The Joint Distribution Committee has placed vast orders for Passover supplies needed by thousands of members of Jewish communities in nine countries of Europe and supplying funds for the purchase of holiday supplies locally in such countries as Israel and in North Africa and Iran, the European office of the JDC announced here today.
The agency has placed orders for 105,000 pounds of matzoth, 37,000 pounds of matzoth meal and 6,000 gallons of sacramental wine in Holland for delivery to JDC aid programs in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia and Albania. Orders have been placed more than four months in advance of the first seder next April 17, so as to insure the arrival of supplies well in advance of the need for them.
JDC budgeting for this purpose has dropped because the agency is no longer permitted to operate in Hungary, where it previously supplied Passover foods for many Jews. It also has ceased shipping matzoh products to Greece where the Greek customs duties on grain products have risen to such an extent as to make the shipment of matzohs into the country prohibitive.
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