Florence S. Perlman Dead at 79

Funeral services were held today for Florence S. Perlman, a member of the national board of Hadassah, She died yesterday at the age of 79. A native of New York City, her parents, Max and Dora Bierman had emigrated to the United States from Austria. She was the widow of Nathan D. Perlman, Justice of the Court of Special Sessions, former Attorney General for the State of New York, and a former Congressman.

Mrs. Perlman was a former national secretary, vice-president and treasurer of Hadassah. She was educated in the New York public schools and received her BA degree from Barnard College in 1918. From her early youth, she was devoted to civic service and was active in public affairs, both Jewish and non-Jewish. As part of her work in the Zionist movement she visited Jewish communities in many parts of the world including those in East Europe, the Far East, Africa and South America, thus enabling her to evaluate at first hand the situation in those communities and also to view the contribution which Israel was making to developing countries.

Mrs. Perlman was a leader in Hadassah in many areas, She was chairman of the Hadassah Medical Organization, Hadassah Israel Education Services, and of the Jewish National Fund, Membership and Public Relations Committees. At the time of her death, Mrs. Perlman was chairman of the committee for the new Hadassah building which will be occupied early in 1976.