The American Fund for Palestinian Institutions, coordinating through a united campaign, the fund-raising drives of 52 Palestinian religious, secular, educational, cultural, and social welfare agencies, today reported that it has distributed $150,000 to its beneficiaries during the Jewish calendar year now ending.
Among the numerous institutions receiving support there are the Palestine Symphony Orchestra-$20,000; Hechalutz Farms-$18,000; Palestine Hebrew Culture Fund Keren Hatarbut-$15,000; Yemenite Children-$9,000; David Yellin Teachers Seminary-$8,000; Habimah Theatre-$8,000; Physical Education-$8,000; Hungarian Kolel-$10,000; Haifa Nautical School-$5,000; Ezrath Nashim Hospital for Mental Diseases-$5,000; Tel-Aviv Theological College-$5,000.
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