A colony will soon be established in Palestine by the Independent Order Brith Abraham, which will bear the name of the Order. This was decided upon Wednesday night at a meeting of the I. O. B. A. Executive Board. which was addressed by Emanuel Neuman, American President of the Jewish National Fund.
Mr. Neuman appealed to the Order to buy land through the National Fund. He spoke of the importance of increased land purchases in Palestine at the present time, showing how this would make possible the settlement of hundreds of new chalutzim who are now arriving each month in Eretz Israel.
Congressman Nathan D. Perlman, Grand Master of the I. O. B. A., presided at the meeting. On motion of Judge Gustave Hartman, the Grand Master appointed a committee to work out the details of the plan of establishing the colony as well as to create the funds necessary for its realization. It was also decided to indorse the work of the Jewish National Fund and to call upon all the lodges of the I. O. B. A. to support the Keren Kayemeth in its efforts to redeem the soil of Palestine for the Jewish people.
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