Celebrating their first peace-time Passover in four years, Jewish servicemen, thousands strong, prepared today to mark Passover with seders and services in the major bastions of the Pacific. Upwards to 1,000 Jewish GIs, from all branches of the armed forces, are expected to attend a huge seder in the cafeteria of the McKinley High School in Honolulu. Chaplain Morris Matthews, of New York, will officiate.
Manila and other Pacific bases have also completed plans for the holiday. In the battered Philippine capital, where little more than a year ago bombs still fell, the Jewish Welfare Board is operating with the Chaplains Corps in preparation for the seders. Approximately 1,000 Jewish residents of Manila, many of them refugees, are expected to join with the serviceman in marking the holiday.
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