The remains of Daniel Persky, the American Hebrew writer and scholar who died in New York two weeks ago, were laid to rest today at Kiryat Shaul cemetery near here. In memorial services conducted at Writers House here, Mr. Persky was eulogized by Yohanan Twersky, novelist; Joseph Shapiro, on behalf of the World Hebrew Union and Baruch Ben-Yehuda, of the Herzliah Secondary School.
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