[1] Rose was named to the Municipal Court in Dorchester, Boston in 1936,[5][4] as a part-time "special justice" (a role that allowed him to continue practicing law).

[4] In 1961, while on the Superior Court bench, Rose issued a ruling that led to the preservation of Walden Pond.

[1] Rose was active in many community and civil rights organizations and held numerous positions with the New England Region of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL).

[1] In 1946, Rose recommended to Boston Attorney General to investigate anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish activities of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America.

[8] On behalf of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Rose testified before Congress in 1954 in support of a revision to the flawed "loyalty" proceedings that had been brought in preceding years, many of which lacked a basis.

[1] Rose died on April 29, 1995, at Imperial Point Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 89.