L. J. Greenberg Cremated

The remains of the late Leopold Jacob Greenberg, for 25 years editor of the “Jewish Chronicle”, were cremated this afternoon at Golders Green Crematorium. There was a big gathering of colleagues and friends, including Mr. Nahum Sokolov, President of the Jewish Agency, Mr. Joseph Cowen, Mr. Leopold Kessler, and Dr. M. Epstein, members of the Board of Directors of the “Jewish Chronicle”; Mr. Morris Dupare, Secretary of the Anglo-Jewish Association, and the oldest member of the “Jewish Chronicle” staff; Mr. Morris Myer, editor of the “Jewish Times”, Mr. Maurice Myers, Mr. J. Hodess, editor of the “New Judea”, Mr. Meer Grossman, and Mr. J. Leftwich, editor, and Mr. A. Puniansky, manager, representing the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

The Rev. Vivian Simmons, Minister of the West London Synagogue for British Jews (Reform), officiated.

The “Jewish Chronicle” was, and is, the greatest Jewish paper in the world, Rev. Simmons said in the course of his address, and the “Jewish Chronicle” was Leopold Greenberg. Anglo-Jewry will find it very difficult to replace him. His successor will follow a man who had created a dominant position for himself by his unflinching honesty and the consistency of his views. He antagonised many people by his uncompromising fidelity to his principles, above all, in regard to Zionism, which was his dearest ideal. But even those who did not see eye to eye with him in these questions recognised his absolute sincerity. He was a man of great ability and of tremendous energy and pertinacity and he devoted it all to the causes that lay nearest to his heart, not always only Jewish causes that lay nearest to his heart, not always only Jewish causes. He had a great sweep of affairs and he had a powerful pen.

Mr. Simmons went on to allude to the personal qualities of Mr. Greenberg, mentioning the fact that he was a cultured musician, and dwelling on his private generosities, his gift of friendship and his amazing will power and vitality, his courage and his sense of duty. His sense of duty was so great, he said, that in the last years of his life, when he was suffering agonies from his illness, he would not rest but went on with indomitable courage, week after week, attending to all the duties that went to make up the “Jewish Chronicle”. He stood by his post till the end, fighting for his cause, and for the Palestine that was so dear to him, where by his wish, his ashes will now lie, and where his restless soul will at last find its rest.