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RUTH SOOD ZACK,
90, of West
Bloomfield, died
Aug. 12, 2017.
She was a school
librarian in Detroit
and Livonia. She had
a passion for reading
Zack
and was a longtime
member of book
discussion groups
at the Farmington
and West Bloomfield public libraries.
She was a life member of Hadassah
and the National Council of Jewish
Women. Her volunteer activities
included Meals on Wheels and the
Brandeis University Book Sale.
Mrs. Zack is survived by her hus-
band of 68 years, Albert Zack; son
and daughter-in-law, Dr. Paul and
Judith Zack of Okemos; daughters
and sons-in-law, Cynthia Zack and
Alfred Mirakovits of Grand Blanc,
Suzanne Zack and Thomas Bell of
Grand Rapids; grandchildren, David
Zack, Steven and Theresa Zack, Sarah
Sullivan and Mark Bowden, Lisa and
Eric Lopata, Joshua Bell and Jennifer
Bell; great-grand-children, Paige and

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Evangeline Zack; many loving neph-
ews and nieces as well as other family
members. Mrs. Zack is also survived
by her brother-in-law, Edward Zack
of Tampa.
She was the cherished mother of
the late Michelle Linda Zack.
Interment was held at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions may be
made to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

ADRIEN ZUBRIN, 67, of Washington,
D.C., died July 30, 2017.
She is survived by her brother, Peter
Zubrin (the late Mary Luz Zubrin)
of West Bloomfield; nieces, Melanie
Zubrin (Corrie Grelle) and Michelle
Laverty (Corby); great-nephews,
Hayden Mathias, Evan Grelle, Brady
and Mason Laverty; many cousins
and friends in Michigan, Washington,
D.C., and elsewhere.
Mrs. Zubrin was the loving daugh-
ter of the late Audrey and the late
David Zubrin.
Funeral arrangements by Sagel
Bloomfield Funeral Care, Rockville,
Md.

Jewish Leaders
Urge Trump
To Condemn
Charlottesville
White Supremacists

(JNS.org)

Jewish leaders and an Israeli government
minister urged the Trump administration
to condemn the violence and use of Nazi
symbols by white supremacists during a
violent rally Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
Israel’s Education Minister Naftali
Bennett was the first Israeli politician to
condemn the rally, where a 32-year-old
woman was killed and 19 were injured
when Ohio resident James Alex Fields Jr.,
20, rammed his vehicle into a crowd of
counter-protesters.
“Flags and symbols that go unobstruct-
ed in the United States not only harm the
Jewish community and other minorities,
but humiliate the millions of American
soldiers who paid with their lives to pro-
tect the U.S. and the entire world from
the Nazis,” Bennett said Sunday. “It is on
the leaders of the U.S. to condemn and
denounce manifestations of anti-Semitism
that we have seen in recent days.”
Following the violence in Charlottesville,
President Trump denounced “hatred, big-
otry and violence on many sides,” but was

ABOVE: White supremacist protesters hold tiki
torches in Charlottesville, Va.

criticized for omitting an explicit condem-
nation of the white supremacist groups.
“The vile presence and rhetoric of the
neo-Nazis who marched this weekend in
Charlottesville is a reminder of the ever-
present need for people of good will to
stand strong, to speak loudly against
hate,” said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president
of the Union for Reform Judaism.
“There is no place in our democratic
society for such violence and intoler-
ance,” World Jewish Congress President
Ronald Lauder said.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, Anti-
Defamation League CEO, said, “There is
no rationalizing white supremacy and
no room for this vile bigotry. It is un-
American and it needs to be condemned
without hesitation.”
On Monday, Trump ordered the
Justice Department to open a civil rights
investigation into the incident. He also
specifically called the perpetrators
“white supremacists” and “neo-Nazis,”
saying “justice will be delivered.” •