The sum of $1,250,000 will be required next year in order to provide the most essential needs, mainly food and clothing, for Jewish orthodox refugees in the U.S.S.R. and in neutral countries, it was announced here today by the Emergency Committee for War-Torn Yeshivoth and Refugee Scholars. A total of $400,000 was transmitted by the Committee during the last twelve months, the announcement said.
Emphasizing that of the sum required for the coming year “a total of $900,000 will be spent for the groups in Siber?a and Asiatic Russia.” the Emergency Committee declares that it has the cooperation of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada, the Rabbinical Council of America, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, Mizrachi Organization, National Council of Young Israel and Agudath Israel. The current program of the Emergency Committee includes transmission of packages from the United States, Iran and Palestine, cash remittances for rescue work in neutral countries, and similar emergency activities.
A special license has been obtained by the Committee to forward parcels from the United States to Russia and permission has been granted by the O.P.A. for export of certain rationed foods, the announcement says. An average package includes milk powder, egg powder, cocoa, crisco, socks, underwear, thread, needles and band-aids. The contents are purchased and packed by the Committee in New York and shipped on Soviet steamers. Another avenue for the transport of parcels to the refugee scholars in U.S.S.R. is through Teheran.
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