Nationally known as a leader in the Mizrachi Movement in America, which he helped found, Rabbi M. Ashinsky, 60-year-old Pittsburgh spiritual leader and former Chief Rabbi of Detroit, arrived in Seattle to confer with local Mizrachi leaders and raise funds for the Orthodox Zionist organization. It is his first visit to the Pacific Coast.
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