Dr. Joseph Heller, writer, scholar and Hebraist, died here today from injuries received in a recent automobile accident. He was 69. A native of Lithuania, Dr. Heller is known for his writings on the history of Zionism, philosophical thought,translations of Greek classics into Hebrew and the editing of the Hebrew magazine “Tarbut.”
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