Rabbi Aaron M. Ashinsky was the guest of honor tonight at a public testimonial meeting at the Young Men’s and Women’s Hebrew Association, marking his fiftieth anniversary in the rabbinate and public service.
Judge William L. Lewis of Philadelphia and Rabbi Wolf Gold, national president of the Mizrachi Organization of America, were the principal speakers.
Rabbi Ashinsky founded the Pittsburgh Jewish Home for the Aged, created the Hebrew Free Loan Association and the Hebrew Free Burial Society.
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