(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The first conference of the mountain Jews in Caucasia was opened in Naltchik, Caucasia, on May 16.
The purpose of the conference is to consider the economic and cultural problems of the mountain Jews and also the question of their settling on the land.
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