Election of Dr. Isadore Breslau, of Washington, D.C., as president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency took place here during the weekend, it was announced today.
Dr. Breslau, who is president of the Washington Jewish Community Council, has been active in Jewish affairs for many years and was an intimate associate of the late Justice Louis D. Brandeis in the Zionist movement.
Dr. Breslau served as a chaplain in the United States Army in both World Wars and was the first Jewish chaplain to enter Berlin in 1945. A graduate of New York University, Albany Law School and the Jewish Institute of Religion, Dr. Breslau formerly occupied pulpits in New York, Waterbury, Conn., and other cities. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of the United Jewish Appeal and has been chairman of the Allocating Committee of the American Fund for Israel Institutions.
Dr. Breslau’s election follows the reorganization of the J.T.A. as a public trust earlier this year. With the new Board of Directors now in formation, he will direct the expansion of the J.T.A.’s world-wide news coverage and the development of a complete news coverage of the American Jewish scene.
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