Renown Scholar, Kashrut Provider

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abbi Jack Goldman, 76, of
West Bloomfield, died Oct. 25,
2009. Born March 10, 1933, in
Bronx, N.Y., to immigrant parents, he and
his brother were classic Depression-era
orphans when their father passed away
in 1940.
Rabbi Goldman's mother was a deeply
religious woman who raised her boys
with a deep devotion to Torah and
Yiddishkeit and sent her boys to Yeshiva
High School. From there, Rabbi Goldman
went on to Yeshivas R. Yitzchak Elchanan.
In 1955 while working on his smichah
(rabbinical ordination), Rabbi Goldman
married Liela Hirsch. They lived in
Englewood, N.J., just outside New York.
There, Rabbi Goldman taught a Talmud
Torah afternoon school for children. As
a result of this teaching, local parents
became more interested in their own
Judaism and asked Rabbi Goldman to
teach them, too. He began teaching adult
Jewish education classes in the evenings.
Rabbi Goldman was a riveting and live-
ly speaker; these classes grew in numbers
and popularity. A significant contingent
from the neighboring town of Teaneck,
N.J., joined. As a result of this interest,
Rabbi Goldman, still in his early 20s and
not yet ordained, together with a group
of these students, joined to build the first
ever shul in Teaneck, which gave rise to
today's vibrant Teaneck community.
Upon completion of his smichah, in
accord with the Yeshiva's program, Rabbi
Goldman was sent to various small

Boyce

BELLA B. BOYCE, 94,
of Livonia, died Nov. 6,
2009. She was the owner
of an auto parts store.
Mrs. Boyce is sur-
vived by her son, Harold
Boyce; daughter, Sheila
Doreen Lampert of
Israel; four grandchil-
dren; 18 great-grand-

children.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
a charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by the Ira Kaufman Chapel.

Cantor

DR. SCOTT CANTOR,
50, of West Bloomfield,
died Nov. 4, 2009. He
was a chiropractor in
Southfield.
Dr. Cantor is sur-
vived by his children,
Jared Cantor, Mallory
Cantor, Amanda Cantor,

towns to spread and maintain Orthodox
Judaism. His first shteler was the only shul
in Philipsburg, Pa. It was at this time that
he completed his kabalah to be a mohel.
After a year in Philipsburg, Rabbi
Goldman accepted a position as the rabbi
of the only orthodox shul in Jacksonville,
Fla. This was a larger city and a larger
community, where he was featured in a
weekly television program about religion.
In the early 1960s, Rabbi Goldman and
his young family moved
onward and upward to
Memphis, Tenn., where
he was the rabbi of
Congregation Anshei
Sefard. This was his larg-
est kehilah yet. Always
teaching, Rabbi Goldman
founded the Hebrew
department at Memphis
State University. It was
also there that he began
supervising kosher food.

Goldman was easy — their children were
school age and they had not yet lived
anyplace where there was a yeshivah.
They moved to Detroit. It was there that
the Metropolitan Kashruth Council of
Michigan took firm root.
While in Detroit, Rabbi Goldman
continued his secular education and
obtained master's degrees in English,
humanities and comparative religion.
He went on to earn a Ph.D. in English.
In addition to teach-
ing Torah to children
in afternoon schools,
Rabbi Goldman
taught English and
comparative religion
and Macomb County
Community College
for 40 years. Although
Macomb County is
largely non-Jewish,
Rabbi Goldman did not
for a moment shy away
from gently explaining
Coming To Detroit
the truth of Torah to his
Several years later, the
Christian and Muslim
Rabbi Jack Goldman
Jewish Press in New
students. He taught
York featured an article
them things they had
by Rabbi Goldman titled "Jewish Life in
never heard before and could not help but
the South." This article was read with
bemoan his inescapable perspective that
delight by the community in Detroit,
they were on the wrong paths and were
among other places, and they invited
not God's chosen people.
Rabbi Goldman to Detroit to be the
Rabbi Goldman lived in Metro Detroit
executive director of the Yeshiva Beth
for 45 years, first in Detroit proper, then,
Yehudah. Though this was a non-rabbini- following the 1967 riots, in Oak Park and
cal post, the choice for Rabbi and Mrs.
finally in West Bloomfield.

Rabbi Goldman was a renowned schol-
ar and speaker. He wrote and published
numerous English textbooks and was a
frequent contributor to the Jewish Press,
the Detroit Jewish News and to other local
and national publications. He had nearly
every Medrash and Ma'mar Chazal at
his fingertips but could also easily recite
entire acts of Shakespeare and quote
Milton and Chaucer. He was fluent in
English, Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Greek
and Latin.
He loved art and music and wrote
beautiful poetry. His kashrut organiza-
tion brought kosher products to places
where there were none and it continues to
flourish throughout the United States and
Canada.
His greatest pride was his children.
He will be sorely missed by them, by
his loving wife of 54 years and by his
numerous children and grandchildren.
Rabbi Goldman is survived by
his wife, Dr. Liela Goldman; sons
and daughters-in-law, Gershon and
Sheila Goldman of Woodmere, N.Y.,
Akiva and Amelia Goldman of West
Bloomfield, Ezra and Jennifer Goldman
of West Bloomfield; daughter, Aliza Ora
Goldman of Woodbury, N.Y.; numerous
grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to Yad
Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI
48072; Yeshivat Akiva, 21100 W. 12 Mile
Road, Southfield, MI 48076. Interment at
Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. II

David Cantor, Aidan Cantor; mother
and stepfather, Rhoda Cantor Goldman
and Sheldon Goldman brother and sis-
ter-in-law, Jeffrey and Karen Cantor of
West Bloomfield; also survived by Cathy
Cantor, Doreen Cantor and Jerry and Liz
Walters.
Dr. Cantor was the beloved son of the
late Harvey Cantor; the loving brother of
the late Hal Cantor; the dear grandson
of the late Eugene and the late Lillian
"Billie" Walters and the late Hyman and
the late Mildred Cantor.
Contributions may be made to
Michigan Humane Society, Development
Department, 30300 Telegraph Road, Suite
220, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 or to a
charity of one's choice. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

his fiancee Heather
of Farmington Hills;
daughter, Audrey Wolfe;
dear grandson, Steve
Wolfe of Boynton Beach;
sister and brother in
law, Sandra and Arnold
Oleinick of Southfield;
Gutterman
brother, Dennis Green
of Farmington Hills; nieces and neph-
ews, Marcie and Kevin Goldstein, Jeffrey
Oleinick, Deborah and Jeremy Sheppe;
great-nieces and great-nephews; many
loving and caring other family members
and friends.
Mrs. Gutterman was the daughter of
the late David and the late Pearl Green.
Services Boynton Beach at Beth Israel
Memorial Chapel.
Contributions may be made to Hospice
of Palm Beach County 5300 East Avenue,
West Palm Beach, FL 33407, or a charity
of one's choice.

BARBARA GOODMAN, 77, of West
Bloomfield, died Nov. 2, 2009.
She is survived by her son, Mark
Goodman of West Bloomfield; grand-
children, Richelle and Warren Frankford,

Erik and Jamie Goodman, Shaun
Goodman, Austin Goodman; great-
grandchildren, Rebekah Goodman,
Ashlee Frankford.
Mrs. Goodman was the beloved wife of
the late Fred Seymour Goodman; loving
mother of the late Michael Goodman, the
late Brian Goodman; dear sister of the
late Irving Guist, the late Norman Guist.
Contributions may be made to
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor
Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA
01202 or JARC, 30301 Northwestern
Highway, Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park.
Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial
Chapel.

ESTELLE (GREEN) GUTTERMAN,
73, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of
Southfield, died Oct. 26, 2009.
She was a talented artist and sculptor
and a die-hard Michigan sports fan.
She is survived by her beloved hus-
band of 52 years, Fred; son, Steven and

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