Norma Sugar; son
and daughter-in-
law, Paul and
Cyndee Sugar of
Alaska; daughter
and son-in-law,
Lisa and David
Goldenberg of
Birmingham;
Sugar
daughter-in-law,
Patty Sugar;
grandchildren, Annah and Maggie
Sugar, Hailee and Dustin
Goldenberg; sister, Esther Siegel of
West Bloomfield. He was the
beloved husband of the late Phyllis
Sugar; devoted father of the late
Andy Sugar; loving brother of the
late H. Saul Sugar and the late A.
Albert Sugar; dear stepbrother of the
late Barney Broner.
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to JARC or to a charity of
one's choice. Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.

FANNIE WAINER, 88, of West

Bloomfield, died June 26, 2005.
She is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law, David and Shelley
Wainer of West Bloomfield; daugh-
ter, Naomi Wainer of Minnesota;
sister and brother-in-law, Chilly and
Marvin Revich of West Bloomfield;
sister-in-law, Yetta Fenton; grand-
children, Ashley and Gregg
Oleshansky, Lindsay and Ryan
Dembs; great-grandchildren, Aria,
Evann, Dylan. She was the beloved
wife of the late Sol Wainer:
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Services and
Interment at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Arrangements by Hebrew

Memorial Chapel.

JACK GODEL WARSZAWSKI, 55,

formerly of Detroit and Oak Park,
died June 16, 2005. He had a 20-
year military career. He then drove
Morries Mufflers & Utz Chips
trucks. During the past three years,
he worked for the FBI, HRT
Department for Anti-Terriorism.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Claudia J. Warszawski of Dale City,
Va.; children, David (Kari) of
Grand Forks, N.D., Noah (Sara) of
Auburn, Maine; grandchildren,
Divaud of Gabe; parents, Bella and
Szymon Palma of Portland, Ore.;
sisters, Ruth (Bob Rogowski) Palma
of Corvallis, Ore., Anna
Warszawski Palma (Arnold) Hyman
of Farmington Hills.
There was a memorial celebration
of life at the FBI Academy,
Quantico, Va. He will be buried at
Arlington National Cemetery on
July 13, 2005. Contributions may
be made to the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society, Attn: JBS -
Michigan Chapter, 1421 E. 12 Mile
Road, #A, Madison Heights, MI.
48071 or to a charity of one's
choice.

CONNIE WEINBERG, 94, of West

Bloomfield, died June 23, 2005.
She is survived by her children,
Francine Friedman, Arlene and Dr.
Henry Gonte of West Bloomfield,
Herbert and Maxine Weinberg of
Bloomfield Hills; grandchildren,
Steven and Kim Friedman, Karen
Friedman, David and Terri
Friedman,_ Dr. Bill and Amy Gonte,
Dr. Sheldon. and Dr. Sonia Gonte,
Gary Gonte, Jodi and Todd

Marcia Lieberman, 90

Marcia Lieberman, the mother of Sen. Joe
Lieberman, D-Conn., the Democratic nom-
inee for vice president in 2000, died June
26, 2005.
In 2003, when her son announced he
would run for president the following year,
Mrs. Lieberman said, "It's beyond what any
mom would ever dream.
"He'll be the best president there ever was,"
she told the JTA.
Mrs. Lieberman, of Stamford, Conn., was
a well-known volunteer in the Jewish com-
Marcia Lieberman with her
munity. Her husband, Henry, died in 1986. son, Sen. Joe Lieberman
"Our strong and beloved mother who
gave us life has died," the senator and his
sisters said in a statement. "Her spirit and
light continues in all who were touched by her."

Denenberg, Stacey Weinberg and
Karen Bishop, Amy and Eric
Grosinger; 17 great-grandchildren;
brother and sister-in-law, Herman
and Edith Fealk of West Bloomfield;
sister, Jean of Florida. She was the
beloved wife of the late Sydney
Weinberg; dear mother-in-law of the
late Obbie Friedman; loving grand-
mother of the late Cindy Friedman.
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to the Alzheimer's Association
or the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

HARRY WEINTRAUB, 78, of West

Bloomfield, died June 14, 2005. He
was the owner of Weintraub Alloy
Company. He was also a member of
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses,
Bayview Yacht Club, Jewish
Community
Center, Scrap
Metal Association
and the Institute
of Scrap Recycling
Industry.
Mr. Weintraub
is survived by his
daughter and son-
in-law, Lena and
Neil Mintz of
Weintraub
Florida; son and
daughter-in-law,
Don Weintraub and Isabelle Bauch
of Colorado; grandchild, Logan
Mintz; sister, Bernice Brodsky of
Orchard Lake and Palm Desert,
Calif.
Interment at Beth Abraham
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to National Alliance For
Autism Research, 99 Wall Street,
Research Park, Princeton, NY 08540
or the American Diabetes
Association, 1701 North Beauregard
Street, Alexandria, VA 22311.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

IDA ZVYAGINA, 92, of Oak Park,

died June 22, 2005.
She is survived by her daughter,
Maya Zvyagina of Oak Park; sisters,
Reva Zvyagina of Oak Park, Roza
Zvyagina of Oak Park; grandchil-
dren, Natasha and Eugene Lerner.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Lev.
Services and interment at Hebrew
Memorial Park. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

Nahum Sarna,
Biblical Scholar

JEFFREY H. TIGAY
Jewish Telegraphic Agenry

Wynnewood, Pa.
he death on June 23, 2005, of
Professor Nahum Sarna at the
age of 82 was a sad moment
for Jewish scholarship.
Through his publications, his teach-
ing and the disciples he inspired and
trained, Sarna was one of the most
influential Judaic scholars of the sec-
ond half of the 20th century and one
whose contri-
bution to the
appreciation
of the Bible
among
English-speak-
ing Jews was
unsurpassed.
His scholar-
ship was
notable for the
lucidity of his
Nahum Sarna
thought, the
breadth of his learning, his exegetical
acumen and his unsurpassed sensitivity
to the ethical and spiritual dimensions
of the Bible and its commentaries.
Nahum Sarna was a distinguished
member of a small group of American
and Israeli scholars who guided Jewish
biblical scholarship to maturity. As he
noted in the preface to his book,
Studies in Biblical Interpretation (Jewish
Publication Society), two of the major
stimuli for the growth of modern
Jewish biblical scholarship have been
"research into the languages, litera-
tures, history, religions, cultures and
archaeology of the ancient Near East"
and creative research into the rich
Jewish exegetical tradition.
Sarna and his contemporaries united
these two resources in a harmonious
blend that is common, even if not uni-
versal, today.
Yet, this was not always the case.
When the J'dische Wissenschaft
(Jewish Scholarship) movement inau-
gurated the academic study of Judaism
in the 19th century, it avoided biblical
studies altogether. When Jewish aca-
demic scholars did take up the study of
the Bible, starting at the end of that
century, they were largely stimulated
by archaeology and Semitic studies.
Most of them made little use of
post-biblical Jewish resources, such as
Talmud and the medieval Jewish com-
mentators. It was Sarna and his con-

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