Funeral services were held Monday for Beverly Minkoff, the immediate past president of Women’s American ORT and a vice president of the World ORT Union. She died Sunday after a long illness. She was 60 years old.
Minkoff joined American Women’s ORT in the early 1950’s and became president of the Long Island region in 1965. In 1967 she was named to the national executive committee of the organization and from 1979 through 1983 she served as its national president.
A native of New York, Minkoff was a graduate of Ohio University where she earned a B.S. in education. Her undergraduate work and interest in world history led to her initial interest in the ORT programs.
During her long career in the Jewish community, Minkoff was vice chairperson of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, a member of the Board of Trustees of Bramson ORT Technical Institute, an executive committee member of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, immediate past president of the Leadership Conference of Major Jewish Women’s Organizations, and the Women’s American ORT delegate to Non-Governmental Operations of the United Nations.
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