Funeral services were held here yesterday for Leon Aronovitz, one of the founders of Temple Emanuel 45 years ago and a founder of Yeshiva University’s Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Aronovitz died last Saturday at the age of 87.
A life-long resident of Newton, Aronovitz was a retired pharmacist and a 32’d Degree Mason. He was the father of Robert Arnow, former president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and presently chairman of its Executive Committee.
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