MORTON JACOBS, 86, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 3, 2002. He was an attorney, who was a 1940 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, a member of Kappa Nu fraternity, worked as a systems analyst for the Department of Defense and was an avid bridge player. Mr. Jacobs is survived by his wife, Gilberta Jacobs; sons and daughters-in-law, John and Gilda Jacobs of Huntington Woods, Charles and Hope Jacobs of Massachusetts; daughter, Elizabeth Jacobs of Southfield; grandchildren, Rachel Jacobs Allen and Michael Allen, Jessica Jacobs, Julia Jacobs and Emma Jacobs; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ronald and Joyce Rothstein. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 30600 Telegraph Road, Suite 2255, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 or the Anti-Defamation League, 6735 Telegraph Road, P.O. Box 2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-2030. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
DORIS LIPTON, 89, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 3, 2002. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Leonard Baron of West Bloomfield; sister and brother-in-law, Vi and Marty Jacob of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Linda (Steve) Weiss, Denise (Elliot) Parr, Jill (Ricky) Levy; great-grandchildren, Erica, Samantha, Jamie, Jeffrey, Emily and Nicole. She was the dear sister of the late Irving “English” Larky. Services and intermenty at the Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Jewish Home & Aging Services, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
RUTH SINGER, 82, of Southfield, died Oct. 3, 2002. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Mirilynn and Gene Zager of Farmington Hills, Thea and Dave Gray Singer of Washington; brothers, Harry Levin of Southfield, Isadore Levin of Florida; grandchildren, Amanda Berg, Erica Berg, Stacy and Joe Wiatrak, Kimberly and Mike Dunseith. Mrs. Singer was the beloved wife of the late Eli Singer. Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 18505 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48076. Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
AARON A. HYMAN, 83, of Farmington Hills, died Oct. 2, 2002. He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Dr. Chuck Domstein of Orchard Lake, Bette and Ron Rose of Farmington Hills; grandchildren, Eric Ross, Jennifer (Greg Acker) Ross, Lisa (Andy) Baran, David Epstein, Michelle (Captain Jason) Cooke, David Domstein, Sherry (Michael) Fox and Randy Domstein; great-grandchildren, Evan and Doron. He was the beloved husband of the late Esther Hyman. Interment was held at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 30600 Telegraph Road, Suite 2255, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
ROSALYN NICHAMIN, 88, of Carrboro, N.C., died Oct. 2, 2002. She was a member of Hadassah and the Judea Reform Congregation of Durham, N.C. Mrs. Nichamin is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, William and Ronna Nichamin, Dr. Henry and Liliana Nichamin of Illinois; grandchildren, Ingrid, Mindy and Carla Nichamin; sister, Betty Mendelsohn of Denver. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Samuel Julian Nichamin. Interment at Beth El Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
MINNIE RUZUMNA, 95, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 2, 2002. She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Edward and Shirley Ruzumna of West Bloomfield, Milton Roberts of Farmington Hills; brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Helga Schneider of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Ilene and Larry Lubell, Steven Ruzumna, Stacey and Andy Altman-Ohr, Pamela and Paul Schwartz; great-grandchild, Lane Lubell. Mrs. Ruzumna was the beloved wife of the late Oscar Ruzumna. Contributions may be made to Jewish National Fund or to a charity of one’s choice. Interment at Beth Tefilo Emanuel Cemetery. Arrangements by Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Walter Annenberg, 94, Philanthropist
Walter H. Annenberg, the billionaire founder of TV Guide, former ambassador to Great Britain and philanthropist who endowed two journalism schools died Oct. 1 at 94.
Mr. Annenberg gave generously to Jewish causes, including a $15 million gift to Operation Exodus in 1990 to bring Russian Jews to Israel. Over the years, he gave in excess of $30 million to the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Fortune magazine estimated his wealth to be about $4 billion.
An art connoisseur, he gave a collection of Impressionist and early modern masterpieces valued at $1 billion to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1991.
Mr. Annenberg was given ownership of the family’s publishing properties when his father, Moses Annenberg, died in 1942. Those properties included the Philadelphia Inquirer and two horse-racing publications. In 1953, he created TV Guide.
A favorite friend of Republican politicians and British royalty, Mr. Annenberg was appointed ambassador to England by President Richard Nixon in 1969. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan in 1986.
Mr. Annenberg is survived by his wife of 51 years, Leonore, three daughters, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
ESTHER AUSTER, 84, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 1, 2002. Prior to retirement 20 years ago, she was a Detroit public school teacher, taught at Yeshivat Akiva and was a teacher for unwed mothers. She also was a volunteer for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and William Beaumont Hospital. Mrs. Auster is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Miles and Diane Auster of West Bloomfield, Lawrence and Cookie Auster of Ohio, Robert and Tamara Auster; grandchildren, Shelly Auster and David Gross, Jennifer and Marc Taxay, Carrie and Gregg Hammerman, Brandon and Allison Auster, Martin and Jennifer Auster, Cheryl and Matthew Smagacz, Jamie Auster, Kayla Auster, Savannah and London Auster, Brittany Miller; great-grandchildren, Samuel Will Taxay, Zachary Smagacz; sister and brother-in-law, Gertrude and Irving Migdal of West Bloomfield; sister-in-law, Maxine Gregory. She was the beloved wife of the late William Auster; dear sister of the late Jack Gregory. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the American Diabetes Foundation or the Rose Cancer Center. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
LEON DREYLINGER, 87, formerly of Southfield, of Altos, Calif., died Oct. 1, 2002. He was a truck driver. He is survived by his daughters and son-in-law, Carol and Hal Toppel of Sunnyvale, Calif., Molly Waldman of La Jolla, Calif.; stepchildren, Barbara and Dick Rosenthal of West Bloomfield; grandchildren, Steven Waldman, Jason and Lynette Waldman, Brian and Nicole Toppel, Scott Waldman, Jeffrey and Sherry Rosenthal, Amy and David Finn, Scott Toppel; great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Taylor Toppel, Giana Waldman, Joseph Rosenthal and Ava Finn. He was the beloved husband of the late Sylvia Dreylinger. Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Institute, 11709 Morse Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1605, Attn: Development Dep’t.; Pathways Hospice Foundation, 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 104, mountain View, CA 94040 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
IDA GOLLMAN, 90, of Southfield, died Oct. 1, 2002. She is survived by her son, Ronald Gollman of Southfield; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Seymour and Isabel Vander of Farmington Hills. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Maurice Gollman; mother of the late Susan Weingarden and the late Linda Mayer. Graveside services were held at Adat Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
FREDERICK GREENHUT, 85, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 1, 2002. He was a member of B’nai B’rith Detroit Lodge, member of Congregation B’nai Moshe Synagogue and a former sales representative for Randolph Surgical Supplies. Mr. Greenhut is survived by his beloved wife, Lillian Greenhut; sons and daughters-in-law, Kerry and Elaine Greenhut of West Bloomfield, Dr. Saul (Nancy Cronk) Greenhut of Aurora, Colo.; daughter, Dr. Janet Greenhut of Ann Arbor; grandchildren, David Greenhut and fiancée, Dana Hoffman, Rebecca Greenhut and fiancé, Steve Blaharski, Adam, Jonathan and Jordan Greenhut, Ariela and Nathaniel Gittlen. Interment at Oakview Cemetery in Royal Oak. Contributions may be made to Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile, Berkley, MI 48072 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
FREDERICK GREENHUT, 85, of West Bloomfield, died Oct. 1, 2002. He is survived by his beloved wife, Lillian Greenhut; sons and daughters-in-law, Kerry and Elaine Greenhut of West Bloomfield, Dr. Saul Greenhut and Nancy Cronk of Aurora, Colo.; daughter, Dr. Janet Greenhut of Ann Arbor; grandchildren, David Greenhut and fiancée, Dana Hoffman, Rebecca Greenhut and fiancé, Steve Blaharski, Adam Greenhut, Jonathan Greenhut, Jordan Greenhut, Ariela Gittlen and Nathaniel Gittlen. Interment at Oakview Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; Yad Ezra, 2850 W. 11 Mile Road, Berkley, MI 48072 or to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.
CARL POTICHA, 77. he was a distinguished and honored veteran of World War II and an ex-POW, having been captured and held in Germany for six months until liberated by the Russians. Mr. Poticha is survived by his beloved wife, Revera Bradley; children, Sabra “Chicki” and Jerry Dulkin of West Bloomfield, Rabbi Janise Poticha; grandchildren, Sara and Danny Dulkin; sister, Allene Lawrence; brother, Paul Poticha. A memorial service will be held at the Dulkin home, 2831 Baltane Road, West Bloomfield at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. Contributions may be made to Magen David Adom or the Ex-POW National Headquarters, 3201 E. Pioneer Parkway, Arlington, Texas 76010-5396.
In Memoriam
Deborah Jo Myrow Perlman
1951 - 2002
Dear God, please look after our beloved Debbie.
Welcome her in peace into your arms.
As her psalms have comforted many,
So help us to work through our grief.
Let Debbie’s strength make us strong
And let us honor her memory by our own deeds.
Please introduce her to the original psalmist, David,
As we remember her psalms and her words.
Her personal courage and the way she loved her family
Inspire us all to praise You and the works of Your hands.
Let Debbie’s words continue to help and guide us all,
And let her memory live forever in our hearts.
MSL - November 29, 2002
24 Kislev 5763
Original psalm from HealingPsalm.com
Debbie Perlman, whose health struggles led to her career as “America’s only full-time psalmist,” died Nov. 29 from the lingering after-effects of cancer treatment.
Mrs. Perlman, 51, was a weekly contributor to Jewish Renaissance Media’s Web site Jewish.com and many of her psalms of healing and inspiration can be read there.
Since 1996, Mrs. Perlman was resident psalmist at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston, Ill. There, she wrote psalms of comfort and hope for congregants in need as well as words of joy in celebration of their milestones and simchot. Her book Flames to Heaven, New Psalms for Healing & Praise (Rad Publishers; $14), published in 1998, contains 160 songs of celebration, healing and questioning.
“I feel that when I write, the words are not mine alone, but somehow have Divine guidance,” she said.
“Many times it has been ‘too easy’; the words have been poured into me. They wake me and sing in my dreams. I feel humbled and honored by people who tell me they pray with my words, who point out a favorite psalm that is part of their daily affirmations.
“I don’t think I’m the next, or the only, but merely another in the line of psalmists who have found and continue to find songs to sing to God,” she said.
A month before she died, Mrs. Perlman was buoyed by hope that a new medication would alleviate her pulmonary hypertension. In one her final psalms, she wrote:
The intricacies of illness confront me,
Treatment consequences engender change;
My existence proves Your vigilance, Holy One,
You do not abandon me to despair.
You knew me when my body danced,
When my breath sustained constant song;
I have mourned these losses, I can smile at memory,
I still delineate my future.
You gentle me to adjustments,
A different bit between my teeth;
My struggles cease as You calm me to acceptance,
You give me rein to choose another gait.
There is luck in challenges, a mazel, a star,
Illumination formed of broken fragments;
You help me piece them in new constellations,
You light the purpose of my survival.
Mrs. Perlman is survived by her husband, Dr. Reid Perlman; and daughter and son-in-law, Eve-Gerri and Mario Pagliarulo.
Contributions in her memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice or to the Debbie Perlman Memorial Fund at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue, 1224 Dempster St., Evanston, IL 60202.
HARRY ARONOVITZ, 86, of Pompano Beach, Fla., died Dec. 1, 2002. He was the owner of Domestic Outfitters, a retail furniture business. He was also a member of B’nai B’rith, volunteer for Meals on Wheels and a 20-year volunteer for Hadassah’s Resale Shop. Mr. Aronovitz is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Marvin and Adria Aronovitz of West Bloomfield, Dr. Leonard and Eleanor Aronovitz of Bloomfield Hills; grandchildren, Dr. Daniel and Joanne Aronovitz, Dr. James and Mindy Aronovitz, Marjorie and Marc Katz, Dana Aronovitz, Elyse and Dr. Brian Aronovitz; great-grandchildren, Sara, Benjamin, Anna, Jordan, Sydney and Anthony Aronovitz, Henry and Oliver Katz, Zoe and Ruby Kolender; sisters, Mary Barbas of Oak Park, Esther Brodsky of Clarkston; sister-in-law, Sarah Berman. For 62 years, he was the beloved husband of the late Sophie Aronovitz. Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.
