Rabbi Leo Jung, president of the Rabbinical Council of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, urged all members of the Rabbinical Council to offer a prayer on Shebuoth. “for the recovery and well-being of the Earl of Balfour, friend of Israel and of the Land of Israel.”
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