Rabbi Samuel H. Gordon, rabbi of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, Long Island and a member of the staff of the National Jewish Welfare Board, died last week at the age of 69. Rabbi Gordon was general secretary of the World Federation of YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers from 1947-1951. During his five years of service with the JWB he was a JWB-USO representative in California and the Panama Canal zone and director of the JWB’s service in Europe.
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