A special drive to raise funds to provide matzohs and other Passover necessities for 1,000,000 needy Jews in Europe was proclaimed today at the initial meeting of the Council of Organizations of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. Nearly 1,000 delegates, representing 750,000 members of benevolent and fraternal organizations in this area, attended.
The delegates heard Chief Rabbi Alexander Shafran of Rumania, who arrived here several days ago, describe how during the war many Rumanian Jews ate only fruit and nuts during the Passover period, because matzohs and other Passover supplies were not available, while others hoarded the pitiful amount of flour they were able to purchase and used it to bake matzohs in caves and cellars. Other speakers included Dr. Leon Bernstein, general secretary of the Jewish Refugee Organization in Italy. Dr. Frederick Georoeg, president of the Jewish Refugee Committee in Hungary, and Chaplain Abraham Klausner, who worked with the Jewish DP’s in Germany.
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