Hundreds of persons attended funeral services today for Dr. Henry Sliosberg, attorney and defender of Jewish rights in Russia before the Bolshevist revolution, who died Tuesday.
Dr. Julien Weil, Chief Rabbi of Paris, and Dr. Eisenstadt, former Chief Rabbi of St. Petersburg, Russia, officiated at the services. Among the speakers were Prof. H.A. Damard of the French Academy and Paul Miliukov, former Russian Foreign Minister.
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