Pinchas Friedman, pioneer Zionist, one of the earliest settlers in Tel Aviv and founder of one of the first Hebrew libraries in modern Palestine, died Tuesday at the age of 72 at his Tel Aviv home, it was made known here. He had been suffering from a heart ailment for several years. He leaves a wife in Tel Aviv, and a son and two daughters who live in New York. He himself lived in the United States from 1922 to 1932, during which time he was active in the Zionist Organization of America and the Jewish National Fund.
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