daughters, Mrs. Joel
using bayonets and firing (Paula) Smith of Canoga
at the mob in self- Park, Calif., Mrs. Symour
defense. Not long after- (Janice) Smith of West
ward, the war ended and Bloomfield, Mrs. Morton
we prepared for the trip (Marcia) Gerst of Southfield
and Mrs, Leonard (Vivian)
home.
"In looking back on those
eventful days, I firmly be-
Sidney A. Deitch
lieve that we of the Jewish
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Mr. Sandweiss is sur-
vived by two sons, Sherwood
and Seymour; two daugh-
ters, Evelyn and Mrs. Rita
Kroenenberg; two brothers,
Norman of Sun City, Ariz.
and Aaron of Oak Park; two
sisters, Mrs. David (Esther)
Fisch of Tel Aviv, Israel,
and Mrs. Yitzchock (Yaffa)
Fleischer of Israel; and
eight grandchildren.

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Theresa Klein

Theresa Klein, 75, of De-
troit, died July 24. She was
a teacher in the Detroit
Public Schools for more
than 20 years.
She was a life member of
Hadassah, Bnai Brith, and
Women's American ORT,
having been a member of
Sherwood Group, Hadas-
sah, and Northeast Chapter
of ORT. She was a past mat-
ron of Purity Chapter, ,
Order of the Eastern Star.
Survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Sal (Barbara Mae)
Caruso of Commack, N.Y.; a
brother, Sol I. Rosenman of
Southfield; four sisters,
Nathalie Rosenman of
Southfield, Mrs. George
(Edna) Rice of Ft. Lauder-
dale, Fla., Mrs. Robert
(Marion) Rothstein of
Raleigh, N.C. and Mrs.
Rhoda Rosenthal of Ft.
Lauderdale; and one grand-
son.
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HARRY PREPSKY, 68,
died July 20. He leaves his
wife, Leah; two sons, Arnold
of Agoura, Calif. and Gor-
don of Ypsilanti; two sisters,
Mrs. Leo (Jennie) Katz of
East Lansing and Mrs.
Pauline Coskey; and two
grandchildren.
** *
RAE YOUNG, 87, of De-
troit, died July 20. Survived
by two sons, Dr. Irving I.
and Dr. David J.; a daugh-
ter, Dr. Mildred Axelrod
Grant; two sisters, Mrs.
Jean Kurtzman of South-
field and Mrs. Rose Nemcof
of New Jersey; eight grand-
children and four great-
grandchildren.

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-
hnavos.

FRED BERK
DORA BROWN
SHAINDEL COTTLER
JOSEPH FINE
MINNIE RASKIN
VIRGINIA SCHWARTZ

DENISE DOKTOR
MORRIS GOLANER
LETTIE GOLDSTEIN
MELVIN HABER
SAMUEL LEVIN
MOLLIE PLOTNISKY
JACK SCHERR
SALLY SCHEY
HERMAN S. SHEAR
MICHAEL SHNAIDER
DORA SUKENIC
ALTER PINCHAS
BERMAN
AVRAHAM BORDELOW
LENA BRANT
PHYLLIS LEVIN
GRUBER
MAX ROSEN
MINNIE ROSENTHAL
ESTHER THAV
REBECCA ZABLUDOVSKY
MORRIS COHEN
ROSE CORMAN
SYLVIA SIPSON
IDA STOLINSKY
MORRIS NAFTOLIN
HARRY DIAMOND
NATHAN GOLDSTONE
RAISKE KANTOR
SOPHIA KRAIZMAN
EVA SCHIFF
LEO SCHLOSS
EDNA SOLOMON
HAROLD EGREN
RONALD EGREN
JULIUS ELLIS
E. BEI I Y FRANKLIN"
NEHUM GUTMAN
ISADORE KESSLER
MORRIS KLEIN
PAUL LEVI-
PETER MARCUS
- PHILLIP POLLACK
MIRIAM ELIAS
KIWE GILBERT
PERRY GOLDFINGER
MORRIS M. HANNAN
SAMUEL B. PAUL
ABRAHAM SHEWITZ
HARRY WALTMAN
MORRIS W. ZACK

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