A dramatic club founded here by a group of non-Jewish amateurs has been named the “Jewish Dramatic Society, because its members admire the Jewish people, it was revealed in a manifesto issued by the group.
“We, a group of Chilean youths free of all prejudice, wish to honor the Jewish colony of Chile and we have therefore unanimously chosen for the name of our society that of a sound and noble people,” the declaration reads.
M. Faivovich, formerly president of the Zionist Federation of Chile, has been chosen honorary president of the “Jewish Dramatic Society,” and S. Schlimoff, president of the Santiago Jewish sick benefit society, has been named honorary vice-president.
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