…JANUARY 12 • 2022 | 55 S tewart Albert Newblatt, 95, of Clarkston, died peacefully with family around him on Dec. 27, 2022, four days after his birthday. He lived a life filled to the brim with love, family, friendship, fun, adventure, accomplishment and service. The love of his life was Flora, to whom he was married for 58 years. Stewart was born on Dec. 23, 1927, in Detroit to Fanny and Robert Newblatt. His mother had immi...…
…56 | JANUARY 12 • 2022 OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY I t is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their mother, Harriet B. Rotter, on Dec. 23, 2022, eight months after the death of their father, Dr. Norman “Norm” Rotter. Born in Detroit on Sept. 19, 1939, Harriet was the eldest of four children of immigrant parents from Lithuania and Poland. During her childhood, she looked out for her younger siblings and...…
…JANUARY 12 • 2022 | 57 continued from page 54 afforded by democracy in the United States and the value of a quality public education while attending Fairbanks Elementary and Cooley High in the Detroit Public School System. Taught by his father, John gravitated to math and accounting, earning a degree from Wayne State University, and then joining the federal government. For more than 40 years, John worked for various federal ag...…
…OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY 58 | JANUARY 12 • 2022 Sydney, Ariana and Olivia; of Aileen Hollander and her children, Max, Ruthie and Sam; of Robin Isquith and her children, Zachary and Rachel; of Hillary and Michael Cerchia, Irena Lerman, Karen Baach and Adele Zum. She is also survived by her children, Robin and Aaron Bobkin, and Mark Lyons; grandchildren, Jason Bobkin, Justin Lyons, Ethan Lyons, and Ashley and Ben Milgram; g...…
…JANUARY 12 • 2022 | 59 DONNA PEARLMAN, 78, of Huntington Woods, died Jan. 3, 2023. She is survived by her daughters and son-in- law, Jodie and Peter Berkman, and Emily Green; son and daughter-in-law, Joshua and Beth Pearlman; grandchildren, Nicole, Caroline and Bradley Berkman, Jack and Carly Pearlman, and Daisy Green; sisters and brothers, Lauren Weingarden, Dayle and Jay Prinstein, Sheldon and Judy Klein, and Janice and Mark...…
…6 | JANUARY 12 • 2023 1942 - 2023 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: De...…
…60 | JANUARY 12 • 2022 and Sanford (Budd) Schaefer. Contributions may be made to Temple Shir Shalom, 3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323, shirshalom.org; JARC, 6735 Telegraph, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, jarc.org; or Forgotten Harvest, 15000 Eight Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. ADELLE C. SEARS, 94, of West Bloomfield, died on Dec. 29, 2022. She was born in 1928. Sh...…
…JANUARY 12 • 2022 | 61 Simpser, Leonardo (Yanine) Simpser, Tammy, Joanna, Randy and Micha; devoted brother of the late Benjamin Shwedel (Ann, Betty), Charles Shwedel (Onny), Norman Shwedel (Zelda), Harold Smith, Fred Smith, Leo Shwedel (Thelma), Sylvia Schlesinger (Andy), Frances Nanes (Burt); 20 adoring great-grandchildren; special friends, Muriel Myers, Jan and Larry Freedman, Lynette Blumenthal, Jorge Szauer, Estaban Szauer....…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at www.djnfoundation.org 62 | JANUARY 12 • 2023 Jews and Boxing O ver the years, our JN sports reporter, Steve Stein, has written a number of articles about boxing. Last year, he penned several items about boxing matches promoted by Dmitriy Salita, who is a rare person in the modern era: an Orthodox Jewish boxing promoter. From 2001-2013, ...…
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