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Berl Botwinik, Jewish Writer, Dies in New York; Funeral Today

August 31, 1945
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Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Berl Botwinik, Jewish writer and columnist for the Jewish Daily Forward since 1914, who died yesterday at Beth Israel Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was 60 years old.

Mr. Botwinik was born in Russia and came to the United States in 1905. He was the author of several plays and of a book of short stories. He was one of the founders of the Jewish Writers Club and the Jewish Playwrights League.

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