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Mention that you saw them in the JN! Visit JNonline.us 78 April 26 • 2012 iN Obituaries from page 77 Toby Lerner Rose Lipson Jennie-Kogen Singer Estell Wainer Eva Wainer Leslie Yesner Marsha York Marie Zarkin Send a tribute in memory of a loved one — Visit www.DetroitYeshiva.org/JNtributes. , • obituaries Obituaries ink Kogan recalled when Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut spoke at Jonathan's ordination: "He was so proud to bless his son:' t the memorial service for Their respect was mutual, Kogan Rabbi Jonathan Victor Plaut, said, noting his friend "honored held April 22 at Cong. Beth his parents in every way he could:' El in Windsor, Rabbi Jeffrey Ableser including editing a book of essays, remembered the Reform synagogue's Through the Sound of Many Voices: former spiritual leader (1970-1984) Writings Contributed on the Occasion as being "larger than life," with a of the 70th Birthday of W. Gunther "big voice and a laugh that filled the Plaut. He also edited the Plaut family room:' history by his late mother, Elizabeth. Rabbi Plaut, 69, of Farmington An energetic leader and fundraiser, Hills, a teacher, communal leader and Rabbi Plaut received author of The Jews of Windsor Jewry's high- Windsor, 1790-1990, est communal honor A Historical Chronicle, in 1985, becoming the died April 17, 2012. Jewish National Fund Diagnosed with the Negev Dinner honoree. progressive brain dis- He headed the city's ease ALS (Amyotrophic Jewish National Fund lateral sclerosis), the and State of Israel Bonds rabbi succumbed to and was president of pneumonia following the Windsor Jewish gall bladder surgery. Rabbi Jonat han Plaut Federation. Carol Plaut, the Carol Plaut said losing rabbi's widow, and a a childhood friend to polio shaped longtime friend Rabbi Barry Kogan her husband's lifelong compassion for of Hebrew Union College-Jewish people. Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in "He knew early on what was impor- Cincinnati, also delivered eulogies for tant in life she said. As a pulpit rabbi, Rabbi Plaut, who started in 2000 as she said, he was "unusual, in terms of spiritual leader at Temple Beth Israel today, in how he cared about congre- in Jackson, his final post. He also was gants" — once sitting in a hospital rabbi at Temple Emanuel in San Jose, on erev Yom Kippur with the son of a Calif., and Congegation Beth El in family friend having surgery. Traverse City. "Jonathan was a very non-typical A graveside service for Rabbi Plaut rabbi:' Kogan agreed. took place April 19 in the memo- Rabbi Plaut is survived by his rial park of Toronto's Holy Blossom wife of 47 years, Carol Plaut; son Temple. Its spiritual leader was the and daughter-in-law, Daniel Plaut rabbi's late father, Rabbi W. Gunther and Amy Cohen of Florida; daughter Plaut, a visionary leader/scholar for the Reform movement. Jonathan Plaut and son-in-law, Deborah and David Elias of Farmington Hills; grandsons, never lived in Toronto, but met Carol, his Canadian-born future wife, during Steven and Jeffrey Elias; sister, Judith Plaut of Ontario, Canada; sister-in-law a college break visit to Holy Blossom. and brother-in-law, Betty Fain and Born Oct. 7, 1942, in Chicago, Dr. Stephen Miller; and nephews and Jonathan Plaut graduated from nieces, Marc and Melissa Sternfield, Macalester College in St. Paul, where his family moved in 1948. His rabbin- Robin and David Elowe and their children. ical ordination in 1970 was at HUC- Rabbi Plaut was the devoted son of JIR, where he also earned his Doctor the late Rabbi W. Gunther and the late of Hebrew Letters degree (1977) and Elizabeth Strauss Plaut. honorary Doctor of Divinity degree Contributions may be directed to (1995). In 2009, the rabbi received Congregation Beth El, Rabbi Jonathan a Doctor of Laws degree from Assumption University, affiliated with Plaut Fund, 2525 Mark Ave., Windsor, ON N9E2T8 (www.bethelwindsor. University of Windsor. com/donate) or Temple Beth Israel, Rabbi Plaut worked as an adjunct professor in several cities. In Windsor, Rabbi Jonathan Plaut Fund, 801 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson, MI 40202 he hosted a long-running weekly (www.tbijackson.org). Arrangements religious news program on CBET-TV by the Ira Kaufman Chapel. Cl television and CKWW radio.