Esther Leah Ritz, a female pioneer in the Jewish organizational world, died last Friday in Milwaukee at age 85. A president of Milwaukee’s Jewish federation from 1978-1981, Ritz also served as vice president of the Council of Jewish Federations and as a board member of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
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