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ROSE SURRETT, 95, of Franklin,
died Nov. 6. Ms. Surrett was a ship-
ping secretary. She was also a past
officer of Hadassah.
Ms. Surrett is survived by her
niece and nephew, Helen and Dr.
Abner Ragins of Franklin; grand-
nephews and grandnieces, Gary
Brodley, Karen and Bruce Kaczander,
Ronald and Cherrie Brodley.
Interment at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park. Contributions may
be made to JARC, 28366 Franklin
Road, Southfield, MI 48034.
Arrangements by the Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
MILTON WEINER, 68, of
Huntington Woods, died Nov. 4.
Mr. Weiner was a social worker and
the former director of social work for
the Detroit Board of Education. He
was a board member of the
International Institute, board mem- .
ber of Boys and Girls Republic, for-
mer officer of National Associations
of Social Workers and a former offi-
cer of the Michigan Society for
Clinical Social Work.
Mr. Weiner is survived by his
wife, Margaret Weiner; mother-in-
law, Ida Mazell.
Interment at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the International Institute,
2100 East Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202;
Boys and Girls Republic, 28000
West 9 Mile Road, Farmington Hills,
or the Jewish Family Services, 24123
Greenfield Road, Southfield, MI
48075. Arrangements by the Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
PETER (FRITS) WULFF, 79, of
San Diego, died Oct. 28. He earned
a master's degree in mechanical engi-
neering in the Netherlands. After
serving in the Dutch army in World
War II, he began a career with the
Phillips Corporation.
He is survived by his loving wife,
former Detroiter Dolores Kaufman;
sons and daughter-in-law, Fred of
Holland, Netherlands; Erik of
Washington, D.C., Peter and Linda
of San Diego; stepchildren, Erik
Samarpan and Rose Barrington of
Portland, Ore., Elissa and Ofer
Barpal of Bloomfield Hills; sisters,
Yonni and Betty of the Netherlands;
grandchildren, Emily and Alissa
Wulff, Sebastian Wulff, Sarah Wulff,
Jordan and Noga Barpal.
Services were held in San Diego.
Contributions may be made to San
Diego Hospice, 4311 Third Ave.,
San Diego, CA 92103.
Policing
For Stereotypes
ADAM DICKTER
Special to The Jewish News
R
abbi Shea Hecht isn't giv-
ing up his day job while
waiting for a call from
David Milch, producer of
the new CBS police drama
"Brooklyn South."
The rabbi, chairman of the
National Committee for the
Furtherance of Jewish Education in
Crown Heights, recently offered his
services as a consultant to the pro-
gram, which centers on uniformed
officers of the fictional 74th
Precinct.
Informed in advance that an
episode would center on a chasidic
community involved in a racial inci-
dent, Rabbi Hecht wrote Milch to
declare that "Orthodox Jews are not
monolithic and, therefore, should
not be stereotyped." The letter was
mailed between production of the
episode and its airing. Rabbi Hecht
is also a member of the Mayor's Task
Force on Police Brutality.
The episode depicted a chasidic
man played by Theodore Bikel — a
central casting mainstay for prime-
time Jewish portrayals — who is
mugged with his young granddaugh-
ter. A chasidid patrol group later cor-
ners a suspect and beats him while
resisting arrest.
The suspect turns out to be the
wrong man, and the patrol leader is
arrested, to be later released when a
diplomatic sergeant brokers an apology.
The incident is reminiscent of one
last year, in which two members of
the Crown Heights Shmira patrol
group were charged with beating a
black suspect.
The actors portraying Chasidim
wore phony beards, spoke with exag-
gerated accents and used every
opportunity to invoke the Holocaust.
But Rabbi Hecht has no opinion
of the episode. "I don't watch TV,"
he said, further diminishing his
chances of landing that network con-
sultant job.
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Adam Dickter is a writer for the New
York Jewish Week.