Reply To: Chazanus and the Bronx

Benepahraim: I davened many times at the YI of Pelham Parkway (when it was on Lydig Avenue) and R’ Rubin was the Rav of the shul (which at the time may have been one of the largest frum shuls in the Bronx). However, I don’t recall their having a FT chazan every Shabbos. I do recall that R’ Rubin was very well connected politically both in NYC and Albany and he was appointed as the first official “Statewide Rav Hamachshir” in the Department of Agiculture with a staff of “Kosher Policemen” after NYS became the first state to enact strict “truth in labeling” laws regarding Kashruth. Less known were his multiple efforts to undertake special missions overseas on behalf of government agencies to assist yidden worldwide.