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"One who provides the education-for another'.s child is considered
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During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of
the following departed friends. In addition, Kuldish will be said during the daily minyan.

16 Iyar
May 10, 2009

her lifetime. he was responsible for
helping many members of her family
immigrate to the United States.
Mrs. Ruben is survived by her
sons and daughters-in-law, Errol and
Marlene Rafsky of Colorado, Carol
Rafsky of St. Louis, Mo., Mark Rafsky
of Michigan, Steve and Greta Rafsky
of Massachusetts; stepdaughters,
Sandra Gasser and husband, William
Gasser, Phyllis Kogan and husband,
Ronald Kogan; stepdaughter-in-law,
Charlotte Ruben; 17 grandchildren;
22 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, Jacob and Bella Sarno; and
her husbands, Arthur Ritzler, Al
Rafsky, William Clayman and Jack
Ruben; brother, Isaac Sarno; sister,
Riva Radvinsky; son, Louis Rafsky;
stepson, Bernard Ruben.
Services and interment in
Raytown, Mo., at Mount Carmel
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to Hadassah or a charity of
one's choice. This announcement was
place at the request of the family by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

MITCHELL SCOTT
SCHECTER, 49, of

Framingham, Mass.,
died April 19, 2009,
while on a bicycle
trip in Croatia.
He is survived
by his mother and
Schecter
stepfather, Toby
Schecter-Gerber and
Dr. Myron Gerber of West Bloomfield;
wife, Elizabeth Altman Schecter;
son, Adam Schecter; daughter, Erica
Schecter; sisters and brother-in-law,
Mardi Schecter and Philip Rubin,
Wendy Schecter; nephew, Jesse Rubin;
nieces, Lucy and Ella Rubin; grand-
parents, Rose Schecter, Susie Schecter,
Ethel and Albert Okrent.
Mr. Schecter was the loving son of
the late Allan Schecter.
Services were held in Framingham
with interment in Connecticut.
Contributions may be made to a char-
ity of one's choice. This announcement
was placed at the request of the family
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

Maier Brenner
Mordechai
Bronstein
Lem Cherrin
Ike Cohn
Harry Lee
Eisenberg
Edwin Frank
Friedman
Ben Hirsh
Sam Kahn
Louis Kotler
Jack R. Leeds
Herman Modlinsky
Sidney Avrohom
Orechkin
Seymour Ribiat
Harry Speyer
Aaron
Wassermann
Hilda Blotner
Ida Mitt
Rose Basil Rose
Julie Rochelle
Shacket
Lilly Sugar

17 Iyar
May 11, 2009

Leonard Antel
Samuel Z.
Bimbaum
Daniel Bloch
Noah Ellias
Robert Flayer
Paul Freudenberg
Max Iwrey
Reuben David
Lauter
Ben Lutz
Irving Markoff
Hans Morgenroth
Joseph Robinson
Harry T. Ross
Jakob Rothschild
William Skotch
Sam Stem
Hyman Stolarsky
Mildred Linde Erdos
Bessie Leach
Sarah Natinsky
Sophie Pik

18 lyar
May 12, 2009

Jacob Adlerman

Arthur Barach
Harry Berman
Milton Cogen
Rabbi Moses
Fischer
Nathan Kravitz
Louis Leiderman
Louis Markowitz
Julius Parker
Alfred Schmidel
Morris Woll
Ida Green
Nettie Green
Sarah Joffe
Rose Linetsky
Sarah Wuntner

Charles Laskey
Arhtur Lyons
Louis Ozadowsky
Louis Rochman
Moses Weiswasser
Samuel Zelikowitz
Regina Brown
Rose Feldstein
Shari Gilden
Lena Lewinter
Bertha Josephine
Rosenberg
Betty Stark
Rose Writ

Becky Golub
Etta Halpert
Golda Halpert
Hudia Halpert
Leba Halpert
Chaya
Wachtenheim
Meisels
Malye Devora
Mermelstein
Rose Schechter
Mary Shindler
Blima
Wachtenheim
Lottie Wainger

20 lyar
May 14, 2009

19 !yr
May 13, 2009

Harry Berger
Louis Buchbinder
Moishe Halpert
Mordechai Halpert
Shlomo
Mermelstein
Abraham Meter
Aubrey L
Oppenheim
Leo York
Chaye Sora Bas
Israel

21 Ipir
May 15, 2009

Dr. Jerry H.
Abramson
David I. Bemis
Harry Blas
Joseph Elihu
Fleischman
David Goldsmith
Leon Hess
Alan Horowitz

Royal Oak, died May 3, 2009.
She was an office manager in the
wholesale jewelry business and a
supporter of the Democratic Party.
She is survived by sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Robert and Barbara
Ruskin of Bloomfield Hills, Richard
and Elizabeth Ruskin of Seattle,
Wash.; sister, Sarah Serap; sister-in-
law, Ida Meltzer.
Mrs. Ruskin was the beloved wife
of the late Morris Ruskin; the cher-
ished sister and sister-in-law of the
late Louis Serap, the late Molly and
the late Bernard Garrison, the late
Bernard Meltzer, the late Florence
and the late Jacob Cooper.
Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

SONIA SASLOVE, 96, of West

Bloomfield, died April 29, 2009.
She is survived by her sister, Rose
Shoshana Hoffmitz of Israel; nieces,
Esther Frank, Esther Deshe; many
loving cousins.
Miss Saslove was the dear sister of
the late Phillip Saslove, the late Abe
Saslove; dear sister-in-law of the late
Lable Hoffmitz.
Services and interment at Clover
Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

Oak Park, died April 27, 2009.
She is survived by her son, Joel
Schleifer of Oak Park; daughter
and son-in-law, Cindy and Robert
Proudfoot of Oak Park; grandchildren,
Dana Proudfoot, Cara Proudfoot, Seth-
David Schleifer, Savannah Schleifer;
many loving cousins, extended family
and friends.
Mrs. Schleifer was the beloved wife
of the late Alexander Schleifer.
Contributions may be made to
American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic
Center Dr., Southfield, MI 48076 or
Beaumont Hospice, 3711 W. 13 Mile
Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073. Interment
at Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

22 lyar
May 16, 2009

Milton Backhaut
David Blumenfeld
Samuel Cohn
Eugene Newman
Samuel (Sander)
Stillwater
Benjamin Yunis
Rose Buchbinder
Minnie Friedman
Bella Weiner
Torgow
Yudes Wasserman

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Jennifer Kaluzny

was encour-
aged by a hospice rabbi's warmth and
kindness when her aunt was dying.
Then 19, the future rabbi vowed to
make chaplaincy work part of her life.

BARBARA A. SCHLEIFER, 74, of

MILDRED "MILLY" RUSKIN, 86, of

Abraham Averbuch
Louis Garfinkel
Rabbi Moses
Lehrman
Charles Morris
Niskar
Joe Ringler
Sam Seligson
Max Snow
Gabriel Zegenlaub

Bessie B Valensky
Andrews
Shirley Engel
Helen Fuller
Sarah Honigman
Pearl Lena Kraft
Jenny Modlinsky
Babette Rothschild
Anna Rottenberg
Charm Rulzimring

Before being ordained, she interned
with Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network and completed training in
clinical pastoral care.

"Every family grabs my heart, and I will
be there as long as people need guidance
and a hand to hold," says Rabbi Kaluzny,
of Temple Israel and JHCN. "I became a
rabbi to help and to be there when
families need spiritual comfort."

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Rabbi Jenntfer Kalitzny

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RUTH (WELLING) WESTHEIMER,

86, died April 24, 2009.
She is survived by her devoted
children, Ann and Pete Williams,
Sallie Westheimer and Greg Rhodes,
Richard and Debbie Westheimer; dear
brother and sister-in-law, Robert and
Phyllis Welling of West Bloomfield;
loving grandchildren, Jennifer and
Chris Steadman, Susan Williams, Kara
and Mark Murphy, Benjamin Rhodes,
Gabriel Westheimer and Kate Monroe,
Nathaniel, Hannah, Eva and Daniel
Westheimer; great-granddaughter,
Grace Duffle Steadman.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Robert I. Westheimer.

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