10 Friday, September 16, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Ex-Refusnik Tanya Levich Dies in Switzerland at 66 • of NEWBYORK. (JTA) c— Tanya Levich, 66, the wife • , world renowned physical chemist and the most prom- inent Jewish scientist ever to emigrate from the Soviet Union, died Aug. 28. Mrs. Levich (Tatiana Sol- omonovna Rubinstein) died in Locarno, Switzerland. The leviches had been in Europe on vacation before Dr. Levich was to resume his dual teaching respon- sibilities as Albert Einstein Professor of Science at the City College of the City •University of New York and as a faculty member of Tel Aviv University. Mrs. Levich, a gifted writer and translator with an excellent command of James Wechsler 1 NEW YORK — James A. Wechsler, a columnist and former editor of The New York Post, died Sept. 11. at age 67. He joined the staff of the Post in 1947 and was in charge of its editorial page until 1980. His last columns with the paper appeared this spring. A graduate of Columbia University, Mr. Wechsler was the author of several books. The Family of the Late CELE STARMAN EICHENHORN (of blessed memory) Announces the un- veiling of a monument in her memory 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Rabbi Spectre and Cantor Vieder will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late JACK J. GOOSE Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi Syme will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. The Family of the Late BENJAMIN GOREVITZ Announces the un- veiling of a monument in his memory 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at He- brew Memorial Park. Rev. Roth will officiate. Relatives and friends are asked to attend. English, was born in Mos- cow and lived there until 1978. For almost seven years she and her husband endured the frustrations of life as refusniks, having been denied permission to emigrate to Israel when they applied in 1972. Dr. Levich, a corre- sponding member of the prestigious Soviet Academy of Sciences, head of a department in the academy's Institute for Electrochemistry, and a professor at Mos- cow University, was dis- missed from his teaching posts. Although their two sons, Alexander and Evgeni, were allowed to leave in 1975, the Leviches had to wait three more years be- fore they were given exit visas thanks to the contin- ued efforts of Western scien- tists, political leaders and Jewish human rights organizations. J. Walter Jonas J. Walter Jonas, an elec- trical contractor and vice president of the New Era Electric Co. since 1968, died Sept. 12 at age 54. Born in Detroit, Mr. Jonas was on the board of trustees of Cong. Beth Achim, a member of Bnai Brith Morgenthau Lodge, a member of the Michigan Contractors Association, the Michigan Builders Association and the South- field Chamber of Com- merce. He also was a member of the Electrical Inspectors Association of Michigan. Mr. Jonas was a World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife, Carole; three sons, Laur- ence, Douglas and Scott; a daughter, Michele; his mother, Mrs. Lenke Jonas; three brothers, Bernard, Edward and Herbert; six sisters, Mrs. Lillian D. Glovinsky, Shirley of New York, Mrs. William (Nancy) Smith of Trenton, N.J., Mrs. Diana Tachna, Mrs. Jacob (Judy) Traub of San Fran- cisco, Calif., and Mrs. Ste- ven (Leslie) Fredson of Brooklyn, N.J. Marilyn Herbach Marilyn Herbach, a member of Jewish com- munal organizations, died Sept. 8 at age 56. A native Detroiter, Mrs. Herbach was a charter member of Cong. Beth Shalom and its sisterhood, Women's American ORT and volunteered for the Jewish Community Center Book Fair. She leaves two sons, Barry and Alan of Denver, Colo. Alexander Easterman, 92, Journalist, WJC Delegate NEW YORK (JTA) — Alexander Easterman, a lawyer and journalist who, as the representative of the World Jewish Congress helped negotiate the Allied governments' declaration condemning the mass slaughter of European Jews in 1943, has died inlondon at age 92, the WJC reported here today. In the late 1930s, Mr. Easterman accepted the in- vitation of Dr. Stephen Wise to take the office of political secretary of the WJC and became head of its interna- tional affairs department in 1941. He was born in Scotland and after graduating from Glasgow University was admitted to the Scottish Bar. He took up journalism as a career in the early 1920s and, as one of Brit- ain's leading political corre- spondents, he travelled ex- tensively in Europe, the United States, North Africa and the Near East. Mr. Easterman served as foreign editor of the London Daily Express from 1926 to 1933 when he resigned because of his disagreement with the publisher, Lord Beaver- brook, over the news- paper's policy toward Hitler which he consid- ered sympathetic. He joined the Daily Herald as chief foreign correspondent and was its Paris bureau chief when war broke out in 1939. Mr. Easterman remained in Paris until the Nazi occupa- tion, when he escaped to London. Mr. Easterman was on close terms with leading European statesmen before and after World War II. His interviews with King Carol of Romania and with Romanian leaders, includ- ing fascists, created a sensa- tion, as did his book, "King Carol, Hitler and Mme. Lupescu." He maintained close per- sonal contact with President Benes of Czechos- lovakia and Foreign Minis- ter Jan Masaryk. In the early 1950s he established close relations with Tuni- sian leader Habib Bour- guiba and Sultan Moham- mad of Morocco, then both in exile in France. In 1943, Mr. Easterman played a prominent part in the negotiations with the British and Allied governments that led to the declaration con- demning the Nazis mass slaughter of European Jews and announcing that war criminals would be punished. In 1945, he participated in the WJC's war emergency confer- Physicist Felix Bloch Dies NEW YORK — Felix halt to the use of chemical Bloch, professor emeritus of weapons and defoliants in physics at Stanford Univer- Vietnam. sity and winner of the Nobel Dr. Bloch shared the prize Prize in physics, died Sept. in physics in 1952 with Ed- 10 at age" 77. ward Mills Purcell of Harr Born in Zurich, Switzer- yard University for the dis- land, Dr. Bloch studied covery of nuclear induction, engineering and physics a method of studying the and was teaching at the properties of atomic nuclei. University of Leipzig when he decided to come to the David Lebowski U.S. following Hitler's rise . David Michael Lebowski, to power. a sales representative of a In 1934, he joined the fa- wine company, died Sept. 10 culty of Stanford University at age 27. and was later named Max A native Detroiter, Mr. H. Stern professor of Lebowski was graduated physics. In 1948, he was from Eastern Michigan elected to the National University, where he Academy of Sciences. He re- earned a BA degree and was tired in 1971. a member of Theta Xi In 1954 and1955, Dr. fraternity. Bloch served as the first He leaves his parents, Mr. director general of the and Mrs. Eugene (Rose) European Commission Lebowski; and two brothers, for Nuclear Research, a Steven and Gary. project for large-scale nuclear ,research set up in Geneva by 12 Euro- pean governments. Hilda Jacob Hilda L. Jacob, wife of the late owner of M. Jacob and He was also involved in Sons bottle distributors, political causes, decrying died Sept. 9 at age 90. A native Detroiter, Mrs. the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union and, as a Jacob was a member of member of American Pro- Temple Beth El. She leaves two daughters, fessors for Peace in the Mid- dle East, supporting the Elaine and Mrs. Herbert recognition of Israel as a na- (Beverly) Schakne of Los tion. In 1966, he was one of Angeles, Calif.; two grand- 22 scholars to sign a letter to daughters and two great- President Johnson urging a grandsons. ence in Atlantic City. At the war crimes trial of the Bergen-Belsen Nazis he joined the representatives of 12 Allied nations on the judges bench at Luneberg. Later he represented the WJC at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, along with British MP Sidney Silver- man. Mr. Easterman was a member of the WJC delega- tion to the inaugural con- ference of the United Na- tions at San Francisco in The Family of the Late PAULINE STRICOF Acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind ex- pressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends during the family's recent be- reavement. 1945 and to the 1946 Paris peace conference. He attended subsequent meet- ings of the UN and served as spokesman for the WJC at meetings of the UN Eco- nomic and Social Council and the Human Rights Commission. The Family of the Late FLORENCE GOLDING Acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind ex- pressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends during the family's recent be- reavement. Joyce and Lois Golding, Janice Mekula and Jeannie Berkowitz Rubinson The Family of the Late ARTHUR SCHUSTER Acknowledges with grateful apprecia- tion the many kind expressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends during the family's recent bereavement. 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