Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Max Leff, member of the law firm of Drechsler and Leff, at 225 Fifth Avenue, and prominent in Jewish affairs in Brooklyn. Mr. Leff, who was forty-five years old, died suddenly last Wednesday night of a heart attack while visiting a friend.
Mr. Leff was head of the Eastern Parkway Zionist District, Brooklyn; a member of the board of directors of the Brooklyn Jewish Center and the Hebrew Education Society and a member of the national executive committee of the Zionist Organization of America.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Tillie Leff, and two children, Roslyn and Annette Leff.
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