To. )2' Friday, March 28, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS OBITUARIES GOT A QUESTION? Judge Had Leadership Role In Zionist Forum As mayor of Southfield and then as chief judge of the South- field 46th District Court, he presided at many Zionist and community functions. The Jewish National Fund and Hadassah, as a joint effort with his wife, were among his major interests. At the same time he shared in many Cong. Shaarey Zedek undertakings as a lifelong family member of the congrega- tion. Call the Jewish Information Service Judge Norman Feder Pursuing a lifelong associa- tion with the Zionist movement, as a family continuity, Judge Norman Feder, who died March 19 at the age of 67, had an im- portant community role in the past decade. With Judge Ira Kaufman as co-chairman, Judge Feder conducted the monthly Einstein luncheon seminars es- tablished by the Zionist Organ- ization of Detroit. Judge Feder was a past na- tional chancellor of Tau Epsilon Rho law fraternity and a charter member of Oakland-Century Lodge of B'nai B'rith. He was named Man of the Year by the Jewish War Veterans in 1971. While mayor of Southfield from 1969 to 1972, he coordi- nated an emergency life-support system which eventually led to the establishment of the 911 emergency telephone line. He is survived by his wife, Helen; a son,• Dr. Robert of Hol- lis, N.H.; a daughter, Mrs. Jef- frey (Karen) Spoon; and four grandchildren. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Talmudic Expert, 91 967-HELP Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. In cooperation with. these Jewish Welfare Federation member agencies: • Fresh Air Society • Hebrew Free Loan Association • Jewish Community Center • Jewish Community Council • Jewish Family Service • Jewish Federation Apartments • Jewish Home for Aged • Jewish Vocational Service and Community Workshop • Midrasha—College of Jewish Studies • Resettlement Service • Sinai Hospital • United Hebrew Schools Rabbi Feinstein I New York (JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jews converged on the Lower East Side last Mon- day to pay their last respects to Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, one of the world's outstanding auth- orities on Jewish law and author of multivolume texts of re- sponsa and talmudic commen- tary, who died last Sunday at the age of 91. At least 50,000 mourners packed the streets outside Tifereth Jerusalem, the yeshiva where Feinstein served as dean since he came to the United States in 1937. His body was flown to Israel for burial at Har Menuchot cemetery in Jeru- salem. Feinstein served as president of Agudas Israel of America from 1966-1980 and had headed its presidium since the early 1950's. He also headed the organization's Moetzes Gadolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) which he chaired since' 1962; and from 1968-80 was president of the Agudas Harab- bonini (Union of Orthodox Rab- bis of the U.S. and Canada). He was a member of the rab- binical board of Torah Umes- crah, the National Society of Hebrew Day schools, of which he served as vice president and was a member of the Board of Governors of Chinuch Atzamai/ Torah Schools for Israel. Feinstein's prolific responsa to halachic queries from all over the Jewish world from 1950-75 were published in the seven- volume Igroth Moshe (Letters of Moshe). He also published, be- tween 1948-79, 13 volumes of Talmudic commentary, Dibroth Moshe (Moshe's Statements). Feinstein was born in 1895 in Uzda, near Pinsk, Russia, and was reared in an atmosphere of rabbinic scholarship and respon- sibility. Following his ordination in 1921, Feinstein assumed the rabbinate in Luban, Russia, a position be held until 1936. But for more than 10 years he was under house arrest in Luban for religious activies. Through diplomatic intervention, he suceeded in obtaining an exit visa to the U.S. Jos. Greenberg Joseph Greenberg, 67, an executive with Diamond Mortgage Corp., died March 22. He was a native of Detroit. He leaves his wife, Gusta; a son, Barton; his mother, Mrs. Samuel (Esther) Greenberg; a brother, Milton; a sister, Mts. Joseph (Sophie) Lupovich; and five grandchildren. A. 5, 16 * L L. % . : -4;7:444, k.‘Sir4, :; i:Fii,.. 4;■■■ ..iiiigtait:7477;7;...-:;•Tr 4 ..7.,;.., el•P4 r"''''.4 4