Many pioneers of the first Bilu organization, a group formed in 1882 to colonize Russian Jews in Palestine, were among the mourners who attended the funeral today of Dr. Moses Mintz, pioneer Zionist who died in New York, September 3. Dr. Mintz was buried at Gedera, a colony he founded in 1884. He was also the founder of the Bilu organization.
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