Four hundred members of the Hadassah arrived here today from the United States aboard the S.S. Jerusalem to begin a tenth anniversary pilgrimage to Israel. High point of the two and a half week visit will be attendance at a ceremony where Premier David Ben Gurion will receive the organization’s Henrietta Szold Award.
The guests, headed by former Hadassah president Mrs. Rebecca Shulman, was welcomed at the Port by Haifa’s Mayor Abba Chuschi who steamed out on a harbor tug to greet the Americans. On the launch with the Mayor was Dr. Miriam Freund, president of Hadassah. After landing, the pilgrims broke up into five pre-arranged groups and immediately started on tours of the Haifa Bay area, Tel Aviv and Safed.
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