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 TEVET DEC. 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 TEVET 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 DEC. 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 •23 23 24 24 24 24 YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH Administration Office: 557-6750 YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH SCHOOL FOR BOYS 15751 West Lincoln Drive Southfield, Michigan 48076 Founded 1914 SALLY ALLAN ALEXANDER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 14390 W. 10 Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan 48237 "Continuing to care from generation to generation..." Mark E. Klinger Managing Funeral Director Serving the entire Detroit Jewish Community with dignity, tradition and compassion since 1916. )-, anatxt-fcrt ebrew Memorial Chapel 1•1 ■ 1. "1" Ar■ 26640 Greenfield Rd. Oak Park, MI 48237 (810) 543-1622 1-800-736-5033 A Family Tradition of Dignity, Compassion and Service 138 Directors. of Funerals • 18325 W. Nine Mile Road • Soutqield, it'll 48075 Telephone (810) 569-0020 • Outside Michigan 1-800-325-7105 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 C