Cantor Harry Halperin, of Shomro Hazrith, who has served his synagogue for the past sixteen years, was reelected to serve the congregation for another two years.
Cantor Halperin, one of the city’s leading religious leaders and the oldest in point of years in service, came to Reading in December, 1919, and served ever since.
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