Obituaries

The Staff Board of Directors,
Administration and the entire

Yeshiva Beth Yehudah

Mourn the loss of the Yeshiva's
Executive Vice-President

Rabbi Norman Kahn

of blessed memory,

Rabbi Kahn gave a lifetime of service
to theYeshiva Beth Yehudah and to the
Jewish community and we deeply
mourn his passing.

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Gary Torgow
President

JAMES GOLDWASSER, 61, of

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CHARLES S. GLASS, 78, former

Detroiter of Coral Springs, Fla., died
Dec. 8. He was a veteran of World
War II, having earned a Purple Heart.
He was active in the Jewish War
Veterans in Michigan and Florida.
He is survived by his beloved wife
of 58 years, Yetta; children, Sandra
and Gary Millman, Ira and Karen
Glass; grandchildren, Barbara Gant,
Michael Millman, Nathin Glass.

May his family be comforted am ng all the
mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Rabbi Avrohom Fishman
Dean

grandchildren, Blake and Julie
Williams; sister and brother-in-law,
Marvel and Maurice Shapiro. Mr.
Gale was the beloved husband of the
late Paula Gale.
Interment at B'nai Israel Cemetery.
Contributions may be directed to the
American Lung Association or the
American Kidney Foundation.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

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Bloomfield Hills, died Dec. 26. He
was an English pro-
fessor at the Center
for Creative Studies
in Detroit and for-
merly taught English
at Wayne State
University.
He was raised in a
coal-mining town in
James
southern Illinois. He
Goldwasser
received a bachelor's
degree in English
from Washington University in St.
Louis, Mo., and a master's of fine arts
degree from the University of Iowa.
"He was a man who delighted in
his friendships," says his wife of 32
years, Judy Wax Goldwasser. "He not
only collected friends, he maintained
his friendships. Just last summer, we
visited his hometown. On an hour's
notice, 20 of his grade-school friends
dropped everything to meet us for
lunch. "He had this marvelous ability
to relate to anyone and everyone who
passed his way. It made no difference
whether it was o' ne of his students, in
whom he took personal interest, a
New York taxi driver or the busboy
where he had brunch every Saturday.
He was equally at home with people
from all walks of life, of all colors and
of all ethnicity."
He maintained a lifelong passion
for the St. Louis Cardinals.
For many years, he spent one day a
week as a volunteer at the
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
in the Detroit Medical 'Center, where
he visited with patients. He knew the
importance of encouragement, having

spent 10 weeks as an inpatient at the
Rehabilitation Institute while recover
ing from a near-fatal case of encephal
tis in 1972. His work there earned
him the Volunteer' of the Year Award
from the Birmingham Eccentric news-
paper.
A fiction writer, Mr. Goldwasser
was a member of the Ernest
Hemingway Society.
Mr. Goldwasser is survived by his
wife, Judith Goldwasser; daughter,
Amy Goldwasser of New York; son,
Larry Goldwasser of Chicago; brothe
and sister-in-law, Thomas and Joan
Goldwasser of Washington, D.C.; sis
ter and brother-in-law, Lee and
Sheldon Karon of Illinois; mother-in
law, Rena Krause Wax of Bloomfield
Hills; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-
law, Harvey and Robin Wax of Ann
Arbor; David and Marcie Wax of
Farmington Hills.
Interment at Machpelah Cemete
Contributions may be directed to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ZWI GOLINBURSKY, 89, of

Southfield, died Dec. 25.
He is survived by his wife, Gertie
Golinbursky; son and daughter-in-la
Reuven and Jordana Golan of West
Bloomfield; daughter, Shula Fleischer
of Bloomfield Hills; grandchildren,
Edye Graning, Gabrielle Green, Ore
Golan, Gil Golan, Karen Golan; grea
grandson, Yehoshua Graning. Mr.
Golinbursky was the beloved husban
of the late Sarah Golinbursky.
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Interment at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangemen
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

DR. H. JOHN "TONY" JACOB,

59, of Franklin, died Dec. 30. Dr.
Jacob was an ENT Specialist at
Rontal, Rontal and Jacobs-Associates
in Otolaryngology and an associate
professor at Wayne State University
Medical School with a fellowship in
plastic surgery. He was an undergrad
ate at the University of Michigan and
in 1967 graduated from Wayne State
University Medical School. He was
also a board member of the Jewish
Association for Residential Care,
board member of Camp Make-A-
Dream, volunteer at Karmanos Bone
Marrow Transplant Link, involved in
the McCarty Cancer Foundation, a
member of the American Academy o
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery, published numerous articles
in medical journals and presented a
paper in Rome. Dr. Jacob was a mem