Dr. Ben-Zion Kauders. an international vice-president of B’nai B’rith since 1971 and leader of B’rith in Israel since 1959, was killed Monday in a taxi-truck collision near Haifa. Dr. Kauders, who was 66, resided in Haifa and operated a flour milling business.
Born in Hungary on May 27, 1907, he was a lawyer with a practice in Budapest. He was a leader of the Hungarian Jewish community during World War II and was later decorated by the Israeli government for his partisan activities. Dr. Kauders was a member of the Central Committee of the Zionist Organization in Hungary and came to Israel in 1945.
International B’nai B’rith president David M. Blumberg said today that Dr. Kauders was “an exemplary leader who was devoted to the maintenance of Jewish tradition and ideas.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
