Funeral services were held here today at the Yeshiva College for Rabbi Isaac Rubinstein, former Chief Rabbi of Vilna and a member of the Polish Senate, who died on Wednesday at the age of 65.
Rabbi Rubinstein was president of the Mizrachi Organization of Poland, a member of the administrative committee of the Jewish Agency, and a member of the executive committee of the World Jewish Congress. He came to the United States in 1941.
Rabbi Rubinstein was a member of the International Conference for Peace through Religion from 1929 through 1933 and of the Advisory Council on Refugee Affairs of the League of Nations. Both as a Senator and international statesman, he foutht for the defense of Jewish rights and international justice for minorities.
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