The Jewish Academy board, staff,

parents, students and alumni

extend their heartfelt condolences to

the family of

Max Fisher

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

"May God comfort you among

all the mourners of Zion and Israel 7

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With his wife, Marjorie, at his side, Max receives the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's highest honor, the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award, in 1964. Presenting the
award is US, District Court Judge Theodore Levin, past president of Federation.

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sharp eye for detail.
So during the meal, I asked both Max and
Marjorie the same question: I was wonder-
ing if, when they considered their lives,
could they quantify what number of impor-
tant decisions had worked out well: Half?
Three-quarters?
Simultaneously, as if in stereo, Max and
Marjorie replied, "You don't do that. You
don't look back."
Max and Marjorie smiled at each other,
and then Marjorie said, "You don't do it
because there is always tomorrow."
It was a view that matched her hus-

band's. Late in the life, when someone
complimented Max on an accomplishment,
he would often say, "But the day's not
ended," meaning that there remained more
for him to do.
Now, even though he has gone, the great
lesson of his 96 years is that the day has
not ended for the rest of us. We still have
our responsibilities to fulfill — to our fami-
lies, to our work, to our neighbors, to the
world.
And, at this sad hour, I take comfort in
the fact that Max would expect no less of
us. NF

The Jewish, Community Center

of Metropolitan Detroit

board, and staff mourn tke toss of

Max M. Fisher

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"Max was one of the pro-Israel movement's most impassioned political
activists and was one of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's
most dedicated supporters. No private citizen has played so profound a
diplomatic role between the White House and Jerusalem than Max Fisher.
A role model for every AIPAC activist, Max worked closely as the consum-
mate adviser to every Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower
and every Israeli prime minister since Golda Meir. Max was the only person
in AIPAC's 50-year history honored with a lifetime appointment to the
AIPAC executive committee. His leadership and dedication in support of a
strong and abiding relationship between the United States and Israel stands
as a lasting memorial."

— Howard Kohr,
AIPAC executive director

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