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David Zack Dies, Leader
In Accounting, Community
Parents for Torah for All Children
MICHIGAN CHAPTER
Cordially invites you to its
6th Annual
Dinner
Guest Speaker
PAT LUSTIG
Past President MACLD
Dinner Music By Segula
Sunday Evening
January 18, 1987
Cocktails 6:00
Dinner 7:00 promptly
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Distinguished in his profes-
sion as an accountant with
statewide respect, David A.
Zack always treated his fami-
lial cultural-religious legacies
from a family of Hebraic scho-
lars as the chief influence in
his life.
Applying the ethical lore
which dominated in his home,
Mr. Zack was highly regarded
in accountancy circles for the
guidelines he advocated.
Mr. Zack, who died Dec. 30 at
age 83, was the founder of
Zack, Fields, and Co., a cer-
tified public accounting firm in
Southfield. Certificates of
hundreds of CPAs throughout
the state bear his signature as
chairman of the Michigan
State Board of Accounting, a
post he held for eight years,
and a member of the State
Board for 11 years. He was ap-
pointed by Gov. G. Mention
Williams.
Mr. Zack was raised in Mas-
sachusetts. He came to the
University of Michigan in
1921; received a B.A. and mas-
ter's degrees in business ad-
ministration and then settled
in Detroit as a certified public
accountant.
He served as president of the
Jewish National Fund for
many years. Mr. Zack was ac-
tive in the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign and Jewish Welfare
Federation for more than 60
years. He was vice president of
the Jewish Community
Center, chairman of the ac-
countants section of the De-
troit Service Group, a member
of the Health and Welfare Di-
vision of the Federation and on
the executive committee of the
David A. Zack
Jewish Home for Aged. He had
been a trustee of Cong.
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
He was one of the founders and
served as president of Franklin
Hills Country Club.
Mr. Zack served on Sinai
Hospital of Detroit's board and
budget and finance committee.
He donated his services as a
member of the board of the
Jewish Home for Aged and
served on the board of trustees
of the Clover Hill Park Cemet-
ery.
The David and Evelyn Zack
Forest was planted in Israel by
the Jewish National Fund in
honor of Mr. Zack and his late
wife.
Mr. Zack leaves two sons,
Robert and H. James; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stephen (Caroline)
Cooper; two brothers, Iry of Los
Angeles, Calif., and William;
two sisters, Adeline Pincous of
Hollywood, Fla. and Sarah;
and five grandchildren.
Why Israel Wants
Gulf War To Continue
CARL ALPERT
Special to The Jewish News
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Applegate Square • Northwestern Hwy. at Inkster Road
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Friday, January 9, 1987
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
aifa — Behind the
arms-for-hostages
deal between the U.S.
and Iran, with Israel serving as
the delivery boy, there still
remains the unending war be-
tween Iran and Iraq, now in its
seventh bloody year.
From the point of view of Is-
rael's interests, which side
would we prefer to win? It is
not an easy question to answer.
Significantly, Iran's only
supporters in the Arab world
are Syria, and more remotely,
Libya. The others all fear that
if Iran emerges with a decisive
victory, Islamic fundamen-
talism in the shape of
Khomeinism would be a threat
to all of them. Even Israel
would be pushed into second
place on the agenda of the Arab
world.
Some of the alliances which
have been created sound most
implausible. Khomeini is bit-
terly anti-Communist, which
could be another reason why
the U.S. seeks to mend its rela-
tions with those in Iran who
will continue the Ayatollah's
policies after his departure
from the scene. But Syria,
Iran's best friend, serves as the
USSR's chief foothold in the
Middle East. Politics in this
part of the world have never
been distinguished for their
logic.
An end to the Gulf War
would rel ease large numbers of
battle-trained Iranian
soldiers, ready to reinforce the
Hizbullah in Lebanon, where
they would at once heat up Is-
rael's northern border.
The population of Iran is
three times that of Iraq, and
militarily the odds are in favor
of Khomeini. But the outcome
of the war may be determined
by the economic staying
capacity of the two countries,
and in this Iran is at a disad-
vantage, with its income from
sale of its oil constantly
dwindling. Iraq, on the other
hand, is receiving massive fi-
nancial support from the Arab
oil states. Continuation of the
war is draining both countries.
An Iraqi victory may present
a more immediate threat to Is-
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