A memorial forest will be planted in Palestine to perpetuate the memory of Henry Monsky, late president of B’nai B’rith and one of the founders and leaders of the American Jewish Conference, it was announced yesterday by Judge Morris Rothenberg, president of the Jewish National Fund of America. The Monsky Memorial Forest will be planted on a land tract which has been set aside by the Jewish National Fund.
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