The sum of $100,000 is being sought in the United States for the Beth Jakob schools in Central and Eastern Europe. Dr. Leo Jung, Rabbi of the Jewish Centre, West Eighty-sixth Street; Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Mrs. Alexander Kohut are sponsoring the campaign. There are eighty-seven Beth Jakob schools with an attendance of 20,000 girls.
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