A parachute drop of Passover foods and religious supplies flown by helicopter to a handful of American Jewish GI’s on US post T-3, the floating iceberg island 300 miles from the North Pole, will typify the Passover arrangements in remote areas of the world to be carried out this year by the National Jewish Welfare Board, it was announced here today.
The arrangements for the little “solo seders” at Arctic installations, Caribbean jungle outposts and stations in Korea, the Far East and Europe are part of JWB’s total Passover preparations including mass seders to be conducted by more than 300 full and part-time Jewish chaplains in the U. S. and abroad. Kosher foods and religious supplies were shipped by JWB for the holiday services to be held at posts in Europe, Africa, Asia and at 600 camps and veterans hospitals in the U.S.
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