Judith Cantor

Judith Levin Cantor, 93, died on July 26, 2022. A 4th-generation Detroiter, granddaughter of Rabbi Judah Leib Levin and daughter of Lillian Keidan Levin and Professor Samuel M. Levin, she was married 71 years to Bernard Cantor. She taught us to live with strength and fire, the importance of family, community, and roots, and about being a Jewish woman. She passed on her love of travel, adventure, and learning. Teacher, entrepreneur, archivist, exhibit curator, and editor. Author of Jews in Michigan: Discovering the Peoples of Michigan; recipient of many honors including the "First Lady of Michigan" award by the State of Michigan, the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan's Leonard N. Simons History Award, the Eight Over Eighty Award from Jewish Senior Life of Metro Detroit, and the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. She will live on through the beautiful community and family she created for us all: Bernard; Children: Glenn (Inge Eriks), Cliff (Pauline), Jim (Susan), Mark (Karen), and Ellen, who predeceased her in 2013; Grandchildren: Lani (Stig Vatland), Alida (Travis Pritchard), Clara (Juliette Larmier), Dan (Anna), Emma (Josiah Brown), Tilly (Tadd Pearson), Lauren, Brian, Erica; Great-grandchildren: Lily, Kai, Arthur, Leo, Luca, Max, Aya; and mentor and honorary mother to many more. A service will be held on Sunday, July 31, 1 p.m., at the Ira Kaufman Chapel, in Southfield MI, followed by burial in Clover Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, MI. A video link will be available. Remembrances may be sent to the American Technion Society to support mental health telemedicine for Technion students, 55 E 59th St, Fl 13, New York, NY 10022 or to the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, 33228 W 12 Mile Rd #349, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Arrangements by The Ira Kaufman Chapel, 248-569-0020, IraKaufman.com