Helen Babin, 94

FALL RIVER, MASS. – Helen Babin passed away Feb. 18.  She was the wife of the late Rabbi Moshe Babin.  She was born in New York, N.Y., the daughter of the late Murray and Lillian (Plottel) Klein.

Helen graduated from Hunter College in New York, N.Y., in 1941. She was a teacher in the Fall River Public Schools and later was the executive director of the Fall River United Jewish Appeal.

She is survived by her daughters Nehama Babin, Dena Levine and her husband Stuart, and Miriam Babin; grandchildren Abigail, Rebecca and Nathaniel Levine, Daniel Rosenthal and his wife Elizabeth Shaw, and Sarah Rosenthal and her fiancé Erik Laby; and great-granddaughter Emma Rosenthal-Shaw.

Contributions in her memory may be made to The Jewish Theological Seminary Development Office, Box 62, 3080 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10027 or www.jtsa.edu.