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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.
10 Kislev Nov. 22, 2015
Pearl Aronoff
Alex Cohen
Maurice I Davis
Joseph Deutsch
Joseph Gorman
Paul Hoberman
Sam Horowitz
Lillian Levitin
Michael Nosanchuk
Pere! Schwartz
Rose Hannah Solomon
Isidore Sosnick
11 KislevNov. 23, 2015
Howard Stanley Bennett
Harry Brown
Rose Diskin
Arthur Engel
Albert Goldstone
Rabbi Shraga Faitel Kahana
David Katler
Charles Katz
Charles A. Komer
Fanny Langwald
Irving Rochman
Sol Ryback
Jeanette Schloss
Victor Seyburn
Frank Skolnik
Zinaida Solomakhina
Mary Stahl
12 Kislev Nov. 24, 2015
Channan Ben Shmuel
Samuel P Goldstein
Abe Gubin
Cypojra Cecile Gubin
Sanford Lloyd Ketchen
Janina Krajewska (Kohn)
Howard P. Liss
Arthur Moss
David Pinsker
Rebecca Rubin
Seymour Tilchin
13 Kislev Nov. 25, 2015
Jack Gold
Max Goldfinger
Sidney Gould
Morris H. Kaner
Mary Krass
Lena (Ginsberg) Lavine
Dorothy Mandell
Regina Neimark
Rebecca Rabinowitz
William Rothman
Jack Zalmanow
14 Kislev Nov. 26, 2015
Erwin Baker
Joyce Cohn
Julius Goldman
Moses Grossberg
Sheldon Isadore Hoenig
Samuel Hornung
Saul Kaplan
Bessie Knoppow
Mary Rebecca Levin
Max Lindenbaum
Sandor Solomon Shapiro
Rose Staub
15 KislevNov. 27, 2015
Solomon Abrams
Max Bernberg
Samuel Black
Sarah Frank
Alex Gottlieb
Lyman Harris
Mina Lis
Hyman Rudolph
Arthur E. Scherr
Ethel Weinberger
Max E. Wolf
Harold Braverman
16 KislevNov. 28, 2015
George M Brown
Lillian Chernick
Michael Feigelman
Freda Frazein
Beulah Gaylord
Leonard Lemberg
Melvyn Levin
Rachel Raimi
Marvin Rothman
Nathan Shiovitz
Sam Shtrom
Anna Zucker
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A Generous Soul
Ronelle Grier I Contributing Writer
collection and refused to call in a profes-
sional for a task he could do himself.
ack Shenkman was a successful
"Everything had a purpose, noth-
entrepreneur with a creative mind
ing was thrown out, everything could
and a staunch work ethic — and a
be fixed and everything had a place,"
benevolent philanthropist whose gener-
said Rabbi Chaim Bergstein, director
osity reflected his kind heart and Jewish
of Chabad-Lubavitch of Farmington
values. Jack Shenkman, who lived in
Hills, who officiated the funeral service
Farmington Hills with Miriam, his wife
along with Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov of
of 75 years, died Nov. 11,
The Shul in West Bloomfield
2015, at age 95.
and Rabbi E.B. "Bunny"
"There was no organi-
Freedman of the Jewish
zation he turned down;
Hospice and Chaplaincy
he quietly supported
Network.
so many organizations
Although he had no for-
without asking for name
mal higher education, Jack
recognition," said daugh-
loved learning and acquired
ter Elaine Beresh. "He
knowledge in a variety of
did big things, but he also
fields that included law, engi-
Jack Shenkm an
did a lot of little things
neering and medicine. Once
quietly:'
he established himself as a
While his company,
patriarch and a successful
Jack Shenkman Properties, was a fore-
businessman, Jack turned his energies to
runner in the commercial property
charitable causes, secular and Jewish.
management field, creating shopping
His philanthropy went far beyond
centers such as Livonia Mall and
financial support; he became person-
Harvard Row, the first enclosed mall in
ally involved with the organizations he
Southfield, Jack was a self-made man
supported, developing a course of action
from humble economic beginnings.
and making sure it was followed.
His father, Sam, came to the United
"Since I met Jack close to 40 years ago,
States on a steamship in 1913, leaving
I knew that one of the pillars of Jack's life
behind the Russian pogroms where the
was philanthropy" said Rabbi Freedman.
rest of his family had perished. With lit-
"I had the pleasure of knowing him inti-
tle money to start a business or a family,
mately, and I know that his values, com-
Sam and his wife, Minnie, had children
mitment and convictions were always
and opened a tire business, where young dedicated to the betterment of all klal
Jack helped out and learned as much as
Yisrael [the Jewish community]. To me,
he could.
he is a legend that will be sorely missed:'
Jack developed a passion for Judaism
The Shenkmans were avid supporters
and Israel at an early age and partici-
of the Chabad-Lubavitch organization
pated in an AZA youth group during
and shared a close personal relation-
high school.
ship with its Rebbe, the late Rabbi
Jack worked in an auto parts store
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, whom
and tried his hand at carpet cleaning,
they visited every year between Rosh
eventually buying a building insulation
Hashanah and Yom Kippur. They sup-
business before branching out into land
ported the Chabad House in Ann Arbor,
development and shopping centers.
one of Michigan's first Chabad establish-
When he was 20, he met and mar-
ments and later, the Jack and Miriam
ried Miriam, the love of his life, and the
Shenkman Building of The Shul in West
couple shared a 75-year marriage that
Bloomfield.
was an inspiration to everyone they
"He used every moment of his life for
knew. Together they traveled the world,
good, to fulfill his mission:' said Rabbi
spent winters in Florida, where they
Shemtov. "Tzedakah [charity] was part
became involved with the local Jewish
of his persona — what is the next char-
community, and nurtured a large and
ity; what else can I be involved with?"
ever-growing family that includes four
Jack also provided generous support
children, 23 grandchildren and 26 great- to the Yad Ezra kosher food pantry,
grandchildren.
the kosher food program at Jewish
"They lived a full, full life," said
Senior Life, Israel Bonds, the domestic
daughter Elaine. "They were very happy
violence prevention program of Jewish
together"
Family Service, the Jewish Theological
Jack was known as "Mr. Fix It"
Seminary and the Holocaust Memorial
because of his ability to fix almost any-
Center. He founded the Jack and
thing. He took pride in his extensive tool Miriam Shenkman JARC home in West