The body of Moses Tobias Eliovson, prominent Hebrew scholar, was flown yesterday to Israel for interment there. Dr. Eliovson, who died suddenly in New York, was 68 years old. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was taken to Palestine in 1906 by his parents. His father, Rabbi Yehoshua Eliovson, was one of the founders of Tel Aviv.
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