(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tribute to the memory of Karl Netter, pioneer of Jewish colonization work in Palestine and founder of the colony Mikveh Israel, will be paid by Palestine Jewry on August 22nd.
The celebration will take place in the Mikveh Israel school.
Karl Netter was born in Strasburg in 1828. He was one of the founders of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, and for a long time the Alliance was housed at his home. His name is most closely connected with the foundation of the agricultural school at Jaffa. In 1876 Karl Netter submitted to the conference of Constantinople the memorandum in favor of the Jews of the East, prepared by the meeting convened about that time by the Alliance at Paris.
Karl Netter died at Jaffa, Palestine, Oct. 2, 1882.
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