Isidor Schifrin, an advertising executive and a former board member of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency who was active in national and local Jewish affairs, died here today after a long illness. He was 87. Services will be held Thursday in Indianapolis.
Schifrin was a vice-president of the Schindler-Howard Advertising Agency here for 50 years. He was a member of the board of directors of the JTA during the 1960s and served as its secretary for a time. He was a member of the national board of the American Association for Jewish Education and the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and an honorary vice-president of the National Jewish Welfare Board.
Born in Rochester, N.Y., Schifrin graduated from the University of Rochester and did postgraduate work at the University of Cincinnati and the Hebrew Union College here. He served as a chaplain with the armed forces during World War I and II. Locally, Schifrin was a member of Babbi Isaac Mayer Wise Temple and served as principal of its religious school and the Rockdale Temple.
He was a former president of the Jewish Community Center, the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Cultural and Arts Committee. He headed the local Israel Bonds drive and was a member of the boards of the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Cincinnati Community Hebrew Day School. Schifrin was active in the Boy Scout movement locally for 50 years and had been chairman of scouting for the National Jewish Welfare Board.
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