Resi's Legacy

Generations of Detroiters will miss Resi's soup and the loving friend
who served it.

ANNABEL COHEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

esi Moritz had problems in Motors until he died in 1954 of liv-
But Resi had another home
her life, but she always per- er cancer at the age of 48, leaving throughout the years of happiness
severed and maybe that's behind 31-year-old Resi, 11-year- and the periods of sadness. It was
what made her such a good old Eva and 2-year-old Judy.
the JCC, where she was queen of
friend to hundreds in the Jewish
Resi married Arnold Riess in the kitchen at Meyers-Curtis and
community.
1958, soon after joining the staff then at the Jimmy Prentis Mor-
In 1939, at the age of 19, Resi of the Jewish Community Center. ris Building on Ten Mile. Her fa-
Moritz said good-bye to her two
Widowed again in 1960, Resi mous soups and her loving
brothers, a final farewell to her married Joseph Moritz in 1970. friendships lasted until her own
loving parents and left Berlin for- They were married 16 years be- death on Jan. 8.
ever.
fore his death in 1986.
Ask anyone about Resi Moritz
After an exhausting two-week
boat trip, she arrived at the only
place to which her husband, Er-
win Haase, could find passage —
Shanghai, China, where they
Mushroom Barley
were crowded into a Jewish ghet-
12 ounces barley, rinsed four or five dines till water is clear
to with nearly 20,000 other Ger-
3
Tbsp. mushroom soup mix (Carmel or Telma)
man-Jewish refugees.
up to 10-ounce bag frozen mixed vegetables
They were there in 1943, in a
1/2 stick margarine
meager one-room apartment,
3/4
quart water (add more later if necessary)
when daughter Eva was born.
1 8-ounce can mushrooms
They were there until 1948 when,
Combine everything except frozen vegetables. Heat to boiling,
with the help of the Hebrew Im-
then
reduce heat and simmer one hour. Add frozen vegetables
migrant Aid Society, the family
and cook 30
is more or until done. Stir often.
relocated to Detroit.
If meat s desired, add 1 1/2 pounds cut-lip flanken and omit
Erwin would work in the tool-
margarine.
and-die department at General

Resi's Soup

Resi Moritz in the JPM kitchen.

and the first thing that comes to
mind is her soups. They warmed
the-bellies of hungry JCC mem-
bers, and she warmed their souls.
She left a JCC legacy of good food,
warm conversation, sound advice
and true concern for those she
considered her mishpacha — her
family.
Those who devoured her
steaming split pea, mushroom
barley or vegetable soup will miss
her. Those who got the chance to
chat in her cozy JPM kitchen
fondly reminisce about the won-
derful woman who was a second
mother or favorite aunt to so
many.
Resi's recipes were misht arein
— a little of this and a little of
that. She always thought about

the people who would eat the food
she prepared. She kept her prices
low, so that everyone would be
able to afford it. And for the few
who couldn't pay, her meals were
still available.
She had what one old friend
calls "an exceptionally good soul."
Her affection toward those she
served showed in her cooking.
The Jewish Federation's Allan
Gelfond, a former JCC depart-
ment head, said, "The way she
touched people ... she was much
more than an employee. She was
a community leader in her own
right."
The Jimmy Prentis Morris
JCC has started a fund to refur-
bish the kitchen and name it in
memory of Resi.

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