Cornerstone-laying ceremonies were held here today for the Simon Dubnow House of the World Congress for Jewish Culture in the presence of leading Argentine personalities and Jewish communal leaders. Dr. Dubnow, noted Jewish historian, was killed by the Nazis in Riga, Latvia.
In a message read to the assemblage by Arie Bustan, cultural attache at the Israel Embassy, Israel President Zalmen Shazar recalled his early years as the assistant in it. Petersburg, Russia, of Dr. Dubnow. Speakers included Jonas Goroditzky, president of the Culture Congress, Itzchak Jonasovich, secretary; Zvi Fainguersch, president of the Buenos Aires Kehilla; Josef Horn, secretary of the building committee; and Leon Fatlis, a member of Parliament.
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