obituaries Obituaries from page 145 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 THANK YOU FOR HELPING PRESERVE DETROIT JEWISH HISTORY Once again, the Detroit Jewish Community rose to the occasion as volunteers joined The Ira Kaufman Chapel in a day of service to care for and preserve Detroit's historic B'nai David Cemetery. To help keep the effort going, donate to the fund established for ongoing care and maintenance. Checks can be made out to "JFMD-Friends of B'nai David Cemetery," and sent to: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 THE IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL 18325 W. Nine Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075 248.569.0020 • IraKaufman.com 146 May 22 • 2014 Obituaries 0 0 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.