Dr. Leo Motzkin, member of the World Executive of the Zionist Organization, and Secretary of the Committee of Jewish Delegations, returned to Paris today after spending a few months in the United States and Canada in the interests of Jewish rights in European countries, Dr. Motzkin also consulted a number of leading individuals and organizations with regard to continued relief for distressed Jewish communities abroad. He was entertained yesterday at a luncheon tendered him by Nathan Straus.
Dr. Joseph Krimsky, a former member of the American Zionist Medical Unit, sailed on the Berengaria today, on his way to Jerusalem. Dr. Krimsky represents the American Jewish Physicians’ committee and has been delegated to take over the property on Mount Scopus to be used as the micro-biological department of the Medical Department of the Hebrew University. Dr. Krimsky will also make arrangements for the opening of the X-Ray department.
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