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IT
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CHARLES SIMON, 83,
former Detroiter of Hallan-
Ale, Fla., died July 9. He
leaves his wife Evelyn;
aughters and sons-in-law,
olores and Harold Green-
span of Southfield, Evaann
wl Jerry Kaminsky of Plan-
tation, Fla.; son and
diughter-in-law, Marvin and
Bobbi of Plantation, Fla.;
sters and brother-in-law,
orothy and Jules Decker,
arlotte Alber, all of Los
A4Igeles, Calif.; nine grand-
children; seven great-
•andchildren.
ILLIE WELCH, 85, former
Detroiter of Surfside, Fla.,
ied June 23. She is survived
• v daughters, Leona and
ssi Arden; sisters, Faye
avidson of Canada, Bea
Morris of Miami, Fla.; four
grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren.
SHIRLEY ZIMMERMAN,
8'6, of Detroit, died July 11.
She is survived by a sister,
[ Florence Helfand of Detroit;
nephews and niece, Herman
Helfand, Sam and Helen
Braverman.
7errer Rebbe
Lt;hasidic Leader
;RABBI CHASKEL GRUBNER
_Special to The Jewish News
ver 100,000 people
accompanied the fun-
eral casket of the late
Gerrer Rebbe, Grand Rabbi
Simcha Bunim Alter, on Ju-
ly 8 in Jerusalem. He was
buried next to his brother, the
Gerrer Rebbe, Grand Rabbi
-israel Alter, known as the
Bais Yisroel.
The Gerrer Rebbe was the
leader of the Gerrer Chasidic
movement, and a leader of the
Moetzet Gedolai Hatorah (the
Council of Sages) of the
,-- gudat Yisroel. He held the
position of leadership not on-
Fly for his own Chasdic group,
1 but was also a major voice
representing Orthodox Jewry.
In 1977, at the age of 80, he
assumed the mantle from his
ate brother.
The Rebbe's leadership was
[ based on unification with
other groups. He had a sharp
mind and constantly showed
his wisdom and his practical
outlook. His outlook was very
a broad and constantly
expanding.
Shortly after becoming the
Rebbe, he started a revolution
in Gur. The economic and
social problems in Israel did
not let him rest. He said
many times he could not sleep
as a result. When some young
,
followers died, he attributed
it to pressures caused by feel-
ing the need for luxuries. He
was opposed to the debts caus-
ed by fancy affairs, to living in
expensive apartments in
large and polluted Israeli
cities, and to all other forms
of fiscal irresponsibility and
waste.
rlb put his more austere life-
style views into practice, he
introduced the idea of
creating Torah institutions in
places such as Arad, Asdod
and Hatzor where cheaper ac-
commodations could be found.
Though by nature polite,
the Gerrer Rebbe was very
strong-willed about anything
that he felt was not right or
just. This is a great loss, not
only for Gur, but for all of us.
The Council of Orthodox Rab-
bis joins all of Israel in mour-
ning the loss of this world
leader. 0
Rabbi Grubner is director of
the Council of Orthodox
Rabbis of Greater Detroit.
Abbe A. Levi,
Optician
Abbe A. Levi of Detroit died
July 8. He was 90.
Mr. Levi was an optician in
Detroit for more than 70
years and was owner of Thorn
Optical and Abbe A. Levi op-
tical company.
He was founding and last
surviving member of Young
Israel of Detroit, and Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah of Southfield,
serving as president of both.
He was also a founding
member of the Akiva Day
School.
He is survived by his
sons and daughters-in-law,
Charles and Joan, Robert and
Tzippy, all of Oak Park;
sisters, Sarah Godfrey of
Toronto, Deborah Maxon of
Detroit; 13 grandchildren; 22
great- grandchildren.
Reuben Levine,
Temple Leader
Levine,
of
Reuben
Southfield, died July 8. He
was 92.
Mr. Levine was an employee
of General Motors for almost
40 years. He was treasurer of
the Jewish Historical Society
and a founding member and
trustee of Temple Israel
where he was active in its
brotherhood and seniors
group.
He leaves a son and
daughter-in-law, Dr. Walter
and Linda of Chester, N.Y.;
sister, Ida Levine of South-
field; six grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren.
WE REMEMBER
During the coming week Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will
observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends,
with the traditional memorial prayers, recitation of kaddish
and studying of mishnayos.
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Pinchos N. Engler
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Ethel Waldman
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Samuel Gold
22
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Harry Feldman
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Lillian R. Holtz
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Nathan Moehlmon
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Julio Pleasant
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Roslyn Janet Somet
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Anne Some'
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Alan Jeffrey Tkotch
David Sklash
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Hannah Been
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Siegfried Hess
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Baruch Dimon
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Max Karol
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Ida Cohen
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Irving M. Moskovitz
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Albert Goldfarb
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