The S.S. Caserta sailed from Naples today with some 300 Czech Jews bound for Israel. The vessel will make a stop at Tripoli to pick up 400 Tripolitanian Jews also migrating to the Jewish state. A total of 4,200 Jews left Italy by plane or ship for Israel last month, it was reported here this week-end.
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