Hundreds of messages of condolence and sympathy were received yesterday by the members of the family of Dr. Max J. Kohler, outstanding jurist, author and champion of Jewish rights, who died suddenly Tuesday in the Adirondacks, as they planned for his burial, which will be held today.
Edgar J. Kohler, who was at his brother’s bedside when he died, announced yesterday at his home that Dr. Samuel H. Golden-son, rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, 1 East Sixty-fifth street, will officiate at both the funeral services and the interment today. The funeral services will be held in the Beth-El Chapel in the Temple, and the burial will be at Beth-El Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Dr. Goldenson will begin the services at 11 a. m.
BODY BROUGHT HERE
The |body of Dr. Kohler was brought from Long Lake, N. Y., a summer resort in the Adirondacks, Tuesday by his sister, Miss Lili Kohler, and his brother, Edgar, to the Universal Chapel, 597 Lexington avenue.
The family announced that no honorary pall bearers will be named, and that leading representatives of American Jewry and communal life expected to attend the services and the funeral.
Dr. Kohler, who had been on a vacation at Long Lake since July 8, became ill on Monday, but his physicians believed he was on the road to recovery. On Tuesday he succumbed suddenly to an attack of angina pectoris.
MANY COMMENTS
Many leading American Jews expressed yesterday their regrets upon hearing of Dr. Kohler’s death.
Bernard G. Richards, chairman of the Jewish Council of Greater New York: “The sudden death of Max J. Kohler removes from our midst a citizen of unusual public spirit and a communal worker of rare devotion to the common good. The son of a great man, an eminent Hebrew scholar, he won distinction in his own right and his high attainments in several fields including the law, public policy, social welfare and tasks of relief, made him invaluable to the leadership of various organization with which he was closely identified. To the struggle against the threat to civilization offered by the Nazis, he made many valuable contributions.”
James N. Rosenberg, prominent lawyer and writer: “The death of Dr. Kohler, a distinguished son of a distinguished father, is an irreparable loss not only to the Jews in this country but also to the entire American citizenry. His intensive interest in his work, no doubt, brought about his illness and death.”
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