Dr. Abraham Mibashan, noted Jewish leader active in world Jewish affairs, and president of the DAIA, central representative body of Argentine Jewry, died here today. He was 70 years old.
Born in Jassy, Rumania, he received his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany and taught and practiced journalism. He was for some years Rumanian correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He settled in Palestine where he was co-editor of the newspaper Haaretz and later secretary of the Tel Aviv Municipal Council, but his activities for the central Zionist organizations took him increasingly to other parts of the world and brought about major changes in his life.
Dr. Mibashan was sent to Latin America in 1936 on a special mission for the Jewish Agency, and, at the request of Argentine Zionist leaders, was detached from his duties for a year to work with them in developing the Zionist movement in that country. On his designation as South American representative of the Jewish Agency and World Jewish Congress, Dr. Mibashan established permanent residence in Buenos Aires and assumed a leading role in the life of the Jewish community there. He was responsible for the organization of a number of Zionist activities in the country and, during the past year, served as president of DAIA.
During his journalistic career, Dr. Mibashan represented famous European newspapers as well as the Jewish press. In recent years he contributed articles on a variety of subjects to the South American Jewish press. He was the author of several books on Zionism and on Israel. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son, Dr. Asher Mibashan, director of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in Argentina.
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