The remains of the late Zalman Shneur, famous Yiddish-Hebrew author who died in this country last year, will be flown for interment in Israel next month, it was announced here today by the Israel Consulate General.
The Government of Israel is financing the re-interment. A memorial service for the late Mr. Shneur will be held here March 9, and the remains will be interred March 11 in the old cemetery in Tel Aviv not far from the graves of the late Chaim Nahman Bialik and Ahad Halam.
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