The funeral of David N. Mosessohn, editor of the Jewish Tribune and executive chairman of the Associated Dress Industries of America, who died on Tuesday of arterio-sclerosis at the age of 48, will be held today, Thursday, from the West End Synagogue, with Rabbi Nathan Stern officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Mr. Mosessohn is survived by his mother, his wife and son, Boris, and his brother, Moses Dayyan Mosessohn, publisher of the Jewish Tribune and head of the Women’s Wear League. Born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia,, the son of Rabbi and Mrs. Nehemiah Mosessohn, he was brought to this country when he was five years old, the family settling in Portland, Oregon, where Rabbi Mosessohn was head of a congregation. In 1902, after receiving his law degree from the University of Oregon, Mr. Mosessohn began, together with his brother, the publication of the Jewish Tribune, which was later removed to New York. Upon the death of his father in 1926, David N. Mosessohn became the editor of the paper.
From 1908 to 1910, Mr. Mosessohn was deputy district attorney of Multnomah County, Oregon. In 1918 he came to New York where he participated in war drives. Here he organized the Associated Dress Industries of America which grew to a membership of more than 600. Last summer Mr. Mosessohn led the fight against the new Paris styles which prescribed longer skirts for women. Besides editing the Jewish Tribune, Mr. Mosessohn contributed articles on economic subjects to other publications. He was chancellor of the Council on American Jewish Student Affairs and a member of the American Jewish Historical Society.
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