Sir Leon Levison, the first president of the International Hebrew Christian Alliance died here yesterday. He was 55 years old.
The son of the late Rabbi Nahum Levison of Safed, Palestine, he was converted to Christianity. Sir Leon was a prominent relief worker, playing a prominent part in the raising of $1,000,000 for Russian and Palestinian Jews.
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