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. * * * Morman Educators Visit NY Lubavitch Leaders Schwester Selma Dies Friday, February 24, 1984 11 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 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. 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Survived 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. WE REMEMBER • t During the coming week Ye,shivath 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. , 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. 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