Israel Labor Movement
Leader David Hacohen Dies
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
David Hachohen, a founder
and leader of Israel's Labor
movement, including the
Labor Party and the His-
tadrut, died Feb. 19. He was
85.
In his long and active life,
Mr. Hacohen had been a
leading figure in the pre-
state Hagana organization
and had headed the Histad-
rut's Solel Boneh giant con-
struction company.
He served several times
in the Knesset and had been
chairman of the foreign af-
fairs and security commit-
tee. He was ambassador to
Burma and had been in-
strumental in creating and
building up Israel's rela-
tions with Far Eastern
countries, before they broke
off relations with Israel.
While in Burma, Mr.
Hacohen paid a visit to
the People's Republic of
China, where he held
talks with Chou En Lai,
who had invited him to
head a goodwill mission
to Peking.
Born in Homel, in the Uk-
raine, Mr. Hacohen had
been brought by his parents
to Palestine as a young boy.
His father had been among
the small group of Jews who
moved out of Jaffa to found
Tel Aviv, and he had been
among the first 60 students
at the Herzliya Gymnaisum.
HIAS Official Gebiner Dies
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Raymond Gebiner, execu-
tive secretary of HIAS
Council of Organizations
and a leading figure in the
Jewish labor and Work-
men's Circle movements for
several decades, died Feb. 9.
He was 81.
A columnist for the
Jewish Daily Forward and
host of WEVD's weekly
radio show, "The Voice of
HIAS," Mr. Gebiner joined
HIAS in 1950 as a Yiddish
writer for the public rela-
tions department.
He retired officially in
1975, but continued on as a
consultant for the organiza-
tion that helped him to im-
migrate to America from his
JERUSALEM (JNI) —
Nurse Selma Mayer, known
throughout her 50-year
career as head nurse of
Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek
Hospital as "Schwester
Selma" died in her sleep
Feb. 5, the day after her
100th birthday.
Hundreds of interna-
tional guests invited to
William Weiss
William N. Weiss, a
manufacturer's representa-
tive for household products
and small appliances, died
Feb. 18 at age 68.
Born in New York, Mr.
Weiss was a member of the
Founders Society of the De-
troit Institute of Arts,
Jewish War Veterans, Bnai
Brith and a former member
of Temple Beth El.
He leaves his wife, Betty;
a son, Ronald; one daughter,
Mrs. Cynthia Weiss
Ranasinghe of New Jersey;
and a sister, Mrs. Marvin
(Nola) Goldman.
In Memoriam
In loving memory of our
dear father, Morris Pevin,
who passed away March 2,
1971, five days in Adar.
Sadly missed by family.
RUTH ABEL, 79, died
Feb. 22. She leaves her hus-
band, Jack; a son, Gordon; a
daughter, Mrs. Mortimer
(Shirley) Freedlander of
Chicago, Ill.; a sister, Mrs.
Lillian Alpert; eight grand-
children and two great-
grandchildren. Services
11:30 a.m. today at Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
* * *
SAMUEL SUCHER
BLENDER, 79, died Feb.
20. He leaves a son, Alan; a
daughter, Mrs. Larry
(Judith) Crosby of Mesa,
Ariz.; and three grandchil-
dren.
* * *
ANNA GIBBERMAN
GOLDBERG, 90, died Feb.
22. She leaves a son, David;
three daughters, Miriam
Rycus, Lenore Kanat and
Thelma Rodd; a sister, Bess
Rohde; seven grandchildren
and three great-grand-
children.
itive Poland when he was
19 years old.
Mr. Gebiner studied at
Columbia University,
Cooper Union and the Rand
* * *
School. From 1928 to 1945
SADIE KASS, 79, of
he was a Workmen's Circle
school teacher. He went on Redford, died Feb. 22. Sur-
to become the educational vived by a brother, Henry
director of Local 60 of the Sass; two sisters, Helen
ILGWU and director of the Sass of Trenton, N.J., and
Children's Colony at Camp Mrs. Ella Klarman; and a
Eden of the Jewish Socialist niece, Mrs. Arnold (Anne)
Farband.
Mr. Gebiner held a
number of leadership posts
in the Workmen's Circle
and was a member of the
executive boards of the
NEW YORK — A group
Jewish Labor Committee of Mormon educators vis-
and the Yiddish Writers' ited Lubavitch headquar-
Union.
ters in Brooklyn earlier this
month as part of an ongoing
Mormon project designed to
foster an appreciation of
celebrate her birthday other religions, the New
party instead attended the York Times reported.
burial of the pioneer of Is-
According to the Times,
raeli nursing in a cemetery the Lubavitch leaders an-
reserved for "distinguished swered all the questions
citizens of Jerusalem."
posed by the 14 Mormons,
Schwester Selma, one of
the first two Jewish nurses Opposition to Bill
to pass the German state on Religion in
nursing examinations, was
recruited to head the Schools Urged
Shaare Zedek nursing staff
NEW YORK — The na-
in 1913. She was also in- tion's 3,500 Conservative,
cluded in a 1975 Time mag- Orthodox and Reform
azine cover story on "living Synagogues have been
saints."
called upon by the
Synagogue Council of
Sidney Marks
America (SCA) to oppose
NEW YORK — Sidney the proposed Equal Access
Marks, who was an impor- Bill in Congress which the
tant factor in an era of SCA claims "would circum-
Zionist difficulty in acquir-
vent the separation of
ing recognition of Jewish church and state by permit-
statehood as fulfillment of ting prayer meetings, reli-
the Zionist ideal, has died.
gious discussions, and revi-
Mr. Marks was executive val meetings on public
director of the Zionist school premises during
school hours."
Organization of America
when it was the major
The proposed bill, spon-
American Jewish organiza- sored by Senator Jeremiah
tion in the days of Rabbi
Denton (R-Ala.), would bar
Abba Hillel Silver and public elementary and sec-
Louis Lipsky.
ondary schools from deny-
He served the ZOA from ing equal access to students
1945 to 1964.
or groups of students that
sought "to engage in volun-
There is a divinity that tary extracurricular activi-
shapes our ends, rough-hew ties that include prayer or
them as we will.
religious speech" during
—Shakespeare
non-instructional hours.
OBITUARIES
Kelz. Graveside services
today at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park.
(Gertrude) Grossman; nine
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
* * *
* * *
FLORA NOCHMAN,
85, died Feb. 18. She leaves
a son, Marvin; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Julius (Betty)
Glazer, Mrs. Leon (Harriet)
Etelman and Mrs. Marvin
(Ann) Rosenthal; a sister,
Mrs. Philip (Katherine)
Seed; eight grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
AARON B. KATZ, 71,
died Feb. 16. He leaves his
wife, Edna; a son, James H.
of California; a brother,
Julius of Ohio; a sister,
Ruth of Ohio; and one
granddaughter. Interment
Cleveland, Ohio.
* * *
ELKAN LEVINE, 77, of
* * *
Southfield, died Feb. 20.
BLOSSOM PECK, 65,
Survived by his wife, Betty; former Detroiter of New
a son, Sheldon M.; a daugh- York, died Feb. 15. Sur-
ter, Mrs. William (Sharon) vived by a son, Larry; a
Lipton; a sister, Mrs. Lillian daughter, Lois; two
Snider of Evanston, Ill.; and brothers, Harry Sands of
five grandchildren.
Livonia and Jack Sadovitz
* * *
of New Jersey; two sisters,
LEO MILLMAN, 60, of Mrs. Irving (Ethel) Op-
Southfield, died Feb. 19. penheim of Southfield and
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Irving (Ann) Alpert of
Eleanor; a son, Mark Philip; Livonia.
a daughter, Lisa Sue; and a
* * *
brother, Willard S. of Plano,
CHARLES
PORTNOY,
Tex.
74,
former
Detroiter
of
* * *
Scottsdale, Ariz., died Feb.
HARRY NEDELMAN, 5. He leaves his wife, Rose; a
86, of Oak Park, died Feb. son, Ronald of California; a
19. Survived by a son, brother, Murray of New
Lawrence M.; two daugh- York; and two sisters, Helen
ters, Mrs. Maurice (Bernice) and Roberta, both of New
Betman and Mrs. Joseph Fork.
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NY Lubavitch Leaders
Schwester Selma Dies
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ILYA REZHETS, 86, of
Moscow, died Feb. 17. Sur-
vived by two sons, Mischa of
Moscow and Alex of West
Bloomfield; and two grand-
children. Interment Mos-
cow.
but did not pose any ques-
tions of their own. "This was
not an interfaith dialogue,"
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky
* * *
said, alluding to the fact
MARY ROSENBAUM,
that Orthodox Jews do not
normally engage in 88, died Feb. 22. She leaves
dialogue with Christians on a son, Dr. Oscar Ross; a
daughter, Mrs. Benjamin
religious issues.
Both the Mormons and (Mamie) Ravitz; six grand-
the Lubavitchers are known
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SARAH RUBENS-
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* * *
ARTHUR L. SHAW, 72,
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two daughters, Mrs. Milli-
cent Allen of Oak Park and
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sister, Mrs. Milton (Lil-
lian)Mills of Hollywood,
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THEODORE WEB-
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by his wife, Rae; three
daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Shir-
ley) Tralins of Pembroke
Pines, Mrs. Morrie (Flor-
ence Jane) Pianko and
Linda; and four grandchil-
dren. Interment Detroit.
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week Ye,shivath
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Yahrzeits of the fol-
lowing departed
friends, with the
traditional Memo-
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tion of Kaddish and
Studying of Mis-
hnavos. ,
ADAR I FEB.
BETTY RARILL
23 26
NORMAN FILL
23 26
MOLLIE GOLDBERG
23 26
SARAH HOROVITZ
23 26
DOROTHY BEVERLY LEVIN 23 26
SYLVIA MILLER
23 26
ANNA SILVERMAN
23 26
SAMUEL WINOGRAD
23 26
JEROME S. BASEMAN
24 27
ABRAHAM DEROVEN
24 27
RACHEL L. ELLENSON
24 27
LOUIS KATZ
24 27
IDA MICKELSON
24 27
JACOB WEINSCHENK
24 27
FRANK YORKE
24 27
SHIRLEY FINEBERG
25 28
ALEX GOLDBERG
25 28
DAVID HEISLER
25 28
JOHN R. HERMAN
25 28
SARAH KAPLAN
25 28
ANNA KATZ
25 28
MAX KWARTOWITZ
25 28
MORRIS I. MEDOW
25 28
REBECCA ABEL
26 29
ISAAC AUGUST
26 29
LOUIS DZODIN
26 29
HARRY FINKELSTEIN
26 29
NATHAN GRUNT
26 29
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LEO I. FRIEDLANDER
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LEONARD FINKEL
27 1
FRANK GREENWALD
27 1
CHANA GREVNIN
27 1
SAM LEVINE
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ABE SCHWARTZ
27 1
ANNE E. SLAKTER
27 1
MAX SPOON
27 1
ETHEL ABRAMSON
28 2
MARVIN ALBERT
28 2
MARTHA GARFINKEL
28 2
ROSE KATZ
28 2
DAVID PESSMAN
28 2
PEARL STEIN
28 2
LOUIS TEPER
28 2
ADOLPH BASSIN
29 3
LISA BIRMAN
29 3
LILLIAN PITKOWSKI
29 3
HERMAN SCHULTZ
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MINNIE SHRAGER
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HANNAH USHER
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