Obituaries .. .. ''' • We Get Questions Q: At the last several funerals I attended, the family stayed for the lowering of the casket. This is different from many years ago. Is this the families' choice or the Rabbi's? OBITS A: The change is reflective of comfort in an age-old tradition. Each family can choose to stay or not, but the families and community are apparently finding solace in participating in the mitzvah of burial. Sp ector 'SHALOM STREET OPENS! "Sneak Peek Week" Dec. 21-25 & 28-30, 2003 Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus, 6600 West Maple Rd, West Bloomfield. A place like no other, where a stone wall talks, a tree blinks and comes to life, where a tzedakah coin spins to change the world. Welcome to Shalom Street, a place to see, touch, taste and explore Jewish tradition, values, culture and arts. On Sunday December 21, the doors open to Shalom Street, the address for Jewish Discovery, with 4500 square- feet of interactive exhibits and activities for school children and families. Enjoy Shalom Street 1:00-6:00 pm, Dec 21-24 & Dec 28-30; and 1:004:30 pm, Dec 25. Shalom Street requests donation of $4/person or $18/family and is open to the public. For more info, call 1-877-Shalom-3, or visit www.shalornstreet. org . THE IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL Bringing Together Family, Faith & Community 18325 West Nine Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075 248-569-0020 • Facsimile 248-569-2502 %,:nufsNN . YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH School for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls • Early Childhood Development Center 15751 W. Lincoln Drive • Southfield, MI 48076 • (248) 557-6750 "The entire world is sustained by the Torah study of young children .' During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. 41, In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. John E. Siegel Chesvan 28 I November 23 Kislev 1 / November 26 Minnie Tilchin Meyer Beckman Helen Brand Irving Dworkin Pinkus Ehrlich Max Fleischer Sol Ruben Greenwald Norma Helfman Sol Lapinsky Khana Lundin Rose Silverstone Bessie R. Sirota Leonard Stein Chesvan 29 / November 24 Sam Baidell Ethel Bricker Sarah Kirsch Harris Kosofsky Joseph H. Kunin Sonia Mitchelson Lena Scott Sosia Shiffman Tillie G. Smolinsky Peter Weisswasser k 11/21 2003 126 Chesvan 30 / November Peter Boesky Ann Goldberg Morris Love Morris Herman Silber Harry Ehrenfreund Jacob Fish Glicka Grunbaum Rose Helpert Ben Hochman Mollie (Weinstein) Hoffman Morris Kaplan Helen Kaufman Ester Reich Rae Seigle- Max M. Strom Karl Yagoda Feiga Yampolsky Kislev 2 / November 27 25 Arthur Benjamin Betty Yetta Bennett Freda Elstein Kenneth Fischer Nathan Fridson Milton Gedanke Sadie Gelfund Ida Goldstein Bertha Goldstein Benjamin David Krugel Annie Lewis Milton Manheimer Evelyn Rosen Brenda Vinton Kislev 3 / November 28 Benny Derevny Avrohom Yitzchock Eisenstadt Stuart C. Freedman Charles Goldschlag Jacob Joslove Dr. Bernard Duane Lynn Rose Miller Josephine Roggin Arthur Rottenberg Anne Shektman Abraham Valitzkin Chaya Wallach Wolf Wallach from page 125 Dr. Spector is sur- vived by his daughter, Leslie Sara Spector of Farmington Hills; parents, Phyllis and Larry Spector; broth- er, Michael Spector of Farmington Hills; grandmother, Helen Spector. Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. FRANCES UDMAN, 86, of Livonia, died Nov. 12, 2003. She was a secretary for over 35 years at the United Hebrew Schools and a longtime volunteer at Botsford Hospital. Mrs. Udman is survived by her children, Michael and Carol Udman of Oak Park, Peggy and Jerry Grant of Hollywood, Fla., and Richard Udman of Westland; grandchildren, Rabbi Robert and Becky Udman Udman of Dallas, Texas, Elena and Matthew Gross, Erica Udman, Marla Grant, Steven Grant, Joshua and Deidre Udman; great-grandchildren, Akiva, Yaakov, Dovid, Yehuda, Shayna, Esther, Shlomo, Laya and Miriam Udman, Aaron, Henri and Amelia Gross, Jateya Udman; broth- ers and sisters-in-law, Isadore and Pauline Markzon of Margate, Fla., Max and Muriel Markzon of Farmington Hills, Harold Markzon of Walled Lake. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward Udman; devoted daughter of the late Louis and Martha Markzon. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan or to a charity of one's choice. Services and interment at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel. HAROLD WEISS, of Bethesda, Md., died Nov. 11, 2003. He was the owner of Joe Weiss & Sons and United Table Pad Company. He was also a World War II Army veteran, a member of B'nai B'rith and a mem- ber of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Mr. Weiss is survived by his daughter, Ro-Ann Weiss of Maryland; son, Steven Weiss of . Kislev 4 / November 29 Fannie Engel Suzanne Friedman Louis Hoberman Boruch Levine Sarah Levine Isadore Marcus Marjorie E Margolis-Pavorsky Florence Meites Shalom Ralph Max Wainer Florida; grandchild, Jordan Weiss. He was the beloved husband of the late Lillian Weiss; dear brother of the late George Weiss, the late Myrian Nelson, the late Gertrude "Trudy" Nusholtz. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, 1 William Carts Drive, Commerce Township, MI 48382 or a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. BETTY WHITE, 78, of East Lansing, died Nov. 12, 2003. She attended Michigan State University and worked there, retiring from their office of legilsative affairs. She was a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, a volunteer at Sparrow Hospital gift shop and a volunteer at Wharton Center. Mrs. White is survived by her chil- dren, Glenn (Jan), Gary (Burma), Chuck and Kathy; grandchildren, Emily, Jacob, Anastasia, Sumara, Ben and Noah; sisters, Eve Novik, Helen (Norman) Wachler; sister-in-law, Dorothy Rood. She was the devoted wife of the late Eugene "Bud" White; sister of the late Dorothy Abramson and the late Albert Rood. Services were at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Sparrow Hospital, 1210 W. Saginaw, Lansing, MI 48915, or Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Corrections • The obituary for Fred Linden (Nov. 7) contained a typographical error. It should have read, "Mr. Linden was a golfer ..." In addition, the World War II decoration he received from the French govern- ment was the Croix de Guerre. • The obituary for Baruch Rudyan (Nov. 14) should have indicated that he is survived by his wife, Yona, and that he was buried on his kibbutz, Barkai. • The obituary for Frederic "Freddy Far" Rosenthal (Nov. 14) should have indicated he is survived by his neice and nephew, Brooke and Ryan Rosenthal.