WE REMEMBER
During the coming week Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will
observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends,
with the traditional memorial prayer, recitation of kaddish
and studying of mishnayos.
Mose Budnick
Abraham Fuchs
Mox Goldstein
Fannie Harris
Bertha Katz
Joseph Levine
Adolph Mehler
Bernard Shapiro
Aaron Ti}chin
Irwin Treitel
Max Wasserman
Hyman Weisberg
Boruch Yagoda
Simon Axelrod
Casper Brown
Molly Jacobs
Rebecca Levitt
Arthur Mandell
Reuben Miller
Dora W. Milling
Sarah Leo Sucher
Morris Bello
Betty Violet Benenson
Esther Berlin
Zivyo Alte Boyarsky
Go!die Brudner
Joseph Martin Furman
Irving Lyons
Evelyn Woolmon
Michael Blum
Mary Coscorelly
Isadore Danto
Morris Diem
Jacob Goldis
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M Manuel Merzon
Sylvia Moorawnick
George Must
Kobel Rosen
Morris Sax
Ida Wasserman
Harry Wolin
Joseph Cossmon
Sol Feinberg
Abraham Goldin
Ida Gutterman
Joseph Langer
Leo Isadore Langer
Barbaro Mittelman
Esther D. Pearlman
Rose Schulman
Paul Yolles
Mox Delin
Edis Dorfman
Sarah Dubin
Harry Goldman
Solomon Grevnin
Percy A. Moslowe
Pearl Pelovin
Abraham David Sachs
Ethel Scherr
Jack Bookstein
Bessie Rappaport
Herman Shorr
Harry C. Wolfe
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S. Africa's I.A. Maisels
ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
I
srael Aaron Maisels, a leg-
endary figure in the South
African civil-rights move-
ment and in its Jewish com-
munity, died Nov. 8. He was 89.
Among the survivors are his
son and daughter-in-law, Dr.
Jeffrey and Carol Maisels of
Bloomfield Hills.
Israel Maisels was born in
Johannesbi mg in 1905 and rose
to the rank of major in the
South African air force during
World War II.
He served as president of the
Johannesburg Bar Council in
1952, 1956 and 1958. At the
same time, he led the defense
team that defended 156 persons
of all races, including Nelson
Mandela, accused by South
Africa's newly formed apartheid
government of treason. All were
found innocent.
Mr. Mandela, now president
of South Africa, later was con-
victed on new charges and
served more than 20 years in
prison.
Mr. Mandela last week called
Mr. Maisels "one of the most
outstanding lawyers South
Africa ever produced." Mr. Man-
dela also attended shiva ser-
vices at the Maisels' Johannes-
burg home.
In recent months, Mr. Man-
dela went to a dinner meeting
at the Maisels' so that he could
meet privately with Israel's am-
bassador to South Africa.
Because of his defense of Mr.
Mandela, Mr. Maisels never
was honored by the South
African government with a
judgeship. Neighboring Rhode-
sia gave him that honor in 1961,
but Mr. Maisels resigned the
post in 1963 after that govern-
ment legislated the death sen-
tence for breaking and enter-
ing.
Mr. Maisels was active in
Jewish affairs, serving as a
longtime member of the board
of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
He headed the South African
Zionist Federation, the Board
of Jewish Deputies, the Israel
United Appeal and the United
Hebrew Congregation, and was
a trustee of Israel's Weizmann
Institute.
In the 1960s and '70s, after
returning from Rhodesia, Mr.
Maisels had one of the largest
legal practices in South Africa.
He also served as judge presi-
dent of the appeals courts of
Israel Maisels
Lesotho, Botswana and Swazi-
land.
One of the parliamentary
counselors in the office of Pres-
ident Mandela, O.M. Kathrada,
last week wrote a condolence
letter to the Maisels family. In
it he said, "I was among the 30
treason-trial accused who were
privileged to be defended by Mr.
Maisels from 1952 until our ac-
quittal in 1961. By this time ho
was already a legend, not only
among the legal fraternity but
among all South Africans who
were involved in the struggle
for justice...
"We will always remember
him as a brilliant and fearless
upholder of justice, and a high-
ly principled man who through-
out his career refused to com-
promise his beliefs and values
for the sake of self-aggrandize-
ment."
Mr. Maisels is survived by
his wife, two children in Jo-
hannesburg, one in England,
Dr. and Mrs. Maisels in Bloom-
field Hills, and six grandchil-
dren.
He asked not to be buried
with communal leaders, but in-
stead in an ordinary section of
one of Johannesburg's Jewish
cemeteries. El
field Hills; 13 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; brother,
Morris Levey of Toledo. Inter-
ment in Lansing. For informa-
tion, call the Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
RICHARD H. BARGER, 56, of
Taylor, died Dec. 9. He is survived
by his mother, Bella of Taylor;
sons and daughter-in-law, Ronald
and Patricia of Dearborn, Ray-
mond and Michael of Dearborn
Heights; daughters and son-in-
law, Barbara and Robert Snell of
Taylor, Karen of Redondo Beach,
Calif.; sisters and brothers-in-law,
Mary and Albert Wallace of Dear-
born Heights, LaVonne and
William Fischer of Dearborn;
grandchildren, Justin and
Patrick Barger, Robert and Brit-
tany Snell, Jessica Krukowski.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial
Park; services held at Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.
IRENE BUSSEY BIRNDORF,
76, of Orchard Lake, died Dec. 8.
Mrs. Birndorf was the loving sis-
ter of the late Edna Mandell and
the late Dr. Harold Bussey. She
is survived by her husband, Dr.
Leonard Birndorf; son and
daughter-in-law, Dr. Lawrence
and Carole of Toledo, Ohio;
daughters and sons-in-law, Dr.
Susan Birndorf and Dr. Don Spi-
vak, Margaret and Martin
Schneider of Ridgewood, N.J.;
grandchildren, Catherine and
Steven Birndorf, Malka, Lev and
Chava Spivak-Birndorf, Joshua
and Perri Schneider; sister, Es-
telle Schubiner of Southfield; sis-
ters-in-law, Shirley Bussey, Ardis
Feldman. Interment at Beth El
Memorial Park. Memorial con-
tributions may be directed to the
Recordings for the Blind, 5600
Rochester Road, Troy, MI 48098.
Arrangements by the Ira Kauf-
man Chapel.
ROSE BROWN, 102, of Detroit,
died Dec. 11. Mrs. Brown was a
life member of Congregation
B'nai Moshe and active in East-
em Star and the Hebrew Ladies
Aid Society. She was the beloved
wife of the late Joseph Brown.
She is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law, William and Vi-
vian of Farmington Hills; daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mildred and
Lawrence Weiss.of Orchard T ake;
grandchildren, Barbara Gottlieb,
Ronnie and Jody Weiss, Joel
Brown, Adria Brown, Janine and
Steven Burke; great-grandchil-
dren, Robin and Shawn Brown,
REBECKA ARONCHIK, 79, of ETHER Y. ALTMAN, 87, of Jeffrey Burke, Logan and Darren
Detroit, died Dec. 11. She is Southfield, died Dec. 7. Mrs. Alt- Weiss; sister, Lillian Markowitz
survived by a son and daughter- man was the beloved wife of the of Southfield; sister-in-law, Flo-
in-law, Alexander and Larisa late Morris B. Altman. She is sur- rence Adler of Southfield. Inter-
Gopp of Ann Arbor; grand- vived by her sons and daughters- ment at Oakview Cemetery.
daughter, Julie; three great- in-law, Harvey and Shirleyann Memorial contributions may be
grandchildren. Services at of Lansing, Burton and Marlene directed to B'nai Moshe, 6800
Beth Israel Memorial Gar- of Lansing; daughters and sons- Drake, West Bloomfield, MI
dens in Ann Arbor; arrange- in-law, Jacquline and Dr. Erwin 48322. Arrangements by the Ira
ments by Hebrew Memorial Gutowitz of San Diego, Phyllis Kaufman Chapel.
Chapel.
and Dr. Bruce Billes of Bloom- OBITS page 136
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