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Friday, March 8, 1985

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Always in our hearts

OBITUARIES

EDITH
LUBLIN

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who is sadly missed and
thought about often.

Mordechai Oren

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Mordechai
Oren, the veteran Mapam activist
and journalist whose trial and
imprisonment by Czechoslovakia
shook and split the left-wing of
the Zionist movement in the
1950s, died Feb. 27 at age 79.
A founder of the Hashomer
Hatzair movement in his native
Austro-Hungary, where he was
born in 1905, Mr. Oren came to
Palestine in 1929 and became a
member of Kibbutz Mizra, his
home until his death.
In 1951, Mr. Oren went from a
conference of the Communist-
oriented World Federation of
Trades Unions he had attended in
East Berlin to Prague, to work to
free Jews arrested for Zionist ac-
tivities. He was arrested, interro-
gated and tortured, tried for
treason and sentenced to 15 years
at hard labor.
The trial raised questions about
Mapam's pro-Soviet orientation
and caused deep rifts in the left-
wing party.
Mr. Oren was released in 1956
and returned to Mizra, where he
wrote an autobiography, A Politi-
cal Prisoner in Prague.

from 1940 to 1944. He was a pro-
fessor at the seminary after his
appointment there in 1945 and
became its director in 1950.
Considered a premier Oriental
scholar, he conducted extensive
research in the genizah of the
Kaufmann collection, and has
been widely published. His other
areas of specialty include Hunga-
rian Jewish art and history.

LaVerne Allen

Maxine Brewer

Maxine Rosenthal Levin Bre-
wer, a painter, ceramicist and
patron of the arts, died March 2 at
age 84.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Mrs.
Brewer devoted her entire life to
the development and support of
the visual and performing arts.
She was a vice president of the
board of the Center for Creative
Studies'', which she helped de-
velop. She was a founding
president of the Detroit City The-
ater of the Detroit Institute of
Arts.
Mrs. Brewer was a member of
the Detroit Society of Women
Painters and Sculptors. She was a
member of the Michigan Women's
Campaign Fund and a board
member of the Fresh Air Society.
She leaves her husband, Dr.
George E. F.; three daughters,
Barbara Levin Bergman of Ann
Arbor, Frances Levin Koerner of
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Margaret
Levin Larcade of San Antonio,
Tex.; a brother, Edwin M. Rosent-
hal, Jr.; a sister, Louise Rosenthal
Newman; and eight
grandchildren.

Seminary Head
Scheiber Dies

New York (JTA) — Rabbi Ale-
xander Scheiber, director of the
Rabbinic Seminary in Budapest,
died March 3 at age 71.
Rabbi Scheiber was head of the
only rabbinic seminary in East-
ern Europe, and was responsible
for training not only rabbis in
Hungary, but Jews from the
Soviet Union and elsewhere in the
eastern bloc.
Born in Budapest in 1913,
Rabbi Scheiber studied at the
University of Budapest and was
ordained from the seminary in
Budapest in 1938. He was chief
rabbi of Dunafoldvar, in Hungary

LaVerne Allen, an active vol-
unteer for charitable organiza-
tions, died March 2 at age 59.
Born in Iron River, Mich., Mrs.
Allen lived 40 years in Detroit.
She was a member of Temple Beth
El, a volunteer for the American
Cancer Society, a member of
Franklin Hills Country Club and
Sinai Hospital Guild.
She leaves her husband, Harold
C.; a daughter, Mrs. Murray
(Joan) Korda of Orwell, Vt.; her
mother, Mrs. Earl (Rose) Clark of
Iron River; six sisters, Mrs.
Gerald (Carolyn) Reidel, Mrs.
Robert (Shirley) Nardi of Iron
River, Mrs. Michael (Rosemarie)
Haag of Connecticut, Mrs. Alan
(Delores) Deatherage of Chicago,
Ill., Mrs. Michael (Judith) Childs,
Mrs. Fred (Susan) Winborne of
Chicago, Ill.; a brother, Bruce
Clark of Iron Mountain, Mich.;
and four grandchildren.

was a member of Hadassah,
Women's American ORT and the
Founders Society of the Detroit
Institute of Arts.
She leaves her husband, Dr.
Max; three daughters, Mrs. Sara
Lapides of San Francisco, Calif.,
Marilyn Lapides and Mrs. Elaine
Deutch; her mother, Mrs. Mamie
Elesh of Skokie, Ill.; a brother,
Donald Elesh of Skokie; and one
granddaughter.

Max, Fay and Norman

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Loving memories of one who is forever in our
hearts.

LILLIAN T. BELL

Who passed away Feb. 28, 1984

Your Children,
Charlene and Melvin;
and grandchildren,
Tony and Dawna

Rose Berman

Sallyann Robbins

Sallyann Robbins, a teacher,
died March 4 at age 60.
Born in Detroit, Mrs. Robbins
was a member of the Sheruth
League, Women's American ORT
and Temple Israel.
She leaves a son, Alan of
Chicago, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs.
Lawrence (Margaret) Singerman
of Pepper Pike, Ohio; her mother,
Mrs. Harry H. (Eve) Newman; a
brother, Irvel Newman; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Janet Victor and Mrs.
David (Phyllis) Strom of San Di-
ego, Calif.; and two
grandchildren.

Isaac Korobkin

Isaac Korobkin, founder and
former owner of Izzy's Men's Clo-
thing and Department Store near
Tiger Stadium, died March 2 at
age 92.
Born in Russia, Mr. Korobkin
founded his business in 1915 and
retired in 1981. He was a member
of Adat Shalom Synagogue.
He leaves his wife, Norma;
three sons, Daniel, Fred and Os-
car; a daughter, Mrs. Martin
(Dorothy) Simon; a sister, Mrs.
Florence Fishman; 12
grandchildren and 15 great-
grandchildren.

Enid Warren

Enid Lapides Warren, an inter-
ior designer, died March 3 at age
62.
Born in Chicago, Ill., Mrs. War-
ren lived 43 years in Detroit. She

Rose S. Berman, a school
teacher and counselor for 40 years
in Detroit, died March 5 at age 72.
Born in Toronto, Ont., Mrs. Be-
rman moved to Detroit at age 2
and lived in the area until 1978
when she moved to Bradenton,
Fla.
Following her retirement, she
became active in the problems of
aging. In Florida, she taught at
the Manatee Junior College and
was instrumental in the forma-
tion of the Manasota Gerontologi-
cal Society.
Mrs. Berman is survived by her
husband, Martin; a son, Donald of
Arden, Del.; a daughter, Lois Ven-
ier of Birmingham; three brothers
and two grandchildren. Services
in Sarasota, Fla.

Abraham Gordon

Abraham (Al) Gordon, national
service officer of the Jewish War
Veterans, died Feb. 28 at age 70.
Born in Whitman, Mass., Mr.
Gordon was graduated from the
Washington College of Law (now
American University). He worked
for the Veterans Administration
in Detroit for 30 years. He was
affiliated with the JWV since
1975.
He is survived by his wife, Lil-
lian; a son, Dr. Stuart; two daugh-
ters, Stephanie and Mrs. Marc
(Carole) Schwartz; one brother,
two sisters and three grand-
children.

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Joseph Buloff,
Yiddish Actor

New York — Yiddish and
American stage actor Joseph
Buloff died Feb. 27 at age 85.
Mr. Buloff began acting in
Europe and appeared in Maurice
Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater.
In the early days of TV, he ap-
peared as Pincus Pines in The
Goldbergs. Mr. Buloff also di-
rected and produced plays.

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