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During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
will study in memory of the following departed friends.
In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan.

14 Tishrei Sept. 27, 2015

Harry Alpiner
Seymour Gorman
Louis Radine
Manuel Rosenthal
Jennie Wasserman

Phillip Rossen
Morris Silverstein
Esther Rose Smith

17 Tishrei Sept. 30, 2015

15 Tishrei Sept. 28, 2015

Abraham Applebaum
Shhirley Gallison
Chana Gershman
Barnett Gittleman
Gertrude Hyams
Maureen Bernice Kleiman
Helen Klein
Julius Lefton
Laela Miriam Saulson
Esther Silverman

Leon N Cutler
Joseph Hess
Sadie Kaufman
Minnie Kideckel
Dora Strom Rothenhaus
Simon Shlom
William Solomon
Rose Weingarden

19 Tishrei Oct. 2, 2015

Henry Benach
Isadore Berkowitz
Tova Goldstein
Berko Iger
Robert Jonas
Ida Katzman
Harry Levin
David Levine
Bella Raim
Isadore Rolnitzky
Sol Stein
Richard Neal Wayne

18 Tishrei Oct. 1, 2015
Jack Blue-Bluestein
Dorothy Bodzin
Stanley Brawer

16 Tishrei Sept. 29, 2015

Elizabeth Brown
Julius Corman
David M. Edelman
Harold Kaplan
Allen Krakow
Harry Levine
Celia Margolis

Abraham Sender Lipson
Tania Saf ran
George Raymond Terebelo
Fannie Warsen
Sam Weintraub

Sadie Ettinger
Shirley Feldman
Jack Franks
Harry Nathan Goldman
Samuel Granitz
William Morris Isenberg
Samuel Kief
Tillie Koss
Sol Kwartowitz

20 Tishrei Oct. 3, 2015

Jack Beckwith
Sam Bielewitch
Harry A. Davidson
Benjamin Eizelman
Charles Rubel
Harry Wexler

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Obituaries

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Woman Of 1,000 Voices

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lizabeth Weiss, 90, of West
with books on Jewish history and the
Bloomfield, died Sept. 18,
Shoah, of which she was a lifelong
2015.
student. Mrs. Weiss directed and per-
She was born in Detroit in 1925, the
formed many of the recorded voices
first-born of Rebecca (Rifka) originally for the Kindertransport Quilt exhibit
of Nikolaev, Russian Empire, and
at the Holocaust Memorial Center. Her
Benjamin, originally of Springfield,
most recent stage role, at age 88, was
Mass.
in Yiddish as a grieving mother in the
From an early age, her immense
Michigan Opera Theatre production of
talents as a painter and actress were
the Shoah-era opera Brundibar, which
apparent. Majoring in commercial
was originally performed in Terezin
art at Detroit's Cass Technical High
concentration camp.
School, she used her
A lifelong member
skill in drawing to serve
of SAG and AFTRA,
as one of the youngest
Mrs. Weiss received the
draftswomen during
Lifetime Achievement
World War II, producing
Award from the Alliance
plans for fighter plane
for Women in Media
parts. While studying
and was inducted into
at Wayne State, she was
the Silver Circle of the
called to the stage and
National Academy
Elizabeth Weiss
appeared in a number of
of Television Arts &
c.1985
productions, including as
Sciences.
For her work on
Kate in The Taming of the
Shrew and Jocasta in Oedipus Rex. She behalf of Soviet Jewry and lifelong
earned her Equity card as an ingenue
dedication to Jewish culture and
while acting in summer stock theatre
causes, she was given Jewish Senior
in New York.
Life's Eight Over Eighty Award. Yet
While appearing as Gwendolen
her crowning glory was being the
Fairfax in The Importance of Being
matriarch of a large and devoted fam-
Earnest with the Actors' Company,
ily, being blessed with many children,
she and her director, Rubin Weiss,
grandchildren and great-grandchil-
fell in love. They married in 1949 at
dren, who will continue being inspired
Workmen's Circle in Detroit. Working
by her wisdom, wit and warmth.
together as radio pioneers, they were
Mrs. Weiss is survived by her
featured players in The Lone Ranger,
children, Leon Weiss and Katrina
Challenge of the Yukon and The Green
Chestuch, David and Vickie Weiss,
Hornet. Her vocal versatility (a news-
Debra and Dr. Gary Yashinsky, Mimi
paper profile dubbed her "the woman
and Jay Kalish, Jonathan and Debbie
of 1,000 voices") landed her countless
Weiss; grandchildren, Hayley and
commercials on radio and TV.
Geoffrey Schmidt, Adam Longstreet,
Together, Liz and Rube raised five
Emily Weiss, Molly Weiss, Natalya
loving children: Leon, David, Debra,
Weiss, Nicholas Weiss, Phoebe Weiss,
Mimi and Jonathan. Their home was
Gabriel Yashinsky, Joseph and Jackie
a gathering place for fellow actors and
Yashinsky, Samuel Yashinsky and his
artists, with Liz as the hostess and
fiancee, Alyssa Maiseloff, Michael
Yashinsky, Benjamin and Sara Kalish,
gourmet cook of legendary dinner
Samantha Allessandri, Jennifer
parties. Her children remember her
Kalish and her fiance, Evan Sherman,
approaching motherhood with the
same passion and creative energy that
Alexandra Weiss and Jacob Weiss;
she brought to her acting career.
great-grandchildren, Lucas and Ryder
Her love for the Jewish people
Alessandri, Parker Kalish, and Gavin
and Yiddishkeit was a pillar of her
Schmidt.
existence. She spoke a geshmak mam-
She was the loving sister of the
eloshn and led an Institute of Retired
late Robert Elkin and the late Joanne
Professionals Yiddish group at the
Kinney; the devoted daughter of the
Jewish Community Center for many
late Benjamin and the late Rebecca
Elkin.
years.
As a Yiddishist, she taught others
Interment was at Clover Hill Park
her beloved language and was active at Cemetery. Contributions may be
the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst,
made to the Yiddish Book Center,
Mass. At the Jewish Ensemble Theater,
1021 West St., Amherst, MA 01002,
she performed excerpts of Yiddish lit-
www.yiddishbookcentenorg; or
erature and poetry, some of which she
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
wrote herself for Reader's Theater, and Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills,
starred as the matchmaker in Crossing MI 48334, www.holocaustcenter.
org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Delancey.
Her personal library was filled
Chapel. ❑