mer president of Hadassah, who is visiting this country following a two years’ stay in the Holy Land.
The fund is currently conducting a campaign in this city to raise $50,000, of which amount $20,000 has already been contributed or promised. New lands will be purchased with the money to provide for immigrants from East European countries and refugees from Germany who desire to settle as farmers.
More than 1,500 persons are expected to attend the dinner at the Hotel Astor, scheduled for Sunday, January 27. Each guest will have contributed at least $25, the price of one dunam of land, the fund announced. Mayor LaGuardia and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise will speak.
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