Rabbi Jacob Rubenstein former spiritual head of Congregation Ansche Sfard is dead here. He was 66 years old and a native of Russia. Two years ago he retired from the pulpit following years of service with the local synagogue and a congregation at Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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