More than 240,000 Jews in Europe are still on the relief rolls of the Joint Distribution Committee, it was reported here last night at a press conference by Moses W. Beckelman, European vice-president of the J.D.C. He emphasized that more than 700,000 Jews in Moslem countries, from Morocco to Pakistan, are living under “subhuman” conditions and most of them are in need of J.D.C. aid.
Mr. Beckelman estimated that the J.D.C. would this year assume emigration costs for 80,000 Jews from the Moslem countries to Israel. He revealed that the J.D.C., acting on urgent requests, recently helped to evacuate the entire Jewish population of Cyrenaica to Tripoli, where they are awaiting passage to Israel. He also spoke at great length on the relief activities of the J.D.C. in Morocco, Tunisia and Iran.
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