Papers of Judge Jacob J. Kaplan

              Eulogy Delivered at  the Funeral Service of Judge Jacob J.  Kaplan
by Rabbi  Israel J.  Kazis  at Temple Mishkan Tefila,  August 10,  I960.
This  is a  sad  day in the history of our community.
We have gathered to pay our final  tribute  to  one  of Boston's
leading citizens  and finest  sons*     Whatever words we  might
utter today would prove  Inadequate  to  render a  fair appraisal
of  the  noble  character and distinguished service of  this
remarkable  human being.
There  are  some  men whose presence  makes  other men
feel secure.     Their very being  inspires  confidence  in the
hearts  of others,,     When such men pass  away,  we feel  that
pillars of strength have been taken from us.     Such a  man was
Jacob Kaplan.     The presence here   today of  so many friends
representing so  many aspects  of American  life  —  law,  business,   industry,   religion,   community and civic  life,  education,
the  arts  and sciences,   hospitals and a  host of others  —-
serves  as  eloquent  testimony to  Jacob Kaplan's wide  range  of
interests,   the  broad areas of  his  service and his  amazing
capacity for  leaderships   hard work and singular devotion.
It la  also a  moving manifestation of the  affection,  admiration and respect which he  had won in the  hearts of his  fellow-
men.     His  life  touched the  lives  of countless  men and women
and his  wisdom influenced the  course  of affairs  and events
In many quarters.
Jacob Kaplan was  a  man of  slight physical frame
but  he possessed a personality of  towering dimensions
Intellectually,  spiritually and morally.     Humble,  abhorring
pretense and shunning publicity,   he walked  the  earth with