Congratulations jews d in the continued from page 116 on 75 Years in Business! ROBERT SMITH Handyman revingrob@comcast.net PHONE: 248 787 6786 Fax: 248 681 0157 Repairs, Home Improvement Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry etc LET BOB DO IT letbobdoit.com CONGRATULATIONS TO DANNY RASKIN AND THE JEWISH NEWS ON 75 FABULOUS YEARS!! wine on Sabbath eve were encour- aged. Impressive High Holiday services were held featuring a mixed choir of 16 voices under the direction of Dan Frohman. Detroit’s Emma Schaver, the nationally known concert artist, also sang. Young Israel sponsored the Adult School of Jewish Education, which met on Monday evenings at Central High School, then moved to the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah building on Dexter. Temple Beth El instituted a monthly Sabbath morning service for children. A Sabbath eve service for confirmands and their parents began preceding confirmation. In August, Rabbi Herschel Lymon was appointed minister of religious edu- cation for Beth El. WAR NEWS Captain Ruben Iden survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, the three-year Marine Corps veteran dive bomber pilot was killed at Guadalcanal on Sept. 20, 1942, while on a photo recon- naissance mission. The 24-year-old Iden was one of the first — if not the first — Jewish Detroiter killed in action during World War II. In a New York Times Page 10 arti- cle on Nov. 25, 1942, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, chairman of the World Jewish Congress, said, “The State Department finally made available the document which confirmed the stories and rumors of Jewish extermination in all Hitler-ruled Europe.” Wise stated that sources confirmed about half of the esti- mated 4 million Jews in Nazi- occupied Europe had been slain in an extermination campaign. Rabbi Ernest Greenfield became the new spiritual leader of the First Hebrew Congregation of Delray. Rabbi Greenfield succeeded his brother, Rabbi Harry Greenfield, who had served the congregation for nine years and departed for Chicago to devote his efforts to defense work. When the new Rabbi Greenfield assumed the pulpit, the Delray congregation had 70 sons of members in the service and two WAACs. In December 1942, 67 doc- tors out of approximately 100 on the staff of the North End Clinic were serving in the armed forces. NOTABLE OBITUARIES 27815 Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-851-8222 ginopolis.com 118 July 18 • 2017 jn A year and a day after Pearl Harbor, Albert Kahn died. The famed architect had designed Temple Beth El’s first and second structures on Woodward and several other Detroit land- marks. Kahn, a member of Beth El, gave gener- ously to the Allied Albert Kahn Jewish Campaign but was far removed from any traditional observance in life and death. His body lay in state at the William R. Hamilton Co. chapel, and private services were held at the Kahn residence on Mack at John R. At the time of his death, Kahn, 73, had been married to Ernestine Krolik Kahn for 46 years. Two popular non-Jewish nation- al celebrities died in 1942. Actor, composer, dancer, entertainer, lyricist and producer George M. Cohan died at 64. Seventy-five years later, we still love some of his more than 300 published songs including, “Give My Regards to Broadway” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” In 1942, Clark Gable and Carol Lombard were considered Hollywood’s super couple. They also had a super marriage and considered themselves madly in love. They had fame and fortune and both agreed that they wanted a child to enhance their three-year marriage. The popular actress used her fame and personality to sell $2 million in defense bonds for the war effort in her hometown of Indianapolis. Gable’s best friend and agent, Otto Winkler, traveled with Lombard as did her mother. Both Winkler and the actress’s mother wanted to take the train back to Hollywood and not fly in winter weather. But Mrs. Gable was anx- ious to be embraced by the King of Hollywood, and the threesome got on a flight with 15 army pilots and three others. By the time Gable happily went to the airport to meet his wife, the plane had crashed in Nevada killing all on board. Carol Lombard was only 33 years old. • Public speaker Irwin Cohen was part of the Detroit Tigers front office in 1984 and earned a World Series ring. Cohen went on to author 10 books including the iconic “Echoes of Detroit’s Jewish Communities: A History.” He may be reached in his dugout at irdav@sbcglobal.net.