The first Jewish relief campaign to help needy Jews abroad will be started in Palestine during Passover week by the Ole Polania, organization of Polish Jews in Palestine, it was announced here today.
This will be the first time that Palestine Jewry is carrying on an organized relief campaign for the Jews of Poland. There are about 80,000 Polish Jews in Palestine, or one-fourth of the entire Jewish population.
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