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Rabbi Murdered in Boston; Beaten and Robbed in Park

January 2, 1953
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Rabbi Jacob Zuber, 54-year-old assistant rabbi at Congregation Beth Hamidrash Hagodol in Roxbury, died here this morning from a beating suffered last night when he was robbed in a park near his home. The police are seeking his murderers. Rabbi Zuber came to this country five years ago from Sweden, where he lived for 17 years.

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