Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel, of Buffalo, has been called to West End Synagogue, New York, as assistant rabbi to Dr. Nathan Stern. Rabbi Schachtel, a son of the late Rev. Bernard Schachtel, who for seventeen years was cantor of Temple Beth El, Buffalo, was graduated several weeks ago from Hebrew Union College, where he won a prize essay contest with his essay on “Mendelssohn’s Apologia for Judaism”. He formerly served as rabbi in Danville, Ill. and
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