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HARRY
TUCHKLAPER, 99, of
Aventura, Fla., and
Southfield, died Sept.
25, 2016.
He was owner of
Harry Custom Tailor
and Clothier in Oak
Tuchklaper
Park, for more than 35
years, a tailor to many
in the community. He
was also a member
of B’nai B’rith Albert
Einstein Lodge, Shaarit
Haplaytah and the
Radomer Mutual Society
of Detroit.
Mr. Tuchklaper is
survived by his wife of 70 years, Sally
Tuchklaper; children, Esther Tuchklaper,
Dr. Allen Tuchklaper, Marvin (Susan)
Tuchklaper; cherished grandchildren, Dr.
Scott (Cindy) Tuchklaper, Allie (Joseph)
Asmann, Danny Tuchklaper, Jeffrey
Tuchklaper (fiancee Stacey Masterbaum),
Zachary Tuchklaper; great-grandchildren,
Sklyar and Braydon Tuchklaper, Ilana and

Logan Asmann, and Aydan Tuchklaper;
sister-in-law, Eva Pomerance Kostow;
many loving nieces, nephews and other
family members and friends.
He was the beloved son of the late Sarah
and the late Abraham Tuchklaper; lov-
ing brother to eight brothers and sisters
who perished with his parents in the
Holocaust. He was brother-in-law to Bacia
and Ignac Birenbaum, the late Baruch
Pomerance, the late Harry Kostow; uncle
to the late Albert Birenbaum.
Contributions may be made to
Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI
48334; Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 W.
Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322;
or to a charity of one’s choice. Interment
was at Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery–
Radomer Section. Arrangements by
Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

Israel Mourns A Founder

Times of Israel

F

ormer Israeli President and Prime
Minister Shimon Peres died Sept.
28 at age 93, two weeks after
suffering a major stroke. His passing
was practically the only issue in Israel’s
Hebrew-language newspapers on Sept.
30, the day of his funeral.
Peres, the last of Israel’s founding
fathers, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl
cemetery in Jerusalem at a ceremony
attended by dignitaries from at least 70
countries, among them President Barack
Obama, former President Bill Clinton,
Britain’s Prince Charles and regional
statesmen such as Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper had a
somber photo of Bill Clinton paying his
respects to Peres, his longtime friend,
as his body lie in state at the Knesset
on Sept. 29. The paper also featured a
touching eulogy by Peres’ granddaughter
Mika Almog.

Israel Hayom stressed the number of
world leaders who chose to attend the
funeral. It dedicated two pages to Abbas’
decision to take part, while chiding
Arab-Israeli Knesset members for failing
to participate in the official ceremony.
Israel Hayom’s Dror Eydar wrote about
the lessons he drew from Peres, from
showing respect to political adversaries
to standing up for your principles no
matter how many people object.
Haaretz’s contributors offered a wide
range of opinions, with some admiring
and some criticizing. Former British
Prime Minister and Quartet head Tony
Blair wrote Peres had the gift of persis-
tence and never gave up on his dreams
and hopes: “Throughout his whole life,
he believed with all the optimism inher-
ent to him that his vision for Israel and
the world, a vision full of compassion,
creative and connected to every level of
culture, creed and race, would become a
reality.”

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For more on Shimon Peres, see pages 28-32.

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