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EDITH BERENBAUM, 83, of Troy,
died Sept. 11, 2003.
the ruined Chain Bridge, I was safe and
ALEXANDRAJ. WALL
She is survived by her beloved hus-
comfortable in Los Alamos and thinking
band,
Albert Berenbaum of Troy; daugh-
and RON HARRIS
about how the plutonium bombmight
ters and sons-in-law, Susann and Garry
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
be completed in the least time," he told
Bonin of West Bloomfield, Bonnie an d
the Bulletin last year
dward.teller was known as a
-
Martin Korchak of Birmingham; grand-
His parents and sister survived the war,
meniber
of the Manhattan
children, Jill (Dr. Howard) Goldberg,
.
.
but most of his childhood friends were
Project, which created the
Howard (Beth) Borin, Meghan Korchak
killed.
and Jeremy Korchak; great-grandchil-
first atomic bomb. But dur-
In 1941, even before the first atom
ing the 1970s-1990s, he taught at San
dren, Ilana, Hannah, Samantha, Jessica
bomb was completed, .fellow scientist
Francisco's Flebrew Academy OrrliodOk '• ''
and Mitchell.
Enrico Fermi suggested that
Interment at the Clover Hill Park
day school and served as
nuclear fusion --- fusing rather
Cemetery.
Contributions may be
adviser to its science
,
:
than splitting nuclei -- might be
made to the Jewish Hospice and
department.
used for an even more destruc-
Chaplaincy Network, 24123
"The greatness of the
tive explosiVe, the hydrogen
Greenfield Road, Southfield, MI
man is that, in spite of
bomb.
48075 or to Hospice of Michigan,
the fact that he's a giant
Teller's enthusiasm and pursuit
400 Mack Ave., Detroit, MI 48201.
in science, he can go into
of such a bomb won him the title
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a classroom and teach a
"father of the 8-bomb," a charac
10th grade where the stu-
terization he said he hated.
MARLYN (GLASSMAN) BERESH,
dents feel that he's talking
When the. Soviets tested their
87, formerly of Huntington Woods and
on their level," Rabbi
first atomic bomb in 1949,
West
Bloomfield, of Palm Beach, Fla.,
-Pinchas Lipner, the
Teller persuaded the Truman
school's dean, told the
died
Aug.
14, 2003.
administration to push ahead on
Edward Teller
Mrs. Beresh was a pioneer in stock
Jewish Bulletin in 1988..
I-I-bomb research. I-le returned
club investing and an avid bridge player:
Dubbed the "father of
to LosA1-amos and worked on the bomb'
the Rbomb" and a key advocate of the
She and her late husband were in the
le
explosion
through the first megaton-sc a
anti-missile shield known as "Star Vfars,"
jewelry business for over 35 years and
at Eniwetok in the Pacific in 1952. The
were charter members of Adat Shalom
Teller, who died Sept. 9, 2003, at age 95,
H-bomb was never used in war.
was a tireless advocate of a vigorous U.S.
Synagogue. She was a member of
Teller also pushed for the creation of a
Women's
American ORT, Hadassah and
defense policy dUring.and after the Cold
second national science lab — the
War. He also_Was a staunch advocate for
B'nai B'rith.
Lawrence Livermore National
Mrs., Beresh is survived by her sister,
Israel and its more right-wing parnes,
l_aboratory. I-le becathe associate director
Yetta
Pernikoff; children, Judith and
telling the .Bulktin in 1988, "I believe
in 1954 and direCtor from 1958 -1960.
that, under the present circumstances, for
Stanley
Rosen, Victor and Karen Egren,
consultant
after
retir-
He continued as a
Brent Beresh; grandchildren, Marcy and
practical reasons, Israel must keep control
ing in 1975.
Laurence Horowitz, Craig and Allison
of the West Bank.'
Teller persdaded President
In
Telleis_support for defense stemmed in
Rosen, Michael and Shelley Rosen,
Reagan that space7based laser weapons
part from two events that shaped his view.
Stephen and Laurie Rosen; great-grand-
could provide a secure anti-missile
children, Brandon, Travis, Dawson,
of world' affairs: the 1919 Communist
defense. Reagan bought the idea and pro-',
revolution in his native Hungary and the
Aaron
Sterling, Emily and Ashley Rosen.
posed the Strategic Defense Initiative.
She was the wife of the late Leo Beresh.
rise of I•Tazisrn while he lived-in Germany Teller also had a hand in creating the
the early 1930s.
in The
Arrow missile , which was‘clev6IPPed in a
ascent of Hitler terrified Teller. In
JEAN L. BRENNER, 88, of West
joint project by the United States an
1939,,he was one of three scientists who
Bloomfield, died Sept. 15, 2003. She -
Israel.
encouraged Albert Einstein to alert
was
a bookkeeper.
in
98`t
Bulletin
Teller told the
Mrs. Brenner is survived by her
President Franklin Roosevelt that the
anti-Semitism influenced how he f
power of nuclear fission ---- the splitting
daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and
about being Jewish more than any-
of an atom's nucleus'-- could be tapped
Richard Mintz of Bloomfield Hills,
thing else. But there was a positive
to create a devastating new weapon.
Abby Tamara and Avi Harris of
influence as well.
Teller joined the Manhattan Project at
California, Barbara and Roscoe Stidman
" Growing up in a Jewish home, I was
of Texas; son and
Los Alamos, N.M., in 1942 to work on
influenced particularly by the moderate
daughter-in-law, Rick
developing the first atomic bomb.
nature of Jewish morality," he said.
and Lisa Brenner of
Though he worked safety in Los
"Jewish morality does not ask one to be a
New York; grandchil-
Alamos, what was happening in his
saint, does not ask-for super-human per-
dren, Rebecca Brenner,
native Hungary did not escape him.
formance, but asks for the laws that
Eric Mintz -and Wendy
"While dead and dying Jews were
indeed must be observed by everyone." 0
Kingston, Lisa and
being shoved into the icy Danube near
Scott Stern, Ryan
Mintz, David Morris,
Brenner
Memorial
Gardens.
Contributions
may
SEYMOUR BEARE, 73, of Farming-
Sara and Randy Willis,
be made to the Multiple Sclerosis
ton Hills, died Sept. 12, 2003.
Jaime,
Nicole and
Society, 21311 Civic Center Dr.,
He is survived by his loving children,
Zachary Brenner; great-grandchildren,
Southfield,
MI
48076
or
to
the
grandchildren and great-grandchild.
Sabina Mintz, Carly, Melia and Jonah
American Diabetes Association, the
Also survived by many dear family
Stern, Nathan \Willis; sister-in-law and
Always and Forever Memorial and
members and friends.
brothers-in-law, Sandy and Jerry
Honor Program, Attn: ADA Web, P.O.
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Brenner, Morris Brenner. She was the
beloved wife of the late David Brenner;
loving grandmother of the late Dani
Brenner.
Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to the
David and Jean Brenner Memorial
Scholarship Fund at Temple Israel.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

BERNARD COHN, 78, of Troy, died
Sept. 9, 2003.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy Lill;
nieces, nephews, cousins.
Contributions may be made to
American Diabetes Association, 30600
Telegraph Road, Suite 2255, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025. Services and inter-
ment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

SYLVIA DONNER, 97, of Bingham
Farms, died Sept. 9, 2003.
She is survived by her daughters and
sons-in-law, Janet and Robert Miller of
Bingham Farms, Ruth and Robert
Rosenfeld of Dorset, Vt.; grandchildren,
Stephen (Barbara) Miller, Susan
(Ronald) Cowan, Shoshana Rosenfeld,
Debra (Alberto) Cohen and Amy
Rosenfeld; great-grandchildren, Erin,
Samuel, Alexandra, Syndey and Samuel.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Sidney Donner.
Interment at the King David
Memorial Gardens in Falls Church, Va.
Contributions may be made to
Congregation Agudas Achim, 2908
Valley Dr., Alexandria, VA 22302.
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DR. KENNETH FRIEDMAN, 42, of
West Bloomfield, died Sept. 9, 2003.
He was a dentist.
Dr. Friedman is survived by his
daughter, Starr Friedman; sons, Zachary
Friedman, Tyler Friedman; former wife,
Dr. Susan Goode Friedman; parents,
Murray and Eileen Friedman of Illinois;
sisters and brothers-in-law, Vicki and
Michael Zweig, Doree and Alan Kalfen;
former mother-in-law, Cyrille Goode;
brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Rabbi
Tzvi and Shifra Goode. He was the son-
in-law of the late Dr. Jason Goode.
Interment at Clover Hill Park Ceme-
tery. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

ALICE JEAN GOLDBERG, 71, of
West Bloomfield, died Sept. 14, 2003.
She was a member of Gilda's Club and
the Michigan Weavers Club.
Mrs. Goldberg is survived by her son
and daughter-in-law, Michael and Jane
Goldberg of Grand Blanc; daughter and
son-in-law, Linda and Philip O'Leary of
Waterford; grandchildren, Eric, Janet
and Brandon Goldberg, Emily O'Leary;