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STANLEY WILEN, 83,
of West Bloomfield, died
May 16, 2014.
He is survived by
his wife of 61 years,
Helen Wilen; sons and
daughters-in-law, Steven
Wilen of Bloomfield
Wilen
Hills, and Roger and
Julie Wilen of Chicago;
daughter and son-
in-law, Toni and Tom Babineau of West
Bloomfield; grandchildren, Adrian
Wilen, Samantha Babineau, Ethan Wilen,
Benjamin Wilen and Alex Wilen. He is
also survived by Tom's two older children,
Brooke Foguth and Brandi Freeman.
Mr. Wilen was the dear brother-in-law
of the late Arnold Karsch.
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Contributions may be made to
Alzheimer's Association, Greater Michigan
Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 100,
Southfield, MI 48033, www.alz.org; or
Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, 27355
John R, Suite 100, Madison Heights, MI
48077, www.seasons.org. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
Gary Becker, Economist Who
Won Nobel Prize, Dies At 83
(JTA) — Gary Becker, a Nobel Prize-
winning economist, has died.
Becker, who won the Nobel in eco-
nomic sciences in 1992, died May 3 in
Chicago. He was 83.
A professor of economics and sociol-
ogy at the University of Chicago, Becker
also received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom. He was known for applying
economic analysis to human behavior
and daily life.
His teacher and mentor was Milton
Friedman, also a University of Chicago
economist and fellow Nobel Prize winner.
Becker was best known for his work in
labor economics.
Sol Adler, Former Director
Of 92nd St. Y In New York
(JTA) — Sol Adler, the longtime execu-
tive director of New York's 92nd Street
Y who was fired after revelations that he
had a long-term affair with his assistant,
apparently hanged himself.
Adler's body was discovered by his wife
in their Brooklyn home on May 9, the
New York Post reported.
His suspected suicide came two weeks
after the 92Y announced that it had hired
Henry Timms, the Y's deputy executive
director, to succeed Adler. Timms had
served as interim director since Adler's
firing last July.
Adler was executive director of the Y
since 1988; he had started working there
in 1978.
He reportedly had an extramari-
tal affair with Catherine Marto, the
Manhattan Jewish cultural center's liaison
for board and donor relations.
Marto also was fired after the Y
deemed that she provided unsatisfactory
answers to an investigation of her son-
in-law, Sal Taddeo, a former Y employee
who allegedly received kickbacks from Y
vendors while working there.
74% Of French Jews
Mulling Emigration
(JTA) — Nearly three-quarters of thou-
sands of French Jews who participated in
a recent survey said they are considering
emigrating.
The survey, whose results were released
May 19 by Paris-based Siona organization
of Sephardic French Jews, encompassed
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3,833 respondents from the Jewish com-
munity of France, Siona said.
Of the 74.2 percent of respondents who
said they are considering leaving, 29.9
percent cited anti-Semitism.
Slightly more than half, or 57.5 per-
cent, of respondents, said "Jews have no
future in France while 30.6 percent said
there is a future for Jews there.
Asked whether they had personally
experienced anti-Semitic incidents in the
past two years, 14.5 percent replied in the
affirmative but of those, only 21.2 filed a
complaint with police.
Ninety-three percent said the French
state had no efficient means for counter-
ing "Islamic exclusionist and pro-Pales-
tinian propaganda: whereas 93.4 percent
said French mass media are partially
responsible for France's anti-Semitism
problem.
Roughly three-quarters said French
Jewish institutions were helpless to stop
anti-Semitism.
A similar number of respondents, 76.3
percent, said they were concerned by "the
attack on ritual slaughter and circumci-
sion," compared to 16.9 who said they
were not concerned.