Dr. Israel Riwkai-Rubin, author, educator and Zionist leader, died here last night at the age of 64. Born in Vilna, Lithuania, he migrated to Palestine in 1928 where he immediately embarked upon a career in the field of education which reached its climax when he was recently named Commissioner of Education in Israel.
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