Saturday, May 3rd, has been officially designated as United Jewish Appeal Sabbath by the Synagogue Council of America, representing more than 2,400 orthodox, conservative and reform rabbis throughout the country, “to focus the attention of the Jews of America on the desperate needs of Europe’s 1,500,000 Jewish survivors,” it was announced last night at the national headquarters of the U.J.A.
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