The funeral of Mr. Joseph Cowen took place this morning at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery.
There was a large gathering of friends and colleagues, including the Haham Dr. Moses Gaster, Mr. Jacobus Kann, Dr. M. D. Eder, Dr. Feiwel, Mr. Leonard Stein, Mr. Harry Sacher, Colonel Josiah Wedgwood, M.P., Dr. M. Epstein, Managing Director of the Jewish Chronicle”, Mr. J. M. Rich, Editor of the “Jewish Chronicte”, Mr. W. Wolf, Manager of the “Jewish Colonial Trust, Mrs. Sieff, Mr. Leopold Schen, Rev. J. K. Goldbldom, Mrs. Grossman, Mr. Grossman being away in Roumania, and Dr. Lauterbach, Mr. Israel Cohen, Mr. Avadia, and Mr. Hodess, representing the Zionist Office.
Mr. Nahum Sokolov, the President of the Zionist World Organisation, and the Jewish Agency for Palestine, who is in America, sent a cable expressing mourning and sympathy at the death of his friend and colleague. Professor Selig Brodetsky was unable to get away from his duties at Leeds University, and was represented by Mr. Hodess, and Mr. B. Locker, member of the Executive, is on the Continent.
Kaddish was said by Mr. Harry Cowen, brother of the deceased.
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