Yeshiv"a • School for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls Early Childhood Development Center 15751 W. Lincoln Drive • Southfield, MI 48076 • (248) 557-6750 Obituaries "One who provides the education for another's child is considered in Heaven as a partner in the raising of that young person" During the coining week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. 1 laves December 24 2008 Max Biber Nathan Eisenberg Joseph Finkelstein Jerome Gershbein Albert Rolnik Joseph Rubin Ethel Carmen Sophie Herman Hanna Hess Bessie Kahldon Ida Nosanchuck Lottie Ravet Samuel Schultz Rose Snitzer 2 lbws December 24 2008 Theodore Eichner Alex Fried Reuben Gottlieb Jack Kopman Jacob J. tJpshinsky Dan Moskowitz Hany Peartstein William Schey Israel Schotterrfeld John Weiss Helen Feiner Sadie Feurring Elizabeth Gelbman Lena Levin Ellen Levitin Rose Magid- Nettie Meddoff Krendel Salasnek Esther Schuster Pauline Stark 3 RIMS December 34 2008 Isaac Char Adolph Escoff Louis Mendelsohn Armin Pollak Abraham Pupko Sam Solomon Reinstein Biezer Rosen Joseph Rubin Joseph Scherr Joseph Shanbom David Sturman Isadore Woron Celia Chesluk Mathilda Diem Ida Goldstein Dora Kumetz Rose Marks Rose Mertz Leatrice Patron Sandra Perlmutter Hela L Tait Sarah Webennan Pauline Weinstein 4 lbws December 31, 2008 Samuel Bienenfeld Israel Fishman Jack Isbee Morris Koss Herman Rosenberg Jacob Shevitz Harry Surath Hany Traub Michael Wainer Jennie Caplan Maria Foltyn Chana Gerszonowicz Mary Glosman Dora G Shapiro Shirley Judith Sklar Eva Stein Pauline Surowitz Rose Wrubel 5 lbws January 1, 2019 Marian J Raimi Hyman Irving Green Maynard Lazarus Jacob Levin Sam Nasberg Marc Avram Rosen Maurice Safran Men Wainstock Sarah Buchman Sarah Rachel Lubetsky Fannie Poster Becky Rothenberg Bessie Shorr Tony Thom Rose Wolfgang 7 Rives January 3, 2009 6 Ibves January Z 2009 Charles Sam tlimstain Jacob Cohn Michael Crosnick Al Drescher Rabbi Eugene Greenfield Samuel Robinson Norman Stem Rebecca Carpol Anna C. Feinberg Bernice Dorothy Mazer Freddie Berkowitz Joseph M. Beals David W. Diskin Benjamin H. Ettinger Ben Feldman Lee Gladstone Harry Lifshitz Israel Schlussel Allen Sherwin Liba Esther Agranovich Fannie Freedman Ida Friedman Dorothy Jacobson Goodman Fannie Gutman Zelda Kleiman Rivwa Miller Sarah Milmet Edith Oretsky Lea Rubel Rachel Weiner Ethel Leah Wiener Send a tribute in memory of a loved one -- www.DetroitYeshiva.org/JNtributes HOSPICE HEROES KEEP THE PROMISE Rabbi Hershel Klainberg devoted his career to teaching Torah to children and serving as a chaplain before joining the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network staff. Much has changed since he became a hospice caregiver six years ago. "Instead of teaching others, I am becoming the student by watching my patients show love, respect, dignity and devotion toward their loved ones as they face the end of their lives," Rabbi Klainberg said. "Teaching was meaningful, but this is more rewarding." No JEW Rabbi Hershel Klainberg Is EVER ALONE is one (4: the Hospice Heroes who keeps the promise so that The :P JEWISH6SPICE CHAPLAINCY NERA,ORIC No Jew Is Ever Alone 6555 W. Maple Rd. • W. Bloomfield, MI 48322 248.592.2687 • www.jewishhospice.org la-4mm JN LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE With its contemporary flair and snappy content and visuals, Platinum has positioned itself in the market to deliver the Metropolitan Detroit Jewish population to advertisers through home delivery, street distribution and event attendance. For advertising • information call 248-351-5107 B34 December 25 • 2008 JN Obituaries from page B32 BETTY S. KROKER, 98, of Palm Springs, Calif., formerly of Detroit and Oak Park, died Nov. 18, 2008, in Palm Springs. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, Jack Kroker; daughter and son- in-law, Carolyn and Murray Bloom; son-in-law Dr. Sidney Rubenstein; brothers and sisters-in-law, Carl and Shirley Schram; Dick and Sandy Schram; grandchildren, Stuart and Wendy Greenberg, Alyssa and Richard Colodny, Heidi RuWnstein and Katie Brethel, Jimmy and Cheryl Bloom, Paul and Suzy BLdom, Bob Bloom, Judy and Joel Kettler, Suzy and Arthur Richardson, Deanna Sharp; six great- grandchildren; many loving and caring nieces and nephews. She was the loving mother of the late RoseAnn Rubenstein. Graveside services were held at the Desert Memorial Park. Arrangements by the Forest Lawn Mortuary in Cathedral City; Calif. DR. SIDNEY Z. LEIB, 90, of Commerce, died Dec. 16, 2008. He was a podiatrist. Born in Detroit, he graduated from Wayne State Leib University with a major in chemistry and from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine. He was a chemist at Dupont and he created Lucite as well as an electromagnetic process of painting army helmets to prevent paint from coming off when soldiers used them for digging. Dr. Leib was on medical staff of North End Clinic, where he donated his time once per week to immigrants. His community affiliations were many and varied. He chaired the Balfour Concert and was a past president of the Zionist Organization of America Detroit District as well as serving as national vice president of ZOA. He was a past president of B'nai B'rith's Oak Woods Lodge and Maurice C. Zeiger Lodge; he was given a mem- bership award for bringing in the most new members to B'nai B'rith nationally. As a member of Perfection Mosaic Lodge, he earned a 50-year member award. In addition, he was a charter member of the Crescent Shrine Club and the Boca Raton Shrine Club. His religious affiliations included being a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek and B'nai Torah Synagogue in Boca Raton, Fla., where he was a member of the board of directors and chair of the Israel Affairs Committee. Dr. Leib was a member of the Israel Prime Ministers Club and an- Israel Bonds awardee, a Ben-Gurion Award recipient as well as a chair for many Israel fundraisers. He served as medical deputy in the Civil Defense Department in the city of Southfield, was a past president of the Michigan Podiatric Association, Dr. Leib is survived by his daugh- ters and sons-in-law, Adela and Jack Weisman of West Bloomfield, Ida and Louis Goutman of Commerce; grandchildren, Adam and Fawn Chayet, Amy and Brian Shapiro, Dr. Stephen Goutman, Julie and Todd Lee, Rachel Goutman; great-grandchildren, Matthew and Abby Chayet, Jordyn and Jonah Shapiro. He was the beloved husband of the late Marion Leib. Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Frankel Jewish Academy, Friendship Circle or Hillel Day School. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. FLORENCE MINTZ, 95, of Singer Island, Fla., and a longtime resident of Mansfield, Ohio, died Dec. 15, 2008. She came to Mansfield with Mintz her husband, John, in 1939 when he joined Barnes Manufacturing Company. Her civic duties included serving as a officer of Mansfield Women's Club and Temple Emanuel Sisterhood. She was a troop leader in Girl Scouts of America. Her social memberships included Westbrook Country Club, Palm Beach Yacht Club, charter member of Rotary Ann, Mansfield Sailing Club, University Club of Mansfield and the University of Michigan Club of Mansfield. Mrs. Mintz and her husband were supporters of the Richland County Foundation, Mansfield Memorial Homes and Mansfield General Hospital. She and her husband were also dedicated to the University of Michigan, where they were members of the President's Club, Harry B. Hutchins Society and where they established a graduate student scholarship at the Michigan Business School. Mrs. Mintz is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Richard "Pepper" and Judy Mintz of Bloomfield Hills; daughters and son-in-law, Nancy