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Moishe Dickstein, Writer and Jewish Leader, Dies in Canada

February 28, 1956
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Moishe Dickstein, one of the most active figures in Canadian Jewish life and a leader in the Labor Zionist movement, died here yesterday after a brief illness at the age of 65. A native of Poland where he established a reputation as a journalist, Dickstein migrated to Canada before the first World War. In addition to his Zionist activities he was a founder of the Jewish folk-schools system and was active in the Canadian Jewish Congress.

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