Dear Mom,
Holocaust Scholar
LOOLWA KHAZZOOM
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Southfield-based Ecumenical Institute
for Jewish-Christian relations. "I've
always been so impressed with his abili-
Tel Aviv/JTA
ty to communicate on a very deep, but
abbi Emil Fackenheim, a
understandable level. His challenge to
philosopher and theologian
everyone was to take the Holocaust
t the University of Toronto
seriously and to take God seriously."
and Hebrew University in
Rabbi Fackenheim was trained as a
Jerusalem, died Sept. 19, 2003 at age
Reform rabbi in Germany and prac-
87.
ticed as a Reform rabbi
He is perhaps most
in Toronto, said David
famous for his assertion
Silberklang, who worked
that after the Holocaust,
closely with the philoso-
Jews have not only 613
pher as his teaching and
commandments to
research assistant during
obey, but 614. The last
the 1980s. "But he was
commandment, Rabbi
also a traditional Jew."
Fackenheim said, was to
Silberklang recalled
be actively
that Israel's 1967 Six-Day
Jewish, thus
War also profoundly
denying
impacted Fackenheim's
Hitler a
life. "From 1967 onward,
posthumous
he called the Holocaust
victory.
and the creation of Israel
Born in
the most significant
Fackenheim
Halle, Germany, in
events of the 20th centu-
1916, Rabbi
ry — both Jewish and in
Fackenheim was arrested by the
general."
Germans on Kristallnacht in 1938 and
That war was a turning point for
interned at the Sachsenhausen concen-
Fackenheim because "he saw God's
tration camp near Berlin. He was later
hand in the victory," Silberklang said.
released and eventually emigrated to
The event caused Fackenheim to reflect
Canada.
on "the courage involved to create the
He made aliyah in 1984.
state against all odds, to win the War of
As a rabbi and philosopher, Rabbi
Independence against all odds."
Fackenheim spent his life trying to
After 1967, Fackenheim built his
understand the meaning of the
philosophy and theology around those
Holocaust, writing dozens of books on
two events, arguing that philosophers
the subject, including To Mend the
had not yet addressed them philosophi-
World.
cally, Silberklang said. ❑
"I met him at a national workshop
on Jewish-Christian relations," said
Senior Copy Editor David Sachs con-
David Blewitt, executive director of the
tributed to this report.
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Oh, how we miss you so, so much...
We miss your smile and gentle touch.
Each day goes by and we think of you...
We miss you Mom, our "bunny-foo".
Our memories are strong, they will never fade...
How much we love you, that will always stay.
We wish you were here and by our side...
We need you here to be our guide.
We cry for you, we cannot let you go...
You will always be in our thoughts and souls.
In memory of Rosalyn Berke
who passed away September 24, 1998.
Deeply missed and loved by:
Annette, Mark, Randy
Emily
Amy, Alan, Stefanie
Ariella
Mark, Alisa c& Ryan
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You have been away for 5 long years
Everyday we shed our tears,
Even though we are apart
You will forever remain in our hearts.
Love, Their Children...
Susie, Ruben, Ruthie, Steven, Sammy, Randi, Rochelle & Gary
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MARY F. APPLEBAUM, 80, of Oak
Park, died Sept. 17, 2003.
She is survived by her husband, Dr.
Samuel Applebaum; sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Avrohom and Kayla
Applebaum of Ramat Shlomo,
Jerusalem, Dovid and Henna Rivka
Applebaum of Lakewood, N.J.; daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Devorah and
Avrohom Lebovic of Toronto, Canada;
brother and sister-in-law, Jules and
Estelle Tabak of West Bloomfield; sis-
ter, Lillian Tabak of West Bloomfield;
18 grand-children; three great-grand-
children.
Contributions may be made to
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, P.O. Box 2044,
1-800-966-7263
Southfield, MI 48037; Kollel Institute,
15230 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, MI
48237 or Yeshivah Gedolah, 24600
Greenfield Road, Oak Park, MI
48237. Interment at Har Hamunchot
in Israel. Services and arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
ALEXANDER HENRY AVRIN, 81,
of Southfield, died Sept. 17, 2003. He
was a CPA for the state of Michigan,
active in IRP, member of the Young
Democrats Society and a member of
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