IRENE WEISS, 86, of
Flint, died Sept. 22, 2011.
She is survived by
her son and daughter-
in-law, Dr. Mark and Dr.
Susan Weiss of Flint;
daughter and son-in-law,
Angela and Meshulam
Irene Weiss
Gill of Riverdale, N.Y.;
grandchildren, David
Weiss, Miriam Weiss,
Jonathan Weiss, Hannah
Weiss, Daniel Gill and
fiancée, Erica Kershner,
Jennifer Gill; sister-in-
law, Miriam Abraham;
many loving nieces and
nephews.
Mrs. Weiss was the beloved wife for 49
years of the late Alexander Weiss; loving
sister and sister-in-law of the late Hershel
and the late Chaia Abraham, the late
Shimon Abraham, the late Barry and the
late Raiza Abraham.
Contributions may be made to the Ryan
Rosman Angel Award Fund, c/o Hillel
MSU, 360 Charles, East Lansing, MI 48823.
Interment was held at Oakview Cemetery
in Royal Oak. Arrangements by Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.

MICHAEL M. ZAGER,
63, of Waterford, died
Sept. 24, 2011.
He is survived by his
son, Bradley Zager of
Los Angeles; daughter
and son-in-law, Laurie
and Adam Herz of Los
Zager
Angeles; fiancée, Kim
Max; her children, David
and Brandon; sister and brother-in-law,
Marcia and Samuel Bell of Farmington
Hills; grandson, Ben Herz.
Mr. Zager was the brother of the late
Allan J. Zager.
Contributions may be made to a charity
of one's choice. Interment was held at the
Adat Shalom Memorial Park in Livonia.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

Correction
• The obituary for Rose Weinstein (Sept. 8)
should have included her grandchildren,
Mitchell and Celia Gendloff. She was the
grandmother of the late Jerry Gendloff.

N.Y. Judge Sidney Asch

Alan D. Abbey
JTA

S

idney H. Asch, whose career as
a New York state assemblyman
and later judge was marked by
rulings and efforts to extend the rights
of gays and protect consumers, died in
North Carolina on Sept. 1, 2011, at 92.
As a state appellate judge in 1985,
Asch wrote the decision upholding a rul-
ing by then-New York Mayor Edward I.
Koch that banned private agencies doing
business with the city from discrimi-
nating against homosexuals, including
church-run groups.
"Where sexual proclivity does not
relate to job function, it seems clearly
unconstitutional to penalize an individ-
ual in one of the most imperative of life's
endeavors, the right to earn one's daily
bread," Asch wrote.
But his 1975 ruling overturning an
antiquated law that kept beauty salons

from cutting
men's hair, even
though bar-
bers could cut
women's "may
have affected
the broadest
spectrum of the
population —
among the city's
long-haired,
Judge Sidney Asch
style-conscious
men, at least:'
Asch, who wrote eight books of schol-
arly and public interest, also was known
for a witty turn of phrase from the
bench when the occasion permitted.
In 1968 Asch issued the first ruling
supporting a state law allowing jilted
lovers to sue to get back their engage-
ment rings. "When the burning blue
white flames of romance died out all that
was left was the blue-white diamond:' he
wrote. ❑

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