Growing possibilities for Jewish colonies in northern Crimea are seen by J. Larin, member of the Ozet, society for Jewish land settlement, writing in the journal “On the Agrarian Front.” Kertch isto be the capital of a new Jewish district there, he states.
The writer criticizes the experiments made in Bira-Bidjan and declares that settlement work will be possible there only after amelioration work has been completed, which will take at least ten years.
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