Funeral of Hassidic leader
Wednesday 08 July 1992 23:02 BST
CommentsHassidic Jews crowd round the shroud-wrapped body of Rabbi Simha Bonin Alter during his funeral on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives yesterday. Rabbi Alter, 96, led the Gur Hassidic sect, the largest Hassidic movement in the world.
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