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obituaries

Obituaries from page 139

MAX LUMELSKY, 92,

Lumelsky

of Farmington Hills,
died Sept. 9, 2012.
Mr. Lumelsky
was the owner of
Wyandotte Custom
Drapery, a member of
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and a World War

II veteran.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years,
Trude Lumelsky; daughters and sons-
in-law, Joan and Dr. David Weinbaum
of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Rosalind and
Larry Nemer of Bloomfield Hills; grand-
children, Matthew and Dr. Bradley
Weinbaum, Drew and Danny Nemer;
many other family members, friends and
his weekly poker group.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375
Bell Road, Southfield, MI 48034, www.
shaareyzedek.org . Arrangement by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.

RUTH SCHNEYER, 94,

of West Bloomfield,
died Sept. 9, 2012.
She was very active
in the Women's
Auxiliary Aesculpian
Pharmaceutical
Association as well
Schneyer
as being a big annual
fundraiser for Northwest Child Rescue
Women.
Mrs. Schneyer is survived by her
daughters, Elaine Brickman of West
Bloomfield and Susan Matisoff of Palm
Desert, Calif; grandchildren, Renee and
Ron Jasgur, Neil and Stacy Brickman,
Michele and Howard Rubin, and Laura
and Richard Hodge; great-grandchildren,
Taylor, Jaclyn, Matthew, Rachel, Isabel,
Abigail, Danielle and Mia.
Mrs. Schneyer was the beloved wife
of the late Jack Schneyer; the cher-
ished mother-in-law of the late Murray
Brickman and the late Arthur Matisoff.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
a charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

LENORA STULBERG,

91, of West Bloomfield,
died Sept. 9, 2012.
She was a loving, giving,
caring and devoted wife,
mother, grandmother,
great-grandmother, daugh-
ter, sister, aunt and friend.
She is survived by
her children, Bev and David Kagan of East
Grand Rapids, Dr. Gerald and Suzy Stulberg
of Bloomfield Village, and Hanan and
Zehava Ben Yosef of Elon Moreh, Israel;
grandchildren Lisa and Mark Rapoport,
Jeff Kagan, Jason Stulberg and his fiancee,
Megan, Yair and Gili BenYosef, Tamar and
Yitzchak Rosenthal, David and Maytal
BenYosef, Naama and Yair Hadad, and Elisha
Ben Yosef; 12 great-grandchildren, Abby,
Ethan, Caleb, Itamar, Roni, Avishai, Tzuriyah,
Achiya, Maayan, Elnatan, Hillel and Hadas;
sister-in-law, Gertrude Rosen; many lov-
ing nieces and nephews, including Marilyn
Bustya; caregiver, Joan.
She was the beloved wife of the late
Dr. Joseph Stulberg; dear sister of the late
Marvin and the late Sherry Bayles; the
devoted daughter of the late Morris and

the late Dora Bayles.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit,
JCare Inc., 6710 W. Maple Road, West
Bloomfield, MI 48322, www.jslmi.org ; Jewish
Hospice & Chaplaincy Network, 6555 W
Maple, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, www.
jewishhospice.org; or a charity of one's choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

DIANE "COOKIE GREENFIELD"
WENZEL, 68, of Livonia, died Sept. 7, 2012.

She is survived by her devoted daugh-
ter, Lori (Anthony Carter) McParlane of
Plymouth; loving grandchildren, Lindsay,
Troy and Quinn McParlane; cherished broth-
er-in-law, Leonard Grodman; dear father-
in-law, Robert Wenzel; nieces, nephews and
dear friends.
Mrs. Wenzel was the beloved daughter of
the late Anne and the late Eugene Greenfield;
cherished sister of the late Judith Grodman;
daughter-in-law of the late Ethel Wenzel.
Interment was Adat Shalom Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made
to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements
by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

German Prejudice?

Circumcision ban shows Jew-hatred back in fashion.

W

hen a court in Cologne,
Germany ruled in June that
circumcision should hence-
forth be considered illegal, those who are
tasked with raising the alarm about signs
of anti-Semitism spoke out. But cooler
heads, including those who know Europe
well, told us not to worry so much.
However, when prosecutors were
petitioned to bring charges this week
against a rabbi in Bavaria for perform-
ing brit milah — the covenantal rite of
circumcision that is integral to Jewish
identity — it was widely taken as a sign
that this issue is not going away. Indeed,
with hospitals in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland now refusing to perform cir-
cumcision for fear of legal sanctions, it's

clear that this is just the begin-
sheer number of Muslims also
ning of what may be a long
works in their favor because,
hard fight with no assurance of
as is already the case in France,
a happy outcome for European
they have the potential to be a
Jews.
major political force.
It is true that the bris ban
The scattered remnant of
is a threat to Muslims as well
European Jewry has no such
as Jews, and optimists are
advantage. In the last genera-
cautioning horrified onlook-
tion, animus against the State
ers to see it as more a function
of Israel, often imported into
of intolerance of any minority
these
countries by Muslim
Jonathan
rather than a specific recur-
immigrants,
has given a veneer
Tobin
rence of anti-Semitism. But
of faux respectability to tradi-
JNS.org
Jews and Muslims are in very
tional
Jew-hatred now prac-
News Analysis
different situations in Europe
ticed by both intellectuals and
these days.
street toughs.
Prejudice against Islam has cropped
It is in that context of what the U.S.
up throughout Western Europe. But the
State Department has admitted is a "ris-

ing tide of anti-Semitism" that move-
ments to ban circumcision or kosher
slaughter in Europe must be understood.
What makes the circumcision ban
in Germany so upsetting is that it was
assumed that fear of awakening the
ghosts of the Nazis would keep anti-Sem-
ites in check there. Laws and a culture of
guilt about the legacy of past generations
have served to keep expressions of Jew
hatred on the margins of German society.
But with judges and doctors and others
openly attacking Judaism, it's apparent
Germans are increasingly undeterred by
such factors.
To her credit, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel has vowed that the
German parliament will pass legislation

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