Funeral services were held yesterday for David Flinker, the veteran Jewish journalist and writer, who died Tuesday night at the age of 81. He was a leading figure among Jewish journalists in pre-war Poland. After arriving in Palestine, he wrote for Haboker and became a regular correspondent and writer for the American Yiddish newspaper, Day-Morning Journal, and recently, for the Algemeiner Journal. He was a prominent member of the Tel Aviv Journalists Association and an active member of the presidium of the World Federation of Jewish Journalists.
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