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NY Assemblyman Blumenthal dies, had controversial career, linked to scandal
New York (JTA) — Al-
bert Blumenthal, a former
majority leader of the New
- York State Assembly and
one-time candidate for
mayor of New York, died
July 8. He was 55.
He was first elected to the
Assembly in 1962 to repre-
sent a district on Manhat- ing abortions under certain
tan's west side. He served in circumstances, as well as
the Assembly for 14 years, measures on tax revision
assuming the posts of de- • medical assistance for the
puty minority leader in poor and housing.
1969 and majority leader
In 1976, Mr. Blumenthal
in 1974. A sometimes con- announced his retirement
troversial legislator, he in- from politics. Three years
troduced legislation allow- previous, he was the Liberal
Party candidate for mayor,
Remains of Jews reburied
:
York, England (JTA) — Oliver Cromwell authorized
Remains of 500 people who the readmission of Jews to
lived in England eight cen- England.
turies ago were reburied at
A century before the ex-
York this week in a Jewish pulsion York had also been
funeral service conducted the site of a notorious mas-
by the Chief Rabbi, Sir Im- sacre of the city's Jewish
manuel Jakobovitz.
community, many of whom
The bodies, believed to be preferred to take their own
mostly of Jews, were rein- lives rather die at the hand
terred in a part of the city of their Christian attackers.
called Jewbury, the reputed
In consecrating Jewbury
site of one of the most im-
portant Jewish cemeteries as. a Jewish burial ground,
of medieval England. The the chief rabbi was disre-
remains had been dis- garding the tradition that
covered during develop- the city of York should be
ment of the land to make boycotted by Orthodox Jews
way for a supermarket. because of the medieval
Until then, the site had not massacre which occurred
been recognized as a Jewish there.
cemetery.
Eight years ago, the chief
At the ceremony, Rabbi rabbi, together with leading
Jakobovitz noted that the .Christian clergy, unveiled a
Anglo-Jewish community commemorative plaque at
had ceased to exist with the
the base of Clifford's Tower,
expulsion of Jews from this the Norman stronghold, in
country in 1290 and was not which the Jewish massacre
revived until 1656 when took plitce.
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Clara Rosenberg
Clara Rosenberg, a
member of Jewish women's
organizations, died July 7 at
age 79.
Born in Austria, Mrs.
Rosenberg was a member of
Pioneer Women/Naamat
and Order of the Eastern
Star.
She leaves two daughters,
Mrs. Jack (Marilyn) Stone
and Mrs. Bernie (Roslyn)
Tucker; seven grand-
children and six great-
grandchildren.
Morris Lewis
Morris "Mo" Lewis, a
store manager for United
Shirt Distributors, now re-
tired, died July 6 at age 80.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
Mr. Lewis lived 60 years in
Detroit. He was a member of
Cong. B'nai David, Mosaic
Lodge of the Masons and
was a Shriner.
He leaves his wife, Ethel;
a brother, Sam; and a sister,
Mrs. Sam (Sarah) Hirst of
Miami, Fla.
Physician dies
New York — Dr. Isaac
Chomski, who served as of-
ficial doctor to the Israeli
Consulate and United Na:
tions Mission, died July 3 at
age 80.
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graduated from the Colleg(
of William and Mary ir.
1948 and the New York
University Law School in
1950.• After spending two
years in the Army, he was
admitted to the bar in 1953.
At his death, Mr. Blu-
menthal was on the New
York State Law Revision
Committee.
Editor L. H. Frisch dies
Jean Schwartz
, Minneapolis — Leo H.
In addition to his work
Frisch, editor and publisher with the American Jewish
Jean SchWartz, past mat- of the American Jewish, World, Mr. Frisch was a
ron of Purity Chapter of the World from 1912 to 1972, lifetime board member of
Order of the Eastern Star, died June 29 at age 94.
the Talmud Torah of Min-
died July 8 at age 80.
neapolis, an executive
Mr. Frisch came to the board member of the Min-
A former Detroiter who
United
States
from
was born in Philadelphia,
neapolis Federation and a
Pa., Mrs. Schwartz resided Lithuania in 1901 with his member of Adath Jeshurun
family
and
eventually
set-
in Clifton Park, N.Y., at the
Congregation and Beth El
time of her death. She was a tled in Minnesota.
Synagogue.
30-year member of Temple
He was a veteran of World
He was graduated from
Beth El.
the University of Min- War II, a 70-year member of
She leaves two sons, nesota, won a B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith, and was affil-
Sheldon and Ronald of Red- essay contest and sold ad- iated with the American
ford; a daughter, Barbara of vertising for the play "Chil- Jewish Congress, American
Redford; and four grand- dren of the Ghetto." His suc- Jewish Committee, Organ-
children. Interment De-
cess in these efforts led ization for Rehabilitation
troit.
Samuel Deinard, rabbi of and Training, Minnessota
Temple Israel, to have Mr. Newspaper Association and
Frisch join him working for Minnesota Press Club.
Richard Rosin
Mr. Frisch also had been a
a new Twin Cities' publica-
member of the board of di-
tion, The Jewish Weekly.
Richard S. Rosin, a real
As editor, Mr. Frisch re- rectors of the Jewish Tele-
estate investor who also was named the paper
graphic Agency for many
in property management, American Jewish World The -years during the 1940s and
in
died July 4 at age 44.
1950s.
1915.
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Rosin was a member of
Temple Beth El, Bildor's
Association of Detroit and
was an associate member of
the Detroit Real Estate
Board.
Rabbi Isaac Simon, who
He joined the faculty of
He leaves a daughter,
Nicole; a son, Richard served on the faculty of the the Maimonides School at
Maimonides School in Bos- the invitation of Rabbi J.B.
David; his mother, Mrs.
ton, Mass., for more than 30 Soloveitchik in 1951. In
Raymond (Mollie) Moers;
years, died June 25 at age 1977, he published a book,
and a brother, Robert.
69.
Gemorrah: In Its Clarity.
A resident of Brookline,
He received the Girsah
Mass., Rabbi Simon was D'Yankusa Distinguished
born in Slonim, White Teacher Award • of the Pir-
Russia-Poland. He studied chei Agudath Israel and in
at the Mirrer Yeshivah, and 1980 the Pillar of
joined the institution in its Maimonides Award.
journey across Russia to the . He is survived by his wife,
U.S. via Japan and China. Betty; two daughters, Mrs.
He was a student and Tamy Chelst of Oak Park
teacher at the yeshivah dur- and Mrs. Avivya Stohl of
ing its five-year sojourn in Jamaica Estates, N.Y.; and
Shanghai.
five grandchildren.
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sentence in connection with
nursing home scandals in
1975. He died last month.
Mr. Blumenthal was
charged with lying and
bribe-taking. He denied all
charges as "unfounded and
dutrageous." Subsequently,
his indictment was dis-
missed.
Mr. Blumenthal was
Rabbi Isaac Simon dies
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y is
losing to Abraham Beame.
The year following his de-
feat, Mr. Blumenthal was
linked to an investigation
involving the late Rabbi
Bernard Bergman, a nurs-
ing home operator, who was
convicted for offering bribes
to Mr. Blumenthal.
Rabbi Bergman, a one-
time prominent leader of
the Orthodox Jewish com-
munity, served eight
months of a one-year prison
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De Cuellar voices need
'for Middle East conference
Geneva (JTA) — United
Nations Secretary General
Javier Peres de Cuellar con-
ceded earlier this month
that the projected interna-
tional conference on the
Middle East, approved by
the UN General Assembly,
has little chance of taking
glace at the present time be-
cause, both the United
States and Israel are oppos-
sed.
• Nevertheless, there, is an
urgent need to do something
about the Middle East and
do it as soon as possible be-
cause, although relatively
quiet at the moment, it re-
mains one of the most
dangerous areas of tension
in the world, De Cuellar told
a press conference following
his first Middle East tour
since taking office.
He said that during his
recent visit to Israel, Syria,-
Egypt and Lebanon he
found a sincere wish for a
solution to Arab-Israel ten-
sion. He said it was possible,
after the Israeli parliamen-
tary elections July 23 and
the U.S. Presidential elec-
tions next November, that
the five permanent mem-
bers of the Security Council
and the parties concerned in
the region, could meet and
appoint working groups to
negotiate a comprehensive
solution.
Writer Sonntag dead at 79
London (JTA) — Jacob
Sonntag, a key literary fig-
ure of British Jewry, is dead
at 7.9.
Mr. Sonntag founded the
Jewish Quarterly, the only
independent Anglo-Jewish
periodical, in 1953 and was
its editor until his death. He
was. born in Czernowitz,
Russia, in 1905, spent his
early years in Vienna, ex-
cept for a brief time on a
kibbutz in pre-state Israel,
and moved to Prague in
1935. •
After the Munich Pact of
1938, he found refuge in
Britain, where he lived the
rest of his life.
Until 1935, Mr. Sonntag
had worked as a translator
and free-lance contributor
to Jewish and non-Jewish
publications. After World
War II the Jewish Quarterly
was his sole endeavor, re-
flecting his independent,
critical and creative spirit.
The organized Anglo=
Jewish establishment gave
it only minimal financial
support. But it attracted the
most talented thinkers and
writers to his columns.