The Assembly, lower house of the California legislature, organizing in Sacramento for its biennial session, honored a rabbi with appointment to the place of chaplain. He is Rabbi Norman M. Goldburg of Sacramento, Cal.
Funeral services will be held this morning at eleven o’clock at Temple Emanu-el for Jacob Leitner, prominent realtor and philanthropist, who succumbed at the age of sixty-four after an attack of influenza.
Mr. Leitner was particularly identified with the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies. Among his benefactions was a summer camp for poor children at Billings, New York, which he built and maintained. He also served as chairman of the Committee which endeavored to raise $1,500,000 for the Bronx Hospital. He was interested in two model housing projects for workers in the Bronx.
He is survived by his widow, a brother and two sisters.
The Assembly, lower house of the California legislature, organizing in Sacramento for its biennial session, honored a rabbi with appointment to the place of chaplain. He is Rabbi Norman M. Goldburg of Sacramento, Cal.
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