A decision to insert in all leases and contracts with settlers on J.N.F. land clauses for the observance of Sabbath so far as it affects field or garden work, was adopted by the Keren Kayemeth, the Jewish National Fund, at a meeting of the board of directors, according to word received here Wednesday by the Jewish National Fund of America.
The decision is in accordance with the program formulated by the Mizrachi, orthodox Zionists, at the last World Zionist Congress at Prague.
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