More than 22,000 worshippers visited the Wailing Wall during the Shevuos observances.
Meanwhile, 25 Jewish refugee from East Europe arrived at Haifa.
The death toll in the explosion and sinking of the refugee ship Patria last Nov. 25 reached 200 with the recovery of two more bodies. Salvage work continues.
The name of Robert Szold, American Zionist leader, has been inscribed in the Golden Book of the Jewish National Fund by the Jewish Wine Growers’ Association of Rishon-le-Zion in appreciation of his “devotedness to Palestine,” it was announced by Jacob Shapiro, manager of the Rishon-le-Zion wine cellars.
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