Some 160 refugees from the Soviet Union were scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Airport today and be greeted by HIAS representatives who will distribute matzoh and other Passover articles to “symbolize the new life they are about to begin following their own exodus,” Gaynor Jacobson, executive vice president of HIAS, said. The more than 160 men, women and children are due to arrive on two flights from Rome. They will be settled in Jewish communities across the country, including Boston, Chicago, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and St. Paul. Approximately half of the 160 persons will take up residence in New York with the assistance of the New York Association for New Americans.
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