Rabbi Max Kirshblum, since 1956 a member of the Executive of the American Section of the Jewish Agency as head of its Aliyah and Torah Education and Culture departments, was guest of honor at a reception yesterday given by the Jewish Agency on the occasion of his becoming an “oleh” (immigrant). Rabbi and Mrs. Kirshblum leave for Israel on Sunday where he will take up new duties as associate head of the reorganized Jewish Agency’s department of Aliyah and Absorption.
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