A large contingent of Jews sailed on the S. S. Pulaski of the Gdynia-American Line when she left her dock in Brooklyn Thursday bound for Gdynia, Poland’s new port. Thirty-five families including 89 men, women and children were booked for through passage to Palestine, some as settlers in the Homeland, others as tourists. The Palestine group were under the leadership of Leo Wilson, chairman of the Bronx Zionist Committee, who stated that a series of lectures would be delivered during the voyage to prepare the settlers in a proper understanding of the economic, social and political conditions in Palestine.
Wilson added: “More than 700 families from my district have departed for Palestine in the last few months, attracted by the prosperity reported in the Jewish settlements of Palestine, the absence of unemployment, the shortage of skilled labor and the desire to settle on the land as orange growers and farmers.”
Two rabbis were among the passengers. Another passenger was Gerald Frank, of the Cleveland News, who will spend nine months in Central Europe.
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