Gary Rubin, a senior official with the UJA-Federation of New York and a veteran Jewish communal professional, died Monday. Rubin, 53, died of a heart attack. “We have lost a colleague with unique gifts — his intellectual rigor, his vast experience in the Jewish community, his deep abiding commitment to Jewish life,” said the executive vice president of the New York federation, John Ruskay.
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