Shipments of supplies for Rosh Hashanah to Jewish chaplains and overseas workers have been completed, the National Jewish Welfare Board has announced.
Among the items sent for distribution to service and civilian personnel in Europe, Africa, China, and Japan are prayer books, prayer shawls, sofars and greeting cards, the J.W.B. said.
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