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A Promise Fulfilled

Oakland Community College.
Victoria's
son, Simon Nikiforov, of
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West Bloomfield, graduated with a
master of business administration
ernard B. Brown has had a
degree from Wayne State University.
major impact on many people
Mr. Brown made sure the emigres
— from family members in
gained the religious identify denied in
Russia to workers in southern
the Soviet Union. He gave them mem-
Michigan whose jobs he saved.
berships in Congregation Shaarey
On a family level, Mr. Brown
Zedek, which he attended since child-
helped bring five cousins to Detroit
hood, and helped Sonya Nikiforov cele-
from the former Soviet Union about
brate her bat mitzvah at the synagogue.
14 years ago — fulfilling a promise he
"My father loved Yiddishkeit and his
made to his own father, said Connie
Jewishness," Glaser said. "He
Brown Glaser, one of Mr.
was very learned in the cus-
Brown's two daughters.
toms and rituals of Judaism.
Another example of his
He embraced and cherished
helping others was the sav-
it.''
ing of a small industrial
Through his business suc-
plant in Adrian 19 years ago
cess, he was a contributor to
*— not only keeping the
many Jewish organizations
plan
' t in operation, but also
and causes, such as Ben-
preserving the jobs of some
Gurion University in Israel,
50 employees.
Jewish Federation of
A Detroit-area residential
Metropolitan Detroit, Jewish
and commercial builder, Mr. 'Bernard Brown
War Veterans, Magen David
Brown read a newspaper
Adom, JARC, the Holocaust
story about the planned
Memorial Center and the Anti-
shutdown of a Jet Wheel Blast Co.
plant. While he understood basic busi- Defamation League.
"My father had an enormous zest
ness fundamentals, he didn't know
for life, enjoying golfing and cards,"
anything about the Adrian company
before becoming a partner in it to pre- she said. "He had a fabulous sense of
humor and a story for every occasion."
serve the workers' jobs, Glaser said.
A native Detroiter, Mr. Brown grad-
Mr. Brown, 85, of Franklin, died
uated Central High School and the
unexpectedly of heart failure May 21,
University of Michigan business
2005.
school. He joined the Navy in World
Mr. Brown, Connie Glaser and her
War II and was only 23 when he cap-
husband, Tom, traveled to Rostov in
tained a minesweeper in the South
the Soviet Union in 1989 to meet
Pacific — eventually achieving rank of
three generations of cousins.
lieutenant commander.
"My father promised his father that
He was a member of Franklin Hills
that he would keep in touch with the
Country Club, Builders Association of
family and help them in any way he
Michigan and Men's American ORT.
could," Glaser said. "He was impressed
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife of
with their intelligence and earnestness."
Two years later, Mr. Brown arranged 61 years, Dolly Dunitz Brown; daugh-
ters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Dr.
for the relatives, stretching over three
Alan Berlin of Bloomfield Hills, Connie
generations, to come to the United
and Tom Glaser of Atlanta; son,
States.
Richard Brown of West Bloomfield;
His actions had an "enormous
grandchildren, Amy, Jeffrey and Andrew
impact not only on their lives but also
Berlin, Russell and Max Glaser; great-
the lives of their children, who all went
grandson, Ethan Moscot sister, Selma
on to college," Glaser said. Examples
Stromer of Farmington Hills.
are Jennie Beznosova of Southfield, a
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
cousin who was a biologist and chemist
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
in her native Russia, who serves as a
to Congregation Shaarey Zedek or to a
translator, assisting Russian Jewish emi-
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
gres. Her daughter, Victoria Nikiforov,
by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ❑
of West Bloomfield, now teaches at

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