THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Yiddish Actress Dies at 69

TORONTO (JTA) —
Chayele Luxemberg - Rots-
tein, a Polish-born Yiddish
actress well known in the
Soviet Union during World
War II, died recently at age
69.
Ms. Luxemberg - Rotstein
began her stage career as a
child when she joined the
Warsaw Yiddish Theater
and toured Poland with
many visiting stars of the
then flourishing Yiddish
theater in America. When
Poland was partitioned be-
tween invading German
and Russian forces in 1939,
she fled with her husband to
Bialystok, then under
Soviet occupation.
She and 40 other perfor-
mers formed a new Yiddish
theatrical troupe which
toured the Soviet Union.
They were honored in 1940
at a reception in Moscow
attended by leading stars of
Russia's Yiddish stage, all
of whom were later exe-
cuted at Stalin's orders.
When the Germans in-
vaded Russia in 1941, the
troupe was evacuated to
central Asia where it con-
tinued to perform for
other evacuees from Po-

S. Engelberg

Siegfried S. Engelberg,
regional general manager
for the Shoe Corp. of
America, died Sept. 16 at
age 76.
Born in Germany, Mr.
Engelberg was with the
company 33 years. He re-
tired 10 years ago. He was a
member of Temple Israel,
Bnai Brith, American Leg-
ion and Disabled American
Veterans.
He leaves his wife, Anne
Marie; a son, Dr. Steven of
Seattle, Wash.; a daughter,
Mrs. Jeff (Suzanne) Apple-
man of Mill Valley, Calif.;
four sisters, Mina Lerner,
Claire Bernatan, Selina
Pelcman and Gisl Taub, all
of Israel; and two' grand-
children.

The Family
of the Late

IRVING
EISENMAN

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

land and western Russia.
They played throughout
Uzbekistan and in towns
along the Iranian border.
At the end of the war, Ms.
Luxemberg - Rotstein re-
turned to Western Europe
where she entertained at
displaced persons camps in
the American occupation
zone.
In 1948 she came to
Canada, with her husband,
Mietek Rotstein, to join
her mother who lived in To-
ronto. She continued to per-
form in Canada and the U.S.
in roles that covered the
entire Yiddish theater re-
pertory.

Mae Levett

Mae Levett, past presi-
dent of Zedakah Club, died
Sept. 15 at age 83.
Born in Russia, Mrs.
Levett was a charter
member of Temple Israel
and its sisterhood.
She leaves two sons,
Roy and Leonard; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stanley (Phyllis)
Levine; a brother, Daniel
Blantzow of Hollywood,
Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Helen
Fitlow and Mrs. Leonard
(Sarah) Simons of Hol-
lywood, Fla.; eight grand-
children and two great-
grandchildren.

Hilda Tann

Hilda Tann, a member of
Jewish communal organi-
zations, died Sept. 20 at age
67.
Born in McKees Rock,
Pa., Mrs. Tann lived 64
years in Detroit. She was a
member of Cong. Bnai
Moshe, Women's American
ORT and National Council
of Jewish Women.
She leaves a son, Lewis; a
daughter, Mrs. Arnold
(Dorothy) Collens; a
brother, Jack Citron; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Harry (Ethel)
Rochman of Shenandoah,
Pa.; and four grandchildren.

Albert Nelson

Albert Nelson, a retired
real estate developer, died
Sept. 18 at- age 75.
Born in Poland, Mr. Nel-
son lived 71 years in De-
troit.
He leaves his wife, Gol-
dye; a son, David; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bruce (Denise)
Wayne; three sisters, Mrs.
Ethel Dunitz, Mrs. Leah
Lublin and Mrs. Sylvia
Liebowitz of Massachusetts;
and five grandchildren.

The Family of the Late

J. WALTER JONAS

Acknowledges with grateful apprecia-
tion the many kind expressions of sympathy
extended by relatives and friends during the
family's recent bereavement.

THE

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OBITUARIES

JESSIE BASKIN, 58,
died Sept. 19. She leaves her
husband, Harold; three
sons, Sheldon Lee, Scott
Leslie and Marc Brian; a
daughter, Mrs. Robert
(Michele Beth) Mitchel;
three brothers, • David
LeVau, Louis Levine and
Alvin Levine; a sister, Mrs.
Robert (Madeline) Gamble;
and two grandchildren.
** *
SOL FINE, 69, of Oak
Park, died Sept. 19. Sur-
vived by his wife, Helen;
three sons, Stuart, Arthur
and Dr. Alan of Brookline,
Mass.; a brother, Dr. Harold
J. of Knoxville, Tenn.; a sis-
ter, Mrs. William (Ruth)
Shulman of Margate, Fla.;
and four granddaughters.
** *
DR. FIRA GIMMEL-
FARB, 63, of Oak Park,
died Sept. 15. Survived by a
son, Yakov Shteyngart of
Rochester; a daughter, Mrs.
Bella Shteyngart of Lenin-
grad, Russia; a sister, Mrs.
Manuel (Raisa) Borik of
Oak Park; and two grand-
children.
** *
LOUIS GOLDMAN,
87, of Passaic, N.J., died
Sept. 13. Survived by his
wife, Rebecca; a son, Bennie
of Bronx, N.Y.; two
daughters, Mrs. Ralph
(Ann) Zirkind of Silver
Spring, Md., and Mrs.
Harry (Sophie) of Komisar
of Southfield; six grandchil-
dren and nine great-grand-
children. Interment Pas-
saic, N.J.

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LOUIS GOLDS, former
Detroiter of Los Angeles,
Calif., died Sept. 5. Sur-
vived by his wife, Ida; two
sons, Martin of Van Nuys,
Calif., and Norman of Ber-
keley, Calif.; a daughter,
Mrs. Robert (Bertha) Han-
sen of Santa Barbara, Calif.;
a brother, Benjamin Golds-
tein of West Palm Beach,

L. Bernstein

Lawrence Bernstein, a
newspaper distributor, par-
ticularly of the Jewish
Daily Forward, died Sept.
21 at age 91.
A native of Russia, Mr.
Bernstein was a member of
Workmen's Circle, and was
one of the last surviving
members of the Polar Bear
unit of World War I.
He leaves a son, Newton
of Culver City, Calif.; a
daughter, Mrs. Mathew
(Elaine) Sepanski; a
brother, Morris; four grand-
children and two great-
grandsons. Services 9:30
a.m. Sunday at Ira Kauf-
man Chapel.

The surname "Auslan-
der" means one who came
from another country, ac-
cording to "A Dictionary of
Jewish Names and Their
History."

Fla.; a sister, Mary Green- (Ceil) Goodman of Toledo,
berg of Los Angeles; and six Ohio, Mrs. Carl (Joan) Hit-
grandchildren.
tleman of Los Angeles,
* * *
Calif., Mrs. Harry (Ruby)
ALFRED HOFFER, 77, Moll of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs.
former Detroiter of Delray Lou (Judy) Moll of New
Beach, Fla., died Sept. 21. York, N.Y., and Mrs. Al B.
Survived by two sons, Nor- (Anita) Moll of Las Vegas.
man of Oak Park and Interment Las Vegas.
* * *
Michael of Westlake Vil-
lage, Calif.; and seven
SAM MILGROM, 91, of
grandchildren. Services 2 Oak Park, died Sept. 21.
p.m. Sunday at Hebrew Survived by a son, Seymour;
Memorial Chapel.
two daughters, Mrs.
** *
Adeline Longert and Mrs.
BETTY M. JAFFA, 77, Jack (Rosabelle) Berman;
died Sept. 15. She leaves and five grandchildren.
three daughters, Mrs. Services 12:30 p.m. Sunday
Robert (Harriet) Becker, at Hebrew Memorial
Mrs. Allan (Ruth) Chafetz Chapel.
* * *
and Mrs. Elliott (Elaine)
Klain of Las Vegas, Nev.; a
CHARLOTTE SHUL-
sister, Mrs. Ben (Dorothy) BERG, 69, of Oak Park,
Levin of Van Nuys, Calif.; -died Sept. 18. Survived by
and six grandchildren.
her husband, Hyman; four
* * *
daughters, Mrs. Raymond
ROSE KATZ, 89, of De- (Barbara) Kalef of Louis-
troit, died Sept. 20. Sur- ville, Ky.,* Mrs. Charles
vived by two sons, Louis (Diane) Herkowitz, Mrs.
Weiss and Reuben L. Katz; Darrell (Shelley) Morley
two daughters, Mrs. Abe and Mrs. Jerry (Danielle)
(Celia) Cohen and Ms. Betty Zalc; two sisters, Mrs. Helen
Katz; a brother, Julius Markus of Israel and Mrs.
Balagur of Battle Creek; Adolf (Margaret) Golden-
seven grandchildren and berg of Israel; and 11 grand-
seven great-grandchildren. children .
* * *
Sidney A. Deitch
DEBORAH JUDI
DETROIT
16,
former
De-
LEDGER,
MONUMENT WORKS
troiter of Logansport, Ind.,
14441 W. 11 Mile Rd.
died Sept. 17. Survived by
Gardner, beta,. Coolidge & Greenfield
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
399-2711 Eve. 626-0330
Lawrence J. (Marilyn A.)
Ledger; two brothers, Barry
MONUMENT CENTER, INC.
and Gregory; and grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ber-
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nard Ledger of Deefield
11/2 Blocks E. of Woodward
6 Blks. from 3 Jewish -
Beach, Fla., and Mr. and
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Mrs. Allan Stein of Pom-
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BESS LITWIN, former
Detroiter of Las Vegas,
Nev., died Sept. 10. Sur-
vived by three brothers-in-
law, Sam Litwin of Livonia,
Dr. Jack Litwin of Detroit,
and Dave Litwin of Los
Angeles, Calif.; and eight
sisters-in-law, Mrs. Charles
(Kitty) Limerick of Detroit,
Mrs. Fran Kaye of Detroit,
Mrs. Charles (Saretta) Bas-
sett of Southfield, Mrs. Sam

In loving memory of
dear husband, father
and grandfather

MORLEY
WOLFE

Who passed away
Sept. 23, 1982, the
seventh day of Tishri.
Sadly missed by his wife
Ruth, children Diane
and Shel, Cindy and
Ron, Donna and San-
ford, and grandchil-
dren.

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HELEN WICHERSKI,
70, of Windsor, Ont., died
Sept. 17. Survived by her
husband, Steven; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ralph (Susan)
Katz; a brother, Emanuel
Beitscher of Brooklyn, N.Y.;
and one granddaughter.

* * *

BABE ZUPPKE, 48, of
Southfield, died Sept. 17.
Survived by her husband,
Kenneth; three sons, David,
Allen and Scott; a brother,
Joseph Levine of Phoenix,
Ariz.; and a sister, Marilyn
Altman of Cincinnati, Ohio.

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.

TISHRI SEPT.

STANLEY BRAWER
SADIE ETTINGER
JACK FRANKS
SAMUEL GRANITZ .
WILLIAM M. ISENBERG
SAMUEL KIEF
SOL KWARTOWITZ
ABRAHAM S. LIPSON
PHILIP ROBINSON
TANIA SAFRAN
SAM WEINTRAUB
ISADORE BERKOWITZ
ROBERT JONAS
ETTA JOSSELSON
IDA KATZMAN
HARRY LEVIN
BELLA RAIM
ISADORE ROLNITZKY
SONYA SALEM
SOL STEIN
GEORGE R. TEREBELO
SAM BIELEWITCH
HARRY A. DAVIDSON
SAM KATZ
CHARLES RIBEL
MAX SCHWARTZ
HARRY WEXLER
JACK BECKWITH
MEYER BEIGLER
LEAH BUDNICK
BERNICE COLE
HARRY JAFFIN
PEARL KIND
SARAH LEVIN
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MORTIMER J. LISS
MORRIS SAHAM
ROSE SCHWARTZ
MICHAEL BERRIS
WILLIAM BORDELOVE
BETTY COHEN
LOUIS J. COHEN
KATE GORMEZANO
LOUIS H. LEVINE
GOLDIE MENDELSOHN
ABRAHAM OAKMAN
EDWARD SIMON
ROCHEL BAS SHMUEL
MORRIS Z. BORINSTEIN
IRVING ELSON
ALEXANDER GLASER
VIOLA NEWMAN KOPP
AARON POLLACK
ELKA ROHLIK
HARRY SHULMAN
IRENE WEISS

DORA BARUCH
MINNIE BERMAN
DR. HAROLD M. DANA
NORMAN FOLBE
SOPHIE HERSCHBERG
PHILIP NORWICH
AARON DAVID LEVIN
ABRAHAM LEVITIN
AARON B. MARGOLIS
ISRAEL MILLER
HARRY WETSTEIN

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