Rabbi Menachem Hager, national chairman of the Mizrachi Organization of Israel, died here this week-end. He was 65.
A native of Poland, Rabbi Hager also served as chairman of the Tel Aviv Chevra Kadisha, and had been Chief Rabbi of Sosnowice, Poland, before emigrating to Israel.
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