Dr. Moses P. Jacobson, for twelve years rabbi of Beth Ha-Tephillah Temple, has announced he will retire from the ministry Sept. 1. He is seventy.
Before coming to Asheville Dr. Jacobson served for eighteen years as rabbi at Shreveport, La. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and of Hebrew Union College.
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