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SHAARON VARON, 70, of
Southfield, died Aug. 15, 2007. She
was an advertising executive and
owner of Varon & Associates.
Mrs. Varon is survived by
her daughters and sons-in-law,
Dr. Linda and Kevin Thomas,
Laura Varon Brown and Jeff
Brown; grandchildren, Molly
Varon, Emma Brown, Jacob and
Lauren Brown, Shea Thomas;
friend, Lawrence Zatkin; sister
and brother-in-law, Beverly and
Joseph Sanders of Ohio; brothers
and sister-in-law, Allen Dicken of
Ohio, Burl and Tamra Dicken of
Virginia.
She was the beloved wife of the
late Jerry Varon; devoted mother
of the late Richard Varon and
the late James Varon; cherished
daughter of the late Saul and the
late Marin Dicken.
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may
be made to the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, 2265 Livernois,
Suite 240, Troy, MI 48083.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
BERNIE ZACK, 68, of Southfield,
died Aug. 15, 2007.
He is survived by his beloved
wife, Sharon Zack; sons and
daughters-in-law, Stuart and Lori
Zack of Birmingham, Arron and
Diane Zack of Oak Park; daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Michele and
Joel Young of West Bloomfield;
brother and sister-in-law, Joe and
Joyce Zack of Oak Park; grand-
children, Connor, Joshua, Morgan
and Michael; many other loving
family members and friends.
He was the dear brother of the
late Eleanor Goldstick, the late
Earl Zack and the late Adrian
Zack.
Interment at Adat Shalom
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the
American Diabetes Association
or to the National Kidney
Foundation. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
An Ecumenical Bridge
Ben Harris
was baptized.
Lustiger was a central figure in
Catholic-Jewish reconciliation efforts
that characterized the tenure of Pope
New York
John Paul II, with whom he was close.
s he lay dying three
He served as John Paul's representa-
weeks ago in a Paris
tive at the commemoration ceremo-
hospice, Cardinal
nies marking the 60th anniversary of
Jean-Marie Lustiger reached
the liberation of Auschwitz in 2005.
out to his longtime friend
As archbishop of Paris, Lustiger
Rabbi Israel Singer.
served as a diplomatic back-chan-
Cardinal Lustiger
The Jewish-born Catholic
nel, relaying to the Vatican Jewish
official, who served for
concerns regarding Catholic anti-
decades as a conduit between the Vatican and
Semitism and the building of a convent at
the Jewish community, called Singer, a former
Auschwitz.
senior official of the World Jewish Congress
The latter issue had a special resonance for
and a major player in the effort to build
Lustiger because his mother, Gisele, perished
Catholic-Jewish ties. Singer flew to Paris and
there.
the two met several times before Lustiger suc-
"He understood the feelings that a Jew has
cumbed to cancer Aug. 5, 2007. He was 80.
about sensitive and important issues," Singer
Born Aaron Lustiger in Paris in 1926, he was
said. "You didn't have to convince him. You
the first child of secular Polish-Jewish emigres.
didn't have to convert him. He knew what it
In 1940, he was sent with his sister to live with
felt to be a Jew in a non-Jewish environment
a Catholic woman following the German occu-
because, in this respect, many aristocratic
pation of France. In August 1940, at age 13, he
Catholics probably viewed him as a Jew."
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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