Joseph B. Perskie (July 20, 1885 – May 29, 1957) was an associate justice of the

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from 1933 to 1947. Perskie was born at the

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on July 20, 1885, the son of Lazar Perskie and Minnie (Levit) Perskie. He moved with his family to

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when he was 11 years old, and graduated from

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in 1904. He received his law degree in 1907 from the

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. He married Beatrice Maslansky on November 27, 1910. He is the father of David M. Perskie (1913-1969) and Marvin D. Perskie and grandfather of

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. He resided in Atlantic City and was interred at Beth Kehillah Cemetery in

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. The

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-Joseph B. Perskie Scholarship.

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