Dr. Benjamin B. Rosenberg, executive vice-president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, died yesterday at Beth Israel Hospital in Brookline. He was 65 years old. Services will be held tomorrow at Temple Israel in Boston. Dr. Rosenberg, who had served since 1960 as the chief executive officer of the CJP, recently announced plans to retire in the fall.
Before coming to Boston, he served six years as executive director of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and was previously director of field services for the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds in New York City. From 1941-44 he was assistant director of the New Jersey Federation of YM-YWHA’s and from 1944-47 executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Dayton, Ohio.
Born in Hungary, he grew up in Cleveland. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio State University from which he also received a master’s degree. He also received a degree in social work from the Columbia University School of Social Work and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He had been on the faculties of the University of Dayton, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins, and Brandeis University.
Dr. Rosenberg was president of the Massachusetts Conference on Social Welfare, vice-president of the National Conference of Communal Service. He was a member of the State Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare and the boards of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, the American Association for Jewish Education and the Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Work at Brandeis University.
The World Zionist Executive in Jerusalem has established an annual $5000 prize named for the veteran American Zionist leader, Emanuel Neumann, whose 80th birthday was Friday. Neumann is still remembered with admiration in Israel particularly for his efforts during the political struggle in 1947 and 1948 for the State’s establishment. The prize will go to the best treatise on a theme connected with relations between Israel and the diaspora.
West Germany has agreed to grant Egypt DM 60 million in credits, it was announced in Bonn. The agreement is expected to be signed by the Egyptian Deputy Economics Minister in Sept. in Bonn.
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