Isaac Friede, one of the pioneers of the Jewish settlement in Manchuria, died here today.
Friede was one of the contractors for the construction of the East Chinese Railway and of the Fortress of Port Arthur. He was very active in Jewish affairs in the Far East. Born in Grodno of a well-known Chassidic family, he was a grandson of Rabbi Chaim Hillel Fried of Grodno, a great grandson of Rabbi Chaim Volosziner.
The Harbin Jewish community has decided to establish a fund in his memory.
COMMUNICATION TO THE EDITOR
Sir:
Your article of February 5 on the subject of Jewish marriages in Mass, mentioned the possibility of marriages performed in the past being called into question. This would not be possible under Masslaw. The point is covered in Chapter 207, section 42 of the General Laws of Massachusetts (1921), which reads as follows:
A marriage solemnize by a person professing to be a fast ice of the pence having sorority to solemnize marriages, a minister of the gospel or a rabbi, shall not be void nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected by want of authority in such person or society or by omission or by informality in the manner of filling the ## or intention, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with a full brief of either of the persons married that they have been lawfully married.
Sincerely yours, Judish Issues Cambridge. Mass. Feb 23 1923
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