The participation of Los Angeles Jews in the task of rebuilding Palestine will be perpetuated in a colony to be known as Malachia, the Hebrew translation of Los Angeles, according to an announcement made by A. M. Tonnis, Chairman of the Committee of the Jewish National Fund Council of Los Angeles, which is sponsoring the colony. The colony Malachia, whose erection is to cost a minimum of $60,000 will be part of the property of the Jewish National Fund of Palestine.
The colony Malachia, like all other Jewish colonies deeded to the Jewish National Fund, cannot be disposed of by outright sale, but will be leased to those who cultivate the land.
The seventh annual Seaboard Zionist Regional Conference will be held February 23 and 24 at Asheville, N. C.
The annual dinner of the Western Region of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid and Sheltering Society, will be held on February 23, at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago. The guests of honor will be United States Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, Abraham Herman, National President of the Hias, and Isidore Hershfield, legal representative of the Hias at Washington, D. C. Adolph Copeland is president of the Chicago Hias. A. Z. Halperin is the chairman of the dinner committee.
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