Isador Sobel Dead at 81; Among Founders of B’nai B’rith

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October 29, 1939

ERIE, Pa (Oct. 27)

Isador Sobel, one of the founders of B’nai B’rith, died yesterday at the age of 81. Sobel was one of the former honorary presidents of the National Association of Postmasters and was one of the original 50 members of the American Jewish Committee. A wife and three children survive him.

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