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sisters-in-law and brothers-
in-law, Ceil Cicural, June
Rubenstein, and Bryan Levy
and Diana Trivax.
Mr. Shy was the dear
brother-in-law of the late Sol
Cicural and the late Seymour
Rubenstein.
Interment was at Hebrew
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be made
to Forgotten Harvest, 21800
Greenfield Road, Oak Park,
MI 48237, forgottenhar-
vest.org, St. Jude Children’
s
Research Hospital, 501 St.
Jude Place, Memphis, TN
38105, stjude.org,; or to
a charity of one’
s choice.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.
ROBERT
“BOBBY”
WOLOK, 54, of
Oak Park, died
Sept. 24, 2020.
He is survived
by his brother, Mark Wolok;
sister, Lori (Wolok) Charlton;
nieces and nephews, Jake,
Shelby and Harlow Wolok,
Logan and Sydnee Charlton;
many other loving family
members and friends.
Mr. Wolok was the beloved
son of the late Sanford and the
late Harriet Wolok.
Contributions may be made
to Jewish Family Service
or the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit.
Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
Remembering Singer
Helen Reddy
SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Following shortly after the death
of Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, we have news
of the loss of another
woman dedicated to
women’
s rights. Singer-
lyricist Helen Reddy,
known for belting out
the words she wrote for
“I Am Woman” in the
1970s, died Sept. 29,
2020, in Los Angeles.
She was 78.
During an interview with
Reddy in 1999, I learned about
her conversion to Judaism as
she married for the second time
and the way she learned that
her maternal grandmother had
been Jewish.
Reddy learned of her her-
itage during conversations
with a maternal aunt, who had
always lived in a distant city.
The aunt recalled how Reddy’
s
grandmother would light the
Shabbat candles and travel
quite a distance to buy kosher
meat. Because the grand-
mother’
s in-laws were
Scottish Presbyterians,
the woman hid her Jewish
practices.
During the JN inter-
view, Reddy said, “I think
spirituality is more about
what’
s in your heart and
how you treat people than
whether you’
re keeping two sets
of dishes.”
It could seem a twist of
fate that this Grammy Award
winner, credited by some as
writing the words to what has
been called the women’
s lib-
eration anthem, moved ahead
mirroring the strength shown
by her maternal Grammy, who
privately held on to Jewish tra-
ditions.
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