Justice Jacob Panken of Domestic Relations Court retired from the bench this week–end upon the completion of his second ten-year term as a Domestic Relations judge. The 76-year-old jurist also served a ten-year term as Municipal Court justice.
Judge Panken was a pioneer in the Jewish labor and socialist movement in this country, together with such well-known figures as the late Abe Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. He helped organize the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the leather goods workers union. He was active in Jewish relief work after World War I and helped found the American ORT Federation.
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