(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew poet, who arrived here on his way to Palestine following the conclusion of the Zionist Actions Committee sessions in London, was given an enthusiastic reception by Paris Jews.
Hundreds of residents of the Jewish quarter of Paris assembled at the Garenord station at 11 o’clock Sunday, night to greet the poet with shouts of “Heidad!”, and the singing of Hatikvah.
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