Obituaries

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BETTY I. WEINER,

76, of Farmington Hills,
died Jan. 28, 2008. She
was a bacteriologist, a
member of Congregation
B'nai Moshe and a vol-
unteer at Jewish Hospice.
Mrs. Weiner is sur-
Weiner
vived by her sons and
daughters-in-law, Dr.
Howard Weiner and Dr. Carmen Maza of
Connecticut, Dr. Daniel Weiner and Dr.
Aviva Katz of Pennsylvania, Adam and
Daniella Weiner of California; daughter
and son-in-law, Miriam and Dr. Razvan
Adam of Alma; grandchildren, Gabriel,
Samuel, Shoshana, Channah, Allan and
Teresa Weiner, Rio Dominguez, Alex and
Isabella Adam; brother and sister-in-law,
George and Harriet Perlmutter of Arizona;
sister and brother-in-law, Eva and Mayer
Schwartz of Israel; sister-in-law and broth-
er-in-law, Beth and Albert Margolin.
She was the beloved wife of the late Dr.
Allan Weiner.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to

Congregation B'nai Moshe, 6800 Drake
Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 or Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, 2265 Livernois,
Suite 240, Troy, MI 48083,detroit@cff.org .
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

D.C. Holocaust
Museum Founder

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New York/JTA —

Miles Lerman helped
found the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum, and
for three decades was
vital to its success.
Lerman, the first
chairman of the muse-
um's governing council
Miles Lerman
and its chairman emeri-
tus, died Jan. 22, 2008, at
his home in Philadelphia. He was 88.
Lerman was born in Tomashov, Poland,
in 1920. In 1942, he escaped from a slave

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labor camp after killing
his guards with a shovel.
He went on to join other
escapees and for the
next two years waged
HO
UST a guerrilla campaign
Su tOR against the Germans.
In June 1944, Lerman
was liberated by the
Soviet army and returned to Poland. He
and his wife, Chris, also a survivor, immi-
grated to the United States in 1947 and
settled in Vineland, N.J., where Lerman
became successful in the home heating oil
business.
Lerman was involved with the
Holocaust museum almost from its
inception. President Jimmy Carter
appointed him to an advisory board
of the President's Commission on the
Holocaust, which recommended creating
the museum in Washington. Lerman was
subsequently appointed to the governing
council by three American presidents and
served 23 years until 2000.
Lerman is credited with leading the
early fundraising efforts and negotiating

international agreements that helped the
museum acquire artifacts for its perma-
nent exhibition. His initiative also led to
the creation of the Miles Lerman Center
for the Study of Jewish Resistance, a part
of the museum's Center for Advanced
Holocaust Studies.
By the time Lerman stepped down as
chairman of the Holocaust museum, it had
grown into a major Washington tourist
stop, having attracted some 14 million vis-
itors in its first six years of operations. The
overwhelming majority were non-Jews.
He came under fire in 1998 for inviting
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to visit the
museum, a public relations disaster that
claimed the job of the museum's director,
Walter Reich.
Besides the museum, Lerman was
involved in the construction of a memorial
in Belzec, Poland, where some half-million
Jews were murdered, including members
of Lerman's family.
Lerman is survived by his wife; two
children, Jeanette and David; five grand-
children; six great-grandhildren; and a
brother.

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National Council of Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section (NCJW/GDS)
presents a V-Day benefit of
'The Vagina Monologues."
7:30 pm, Toes, Feb 19, 2008
Temple Shir Shalom,
3999 Walnut Lake Rd,
West Bloomfield

Evening celebrates and honors
women and girls around the globe.

Performance is part of V-Day Campaign,
a global movement dedicated to raising
awareness and funds to stop violence
against girls and women.

Profits benefit NCJW/GD's
community service projects and
programs that impact
women, children and families.

Priority seating: $75;
General seating: $35.
NCJW/GDS presents Eve Ensler's
award-winning play, " The Vagina Monologues." Group discounts available.
Cast includes Evelyn Orbach,
Shirley Benyas, Henrietta Hermelin
and Lea Luger.

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