The 3,000th anniversary of the city of Jerusalem will be marked by New York Jewry at a celebration in Madison Square Garden October 20, it was announced here last night after a meeting of some 250 religious, business and communal leaders who organized a Committee of Three Thousand for the salute to the Israeli capital.
The celebration is sponsored by the State of Israel Bond Organization and admission to the feativities will be by purchase of Israel bonds. Dr. Israel Goldstein was named chairman of the Committee of Three Thousand.
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