At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Zionist organization here last night, several hundred dollars were raised to defray the expenses of the removal to Palestine of the body of Professor Boris Schatz, Jewish sculptor and founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts which has been kept embalmed in a Denver mortuary since his demise in March.
John Rissman was named chairman of a Committee and was scheduled to depart for New York today to consult with officers of the Zionist Organization of America regarding this matter.
The annual Chicago Zionist conference will be held on November 13th. Morris Rothenberg, president of the Zionist Organization of America has been invited to be the guest speaker at the conference.
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