The Jewish Welfare Board today announced that it has sent 1,000 bibles to Palestine, at the request of Jewish leaders there, to meet the demands by English Jewish soldiers for bibles printed in their own language.
Passover supplies and other religious articles have also been shipped to American Jews serving in the U.S. forces in Palestine. Harry Davidowitz, a former World War Chaplain, has been appointed the representative of the JWB in Palestine.
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