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"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.
In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily 111[711'M-1.
Kislev 22 /
December 5
Joyce Amhowitz
Samuel M. Benderoff
Anna Bonin
Isaac Dinkin
Anna Duchan
Julius Gold
Magdalayna Kahan
Thelma Kaplan
Ida Kesselman
Esther Kirsh
Loretta Littman
Miriam Papelansky
Mary Peltz
Gloria Roggin
Dora Sokolsky
Kislev 23 /
December 6
Max Carp
Hinda Cohn
Elizabeth Fenyvesi
Marcus Ginsberg
Pauline Golden
Isaac Kelmanowitz
Benjamin Mason
Benjamin Matz
Samuel Scheinfield
Herman Seppen
Samuel Silverstein
Kislev 24 /
December 7
Rose Ferber
Belle Harris
Robert R. Marwil
Arthur J. Osborne
Sam Polinsky
Rebecca Pont
Samuel Schey
Meyer Watnick
Dora Zelichman
Pauline Bell
Louis Ignatz Berger
Tillie Cohen
Morris Feiner
Esther Lachover
Fleischman
Nina Greenberg
Mania Katzman
Lewis L. Klein
Erika Morgenroth
Agnes Sender
Louis Stollman
Golda Weisswasser
May Zuckerberg
Rachel Alperin
Hattie Buch
Ben-Zion Burkow
Josephine Gubin
Isadore Jacob
Bernard Robert Katz
Atta Matz
Carl J. Nelson
Gustave Pines
Kislev 25 /
December 8
Kislev 27 /
December 10
Benjamin Baum
Beatrice Borocoff
Philip A Diskin
Ida Katz
Rose Lifton
Samuel Oventhal
Kislev 26 /
December 9
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Bettie Rothenberg
Charles Smith
Rose Tabock
Kislev 28 /
December 11
Moshe Alperin
Max A. Bard
Allan E. Davis
Saul Charles Dorfman
Jacob Klainberg
Harry Lafer
Jack Osborne
Celia Ravin
Sadie Rich
Annette Schulman
Allen Viedrah
Jennie Weisman
Arthur Woll
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She decided to run for the
Southfield City Council after the 1972
death of her husband, Dr. Jaffe. She
he centerpiece of Lillian Jaffe
may be best remembered for her sup-
Oaks' life was "her complete
port of a federally subsidized apart-
compassion for other people,"
ment for senior citizens. Despite vocal
said her son, Stephen Jaffe. A veteran
opposition over a federal government
public official as a Southfield City
requirement that 16 apartments be
Council member and an Oakland
rented to low-income persons, Mrs.
County commissioner, Mrs. Oaks'
Oaks continued her support for the
political views "coincided with her
development. Years later, after the
human views."
complex was occupied, some of her
As a public servant, Mrs.
opponents called her to
Oaks was primarily con-
apologize, her daughter
cerned about the impact
said.
local governmental actions
Another major highlight
on people, her son added.
in recent years was the
Mrs. Oaks, 88, of
awarding the city of
Southfield, died Nov. 27,
Southfield's annual Martin
2004, of heart failure. She
Luther King Jr. Award in
had been in ill health for
2000 to honor her for her
several years.
support the seniors' apart-
Active in the Sholem
ment complex.
Aleichem Institute for most
Reflecting her value for
of her life, she and her late
supporting education, she
Lillian Jaffe Oaks
husband, Dr. Louis Jaffe,
was appointed in the 1980s
were immersed in numer-
to a state higher education
ous Jewish and secular cultural organi-
study committee by Gov. James
zations and activities such as Hadassah, Blanchard. The committee later sub-
ORT, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit mitted its report to the president.
Symphony Orchestra and Southfield
Active politically until her death,
City Council, among others.
Mrs. Oaks campaigned for Southfield
An example of her devotion to cul-
District Judge Stephen Cooper and
tural activities was reflected in a mem-
asked to wear a "Beat Bush" button on
ory shared by daughter, Linda Lax.
her Beaumont Hospital gown.
While raising a family in a Detroit
"Her zest for life, her love of a good
Jewish neighborhood in the 1950s,
her challenge and mostly her love of peo-
mother found time to join with several ple will always be remembered," her
friends to form a study group.
daughter reflected. "What luck I had
"They read everything from the great in getting her for a mother."
books, the newest literature, the oldest
Lillian Jaffe Oaks is survived by her
literature and everything in between,"
son, Stephen R. Jaffe of California;
Linda said. "They took it seriously."
daughter and son-in-law, Linda and
While the group's members were
Charles Lax of West Bloomfield;
already educated and accomplished
grandchildren, David Louis Jaffe,
much in their lives, "they stretched fur- Matthew Scott Jaffe, Jordan Ross Jaffe,
ther and tried to learn more," Linda
Richard Louis Lax; sister, Ida Snider of
said. Now, 60 years later, the group
Southfield; sister-in-law, Beatrice
continues to meet and learn.
Hertz.
Mrs. Oaks was born in 1915 in New
She was the beloved wife of the late
York City, but lived most of her life in
Dr. Louis Jaffe; the loving sister of the
Detroit and later in Southfield.
late Oscar Hertz; dear sister-in-law of
As a teenager and young adult dur-
the late Ben Snider.
ing the Great Depression, she graduat-
Interment was at Beth El Memorial
ed Northern High School in Detroit
Park. Contributions may be made to
and what is now Wayne State
the American Heart Association or
University and became a teacher.
Sholem Aleichem Institute. Arrange-
While raising her family, she was active ments by Ira Kaufman Chapel. 7
as a Cub Scout den mother and a Girl
Scout leader.
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