Max Lederer, one of the first Zionist pioneers, a close collaborator of Dr. Theodor Herzl, died here today at the age of 55.
In 1306 Philip the Fair of France disputed with the bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne the claim to the confiscated property of the Jews of that district.
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