Two thousand dollars was bequeathed by a Polish woman to Jewish girls desiring to migrate to Palestine, it became known today when the will of the deceased was opened.
The donor, Jadwiga Czernichowska, was born Jewish but accepted Christianity to marry a Christian. Recently her only son, Franciszek, was converted to Judaism. He is now making preparations for settling in Palestine.
King John of England ordered a wealthy Jew of Bristol to have his teeth pulled out one by one for trying to evade payment of an enormous tax.
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