The first of 100,000 saplings to be planted at the projected Kaplan Wood by the Hadassah were planted yeterday at Ein Karem, a Jerusalem suburb, at a ceremony attended by top government leaders.
Mrs. Devorah Kaplan widow of Israel’s first Minister of Finance, planted the first tree and President Ben Zvi planted the second. All the speakers at the ceremony stressed the many contributions made by Eliezer Kaplan to the shaping of the young state.
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