The late Zionist leader, Rose Halprin, former chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency and former president of Hadassah, was buried today on the Mount of Olives. She died in New York last Sunday at the age of 82.
Mrs. Halprin’s coffin was flown to Israel yesterday, escorted by Charlotte Jacobson, former president of Hadassah and chairman of the American Section of the World Zionist Organization and by members of her family. The body lie in state at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center this morning. Among those who came to pay their last respects were President Ephraim Katzir and Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem.
Hundreds attended the funeral. Farewell words were said by Dr. Israel Goldstein, Mrs. Jacobson, Rabbi Mordechai Kirschblum, a member of the Zionist Executive, Prof. Moshe Rahmilevitz of Hadassah and her son-in-law Ben Kaslove. Among the wreaths on her grave was one sent by former Premier Golda Meir, who could not attend the funeral because of poor health.
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