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...Died. Schneor Zalman Shazar, 84, spirited, scholarly President of Israel from 1963 to 1973; in Jerusalem. A Zionist and socialist during his youth in Russia, Shazar emigrated in 1924 to Palestine, where he edited the labor movement newspaper Davar. Poet, historian and compelling orator, he helped write Israel's declaration of independence in 1948 and served as the new state's first Education Minister before assuming -as a "man without enemies," in Premier David Ben-Gurion's phrase-the primarily ceremonial presidency. More traditional a Jew than many Zionist leaders, Shazar regularly played host to fellow Bible...
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