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Dr. Joshua Trachtenberg, Leader of Reform Jewry, Dead; Funeral Today

September 16, 1959
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Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Dr. Joshua Trachtenberg, spiritual leader since 1953 of Temple Emeth, Teaneck and national leader of Reform Judaism who died yesterday of a heart attack at his synagogue office at the age of 55. He was the author of several books.

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