Rabbi Joseph Rauch, a founder of the World Union of Liberal Judaism and spiritual leader in this city in the last 44 years, died yesterday. He was 76. Rabbi Rauch was also active in public affairs, including the causes of penal reform and interracial and interreligious understanding.
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