The Joint Distribution Committee today adopted a $39, 386, 500 budget for 1978 for wide ranging health, welfare, educational and other programs overseas and elected Donald M. Robinson of Pittsburgh as JDC president
The Israeli correspondent said she received a warm welcome from the local populace. She was taken on a tour of the museum where Israeli weapons captured in the Yom Kippur War are on display. Her guides told her that when weapons became museum pieces it is a sure sign of a desire for peace, Golan reported.
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