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Oldest Jew in Palestine Dead at 117

November 3, 1938
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Believed to be the oldest Jew in the Holy Land, Meir Dickstein died today at the age of 117. He was, at 76, the oldest delegate to attend the first World Zionist Congress at Basle in 1897.

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