The Jewish communities of North Hudson and Hoboken are uniting to give a banquet in honor of Rabbi Chayim Hirschensohn’s eightieth birthday. The function will be held at the North Hudson Jewish Community Center on Sunday evening, April 7. Rabbi Hirschensohn has been the spiritual head of the orthodox Jewish communities of Ho#oken and Union City for the last thirty years.
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