Leaders of national and local Jewish organizations today mourned the death of Sol Satinsky, national figure in American Jewish communal life, who died at Hahnemann Hospital here last Friday. He was 66 years old.
A well-known philanthropist, Mr. Satinsky has been a member of the national cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal, and one-time president of the Allied Jewish Appeal in Philadelphia, where he resided. He was also vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee and chairman of its national council. He was one of the founders and leaders of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and a member of the board of United Hias Service.
Mr. Satinsky was a member of the national executive of the American Jewish Committee, member of its board of governors and chairman of its budget committee. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, acting president of Dropsie College, and board member of the Albert Einstein Medical Center. He had been president of the Jewish Publication Society and chairman of the American Jewish History Center. He had visited Israel a number of times as a member of the United Jewish Appeal study missions.
Born in Philadelphia, he was one of the outstanding Jewish personalities who took active part also in numerous general civic, cultural and philanthropic causes and was one of the generous contributors. A message of condolence from the American Jewish Committee, signed by president Morris B. Abram and Dr. John Slawson, executive vice-president, emphasized that “the broadness of his commitment to the welfare of mankind was marked by his participation and leadership in manifold communal activities, Jewish and general.”
A message of condolence was also received from the JDC, signed by Louis Broido. and Charles P. Jordan, chairman and executive vice-chairman, respectively, who stressed Mr. Satinsky’s tireless work to bring chief to needy Jews overseas. The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, in a message signed by Lewis H. Wein-stein, president, and Philip Bernstein, executive director, emphasized the “countless responsibilities” which he carried out in American Jewish communal life. Murray Gurfein, president of the United Hias Service, stressed his “tireless work in behalf of migrants and refugees.”
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