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Anthony Richman

Anthony Richman,
Active In AZA
Anthony Richman, former
Detroiter of New York, died
Dec. 30. He was 22.
A bar mitzvah at Con-
gregation B'nai David, Mr.
Richman was active in AZA,
with which he traveled to
Israel. He was a 1987
graduate of West Bloomfield
High School, where he
received a varsity letter in
tennis.
In 1991, Mr. Richman
received his bachelor's
degree in history from the
University of Wisconsin.
There, he was head of the so-
cial committee and rush
chairman for the the Sigma
Alpha Mu fraternity. He
also was active in in-
tramural sports.
After graduating, Mr.
Richman moved to New
York, where he worked as a
supervisor in the finance
department of Bloom-
ingdale's.
Mr. Richman is survived
by his parents, Dr. Jay M.
and Geta of West Bloom-
field; brother and sister-in-
law, Jeffrey and Lynn of
Chicago; sister, Wendy of
Detroit; grandparents,
Melville and Sophie, David
and Dorothy Aaron, all of
Southfield.

Mark Dale,
Chief-Of-Staff

Mark Dale, of Farmington
Hills, died Jan. 5. He was 75.
A graduate of Wayne State
University Medical School,
Dr. Dale was a former chief of
staff at Highland Park
General Hospital who did his
residency at Wayne County
General Hospital. He was
past national president of Phi
Delta Epsilon medical frater-
nity and a member of Temple
Beth El.
He leaves his wife, Evelyn;

Abraham (Abe) Cohen, of
Windsor, Ont., died Jan. 6. He
was 87.
Mr. Cohen was the founder
and former president of Twin
Pines Dairy Ltd. and a
member of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek.
He is survived by his son
and daughter-in-law, Rabbi
Irving and Sarah of
Washington Heights, N.Y.;
daughter and son-in-law,
Sharon and Niss Rappaport of
Sylvania, Ohio; brother and
sister-in-law, Samuel and
Tillie of Windsor; sisters, Mol-
ly of Windsor, Edith Goodman
of Southfield, Roselyn Bassin
of Sunrise, Fla., Ann Nathan
of Cincinnati, Ohio, Sadie
Katzman of Toronto; grand-
children and great-grand-
children.

Robert Gordis,
JTS Scholar
New York — Dr. Robert
Gordis, a leading rabbi and
scholar at the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of
America, died Jan. 3. He was
83.
Professor emeritus of Bible
and philosophy, Dr. Gordis
in 1985 served as chairman
of the Commission on the
Philosophy of Conservative
Judaism. The group produc-
ed Emet VeEmunah: State-
ment of Principles of Conser-
vative Judaism, the first
publication in more than 100
years that tried to define the
nature of the movement.
Dr. Gordis, ordained in
1932 at the seminary, also
was the author of a number
of books including Koheleth:
The Man and His World,
Song of Songs.
A teacher at Temple Uni-
versity, Columbia Univer-
sity and the Union Theologi-
cal Seminary, Dr. Gordis
was past president of the
Synagogue Council of
America and the Rabbinical
Assembly of America. He
also served as rabbi of Tem-
ple Beth El in Queens, N.Y.,
where he created the first
Conservative Jewish day
school.
He is survived by his wife,
Fannie; sons, Enoch, Leon
and David; brother, Philip;
seven grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren.

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