The third conference of the Zionist Federation of Italy opened here last night to discuss problems concerning emigration of Jews to Palestine.
Speakers included Chief Rabbi David Prato; Dr. Umberto Nahon, of the Jewish agency; Carlo A. Viterbo, chairman of the Federation; Rafaele Cantoni, head of the Italian section of the World Jewish Congress; Jacob Garfunkel, chairman of the Jewish refugees Organization; a representative of the Palestine soldiers stationed in Italy; and others.
Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog, who is now visiting Jewish refugee camps in Italy, as greeted by a guard of honor of Palestinian troops when he paused at a military installation between Caserta and Naples, it was reported today.
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