Ezra Azrak, 35, a prominent attorney, has been elected to the Syrian parliament, it was learned here today. He will be the only Jew in that body.
Colonel Ralph Harari, former president of the Zionist Organization in Cairo, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, while his sister has been made a member of the Order of the British Empire for organizing welfare service for the Allied troops in Alexandria, it was announced here today.
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