The twentieth anniversary of the redemption of the Jezreel Valley, known as Emek, and the founding of the Ein Charod colony was celebrated today at the colony by representatives of all the institutions in the Emek.
The audience assembled for the ceremonies heard a moving tribute to M.M. Ussishkin and to Justice Louis D. Brandeis, delivered by Dr. Arthur Ruppin who is an authority on Jewish colonization in Palestine.
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