Funeral services for Rabbi Pincus Minkowsky, who died in Boston Saturday at the age of 67 years, were held here Sunday morning. Rabbi Minkowsky was regarded a foremost Jewish scholar and had been most active in the proposed establishment of a seminary for cantors. He was on his second visit to this country, having come to America 37 years ago, when he officiated at the Eldridge Street Synagogue for about a year, returning to Moscow, where hr remained until the revolution.
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