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Page 6 Till: SOUTHERN ISRAELITE January 31, 1^75
Teacher, Scholar, Yeshiva U. Rep.,
Rabbi N.H. Frankel Dies at 74
This perceptive com
munication bv the dynamic
principal of Hebrew
Academy in Atlanta catches
a son’s rare tribute to his
father. It is reproduced in
full, relating so eloquently to
the saga of modern Jewry
and the leaders who pace our
history.
— THE EDITOR
* * *
Dear Editor:
Just ten days ago my father, the
late Rabbi N. H. Frankel, passed
away in Tel Aviv after a brief ill
ness and was laid to rest, per his
request, at Har HaMenuchot in
Jerusalem.
His death, at the age of 74,
brought to an end an illustrious
career of public service which, I
believe, deserves public recogni
tion via your fine newspaper.
My father was born in Galicia
and was direct descendant of the
Ropshiizer Rebbe whose name he
proudly bore. His father, my late
grandfather, was a major figure in
the Hassidic movement in Poland.
He insisted, however, that all his
children receive a rich Judaic as
well as a secular education. At an
early age, my late father was sent
to Frankfurt, Germany, to com
plete his rabbinic training at the
Yeshiva of Dr Breuer, from where
he also received his ordination.
When Hitler ascended to power
my father decided that the time
had come to move his wife and the
two children to Palestine. His
foresight of events to come saved
many members of our family who
might have otherwise chosen to re
main in Germany.
In Israel, my late father devoted
his energies towards the establish
ment of schools and Yeshivot. In
1939 he was sent to the United
States on a fund-raising mission.
When W orld W ar II broke out my
father was unable to return to the
Holy Land He then began to
enlist the efforts of HIAS in ob
taining visas for my mother, my
brother Dr. Yaakov Frankel,
chairman of the Department of
Psychology at Bar llan University;
my sister who is the fifth genera
tion in my family to be born in
Eretz Israel and now serves as
guidance counselor in the day
school movement in New York,
and myself. As a matter of record,
we were on the high seas when the
Normandy invasion occurred.
My father was appointed field
director of Yeshiva University in
the early 40's and worked for this
great instituion of learning more
than a third of his entire life time.
His greatest joy was to enable
deserving students, who were
financially experiencing hardships-,
to attend Yeshiva University.
There must be today several hun
dred rabbis in the United States
and Canada who completed their
studies because of my late father's
assistance.
In 1968, my father retired from
Yeshiva University and he and my
mother returned to Israel. He was
appointed research director of the
rabbinic library of Tel Aviv, a
position for which he received no
remuneration. At the behest of the
Tel Aviv Rabbinate he did re
search work dealing with Halachic
questions of contemporary
nature i.e., the question of
Who is a Jew?, the problem with
Russian conversions, status ot
women and children whose
husbands and fathers are missing
in action, status of women and
children whose husbands' and
fathers' whereabouts are not clear
ly known (example: Israeli 1 sub
marine Daquar which has dis
appeared without any trace). More
recently,, he began to undertake
research work on the status of
married soldiers who might have
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Moultrie’s Friedlander
Dies at 83
MOULTRIE — Louis
Friedlander, 83, a pioneer in south
Georgia department store develop
ment and widely known for his
community leadership, died Tues-
da\. Jan. 28.
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Baltimore clothing factory, and
came to south Georgia at 16 as a
walking peddler with a pack on his
back.
At first he worked out of Pavo,
Gu., then opened a small store in
Moultrie in 1909, building it into a
large department store. He had
seven other stores in Georgia and
Florida, including Columbus,
Thomasville. Douglas, Valdosta
and Daytona Beach. Fla.
An original organizer of
Moultrie National Bank and
Moultrie Federal Savings and
l oan Co., Mr Friedlander also
was & major real estate developer.
He served as a charter member
of a number of civic enterprises,
and was a state director lor 20
years of the Society for the Preven
tion of Blindness,
His wife. Esther Pearlman
Friedlander. died early in 1974.
Services were held Wednesday,
Jan. 29, at the faintly residence,
with burial in Pinecrest Memorial
Gardens,
Survivors include his sons. Irwin
I ricdlnndcr of Columbus. Malvin
I riedlander ol Daytona Beach,
Herman Friedlander. Richard
Friedlander. Malt Friedlander and
Jack I ricdf.inder. all of Moultrie,
and brothel. Harrs Friedlander of
I ake Wales, I la
been made impotent. His re
search information was made
available to rabbis and to scho
lars who utilized these data for
the purpose of resolving pro
blems or guiding the religious
courts in the proper dispensation
of cases before them.
As a result of my father’s urg
ing, my brother and I attended and
graduated from the Teacher’s
Institute of Yeshiva University.
Jay, my son, is now attending
Yeshiva University and in a real
sense, is the third generation of
Frankels to attend this great Torah
institution.
Above all else, however, my
parents' greatest joy was in open
ing up their home to the needy. I
can seldom recall visiting my
parents’ home without finding a
number of guests who were invited
to spend the Shabbat with them.
My parents were in Atlanta six
years ago to attend the Bar Mitzva
of our son, Jay, their oldest grand
son. This summer, two more
grandsons are due to become Bar
Mitzva. He eagerly looked
forward to attending them and
presenting them, as is the tradition
in our family, with Tephillin from
Jerusalem. The good Lord,
however, had other plans. He
needed him more than we, the
earthly mortals. As my late father
always taught us, you must always
subdue your own desires to the will
of G-d above. Sadly and lovingly,
we once again accept this heavenly
decree.
— EPHRIAM FRANKEL
Dr. Clarence Meyer
Dr. Clarence Meyer, 66, of
Atlanta died Friday, Jan. 10.
Graveside services were held
Sunday, Jan. 12, at Crest Lawn
Cemetery with Rabbi Alvin Sugar-
man officiating.
Dr. Meyer was a member of the
Temple and a member of the Alee
Shrine Temple in Savannah. He
served in the Army medical Corps
in World War II, and he was an
optometrist for forty years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Marian F. Meyer; daughter, Mrs.
Gayle M. Coolick of Atlanta;
sister, Mrs. Bernice M. Fein of
Chicago.
Mrs. Bessie Dunn
Mrs Bessie Dunn, 79, of Atlan
ta died Friday, Jan 24
Graveside services were held in
Greenwood Cemetery Sunday,
Jan. 26, with Rabbi David H.
Auerbach and Cantor Isaac Good-
friend officiating.
Mrs. Dunn, born in Poland, was
the widow of Hyman Dunn.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs Shirley Reisman of Atlanta;
son, David Dunn of Dublin, Ga..
ten grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Bernard SaUberg
(iraveside services for Bernard
Salzberg, 69, of Virginia Beach,
Va., were held Sunday, Jan. 26, at
Crest Lawn.
Mr Salzberg, a mortgage
broker formerly of Atlanta, died
Thursday, Jan. 23.
He attended the University of
Chicago and the University of
Illinois and was a past national of
ficer of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Henrietta Miron;
daughter. Mrs Ronald Goldstein
of Atlanta; son. Steve Salzberg of
Chicago and sister. Mrs 1 call
Schlapik of Chicago
Jacob Goldfarb
Funeral for Jacob Goldfarb. 92.
of Miami Beach, was held Sunday,
Jan 26. at Riverside Chapel in
Brookkn. N 3 . with burial in
Rudolf V. Kohn Dies;
Had Bar Mitzva at 91
Rudolf V. Kohn, who decided to
become Bar Mitzva last summer,
78 years after the usual age of 13,
died Saturday, Jan. 18. He was 91
years old.
Mr. Kohn, a retired clock
manufacturer, had requested that
his body be donated to Emory
University Medical School for the
benefit of another person or
science. He had stipulated that no
funeral service be held.
Mr Kohn was born in Vienna
and came to this country when he
was about 17 years old. He had liv
ed in Cedarhurst, L I , N Y. for
many years and later in
Washington before coming to
Atlanta. He was a fine untrained
musician and came from a musical
family.
Although the grandson of a rab
bi and a descendent of Salomon
Kohn, noted German-language
novelist from Prague and strictly
observant Jew, Rudolf Kohn had
never been Bar Mitzva. His interest
in Jewish rituals and traditions
heightened during his residence at
the Jewish Home, Kohn decided
last year that he wanted to have
the ceremony which took place at
the Jewish Home Chapel.
Cedar Park Cemetery, Westwood.
N.J.
Goldfarb, a retired baker, died
Friday, Jan. 24. He was a master
baker in Austria, and owned
bakeries in New York and Tampa.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Hilda Lincer of Atlanta; sons. Dr.
George Goldfarb of Buffalo, N.Y.,
and Hary Goldfarb of Great Neck,
N. J.; a brother, Sam Goldfarb of
Miami Beach; and 10
grandchildren.
Arnold Doniger
Arnold Nelson Doniger, 81, of
Savannah, died Saturday, Jan. 11.
He was born in New York City
where he was a retired manufac
turers representative. He lived in
Savannah for the past six months.
He was a World W ar I veteran
and a member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars
Surviving are a daughter. Mrs.
John Leffler of Savannah; a son.
Jack L. Doniger of Merrick, N.Y.;
a sister, Mrs. Hyman Weiden-
baum of Lauder Hill, Fla.; a
brother. Alexander Doniger of
New York City; five grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
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