Thousands of onlookers lined the streets of Manchester today as the funeral cortege of Nathan Laski, British Jewish leader and industrialist, wound through the streets to the Manchester Jewish cemetery. Leaders in British Jewry and many high officials attended the services in the Great Synagogue here. Obituaries in the British press stress Laski’s Jewish humanitarian activities and the contributions he made to the industrial development of Manchester.
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