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Jacob Fishman Buried in Palestine; U.S. Zionist Leader Died at Basle Congress

January 20, 1947
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Jacob Fishman, American Zionist leader and editorial columnist of the Jewish Morning Journal, who died in Basle while attending the World Zionist Congress, was buried today on the Mount of Olives. A representative of the American consulate, leaders of the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council and delegates of the Jewish Journalists Association attended the burial services. Mr. Fishman’s body arrived in Tel Aviv yesterday from Switzerland.

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