A Palestine Youth Festival, the third annual function of this kind, will be held in the Kaufman Auditorium of the Y.M.H.A. on 92nd Street, Monday afternoon, February 13th.
The Festival is being arranged under the auspices of the League of Jewish Youth of which Judah Lapson is Director, and which is sponsored by the Bureau of Jewish Education. More than 1,000 High School and college students will attend the Festival.
Admission to the Palestine Youth Festival is not based on a fixed sum, but is made possible to the League members on the basis of what has been termed a “Palestine Scroll,” which, in effect, is an envelope containing a sum equivalent to the total number of pennies corresponding to the number of years reached by the pupil. The Scrolls will be deposited in a giant J.N.F. box which will be placed in the center of the Auditorium and a procession around the box will be a feature of the entertainment program.
The proceeds of the Festival will be applied for the planting of trees in the George Washington Forest in the name of the League. The proceeds of last year’s festival were applied for the inscription of the League in the Golden Book of the Jewish National Fund.
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