Rabbi Avraham Moshe Dulzin, father of World Zionist Organization Executive chairman Leon Dulzin, was buried yesterday in Jerusalem. He was 88 years old. The ceremony was attended by Premier Menachem Begin, Cabinet ministers, members of the Zionist Executive and the Jewish Agency, the chairman of the Keren Kayemet, Knesset members and other leading public figures.
Dulzin, born in Minsk, immigrated to Israel from Mexico in 1976. He died while on a family visit to Mexico, and his coffin was brought to Israel for burial in accordance with his request. Rabbi Yaacov Lipshitz, in his eulogy, spoke of his rich life and his joy at having been able to make aliya.
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