Max Rudensky, assistant secretary of the Jewish National Fund of America, died yesterday while en route to deliver a lecture at Ellenville, N.Y. He was 63. Born in Russia, he came to the United States in 1920 and has been associated with the JNF for 35 years. He was also a lecturer and essayist and contributed to English, Yiddish and Hebrew publications.
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