High Government officials, including representatives of the Argentine Foreign Ministry and armed forces, members of the diplomatic corps and other prominent personalities were among those attending memorial services at the Liber tad Street Synagogue here yesterday for the late President Izhak Ben-Zvi of Israel. President Ben-Zvi was eulogized by Israel Ambassador Yosef Avidar and by Chief Rabbi Guillermo Schlesinger.
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