Rabbi Leon J. Risikoff has been engaged as leader of the Congregation Talmud Torah Aitz Chaim in Brooklyn by unanimous vote of the members at a recent meeting. Rabbi Risikoff was leader of the Congregation Ohev Sholem of Williamsburg from 1925 to 1930. He has been active in many Jewish national and local organizations, being president of the Jewish Recreation Home Society, a director of the Brooklyn Jewish Volunteer Relief Committee and organizer of the Free Kosher Kitchen.
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