The recently formed Council of Indian Jewry has announced a program to deal with community problems and also elected officers. Ezra Kolet of New Delhi was elected president of the Council which includes mast of the Indian Jewish institutions representing Bene Israel and Cochin and Iraqi Jews from all parts of India. Shellim Samuel, one of the founders of the Council, said that the problems which need to be tackled include improving the cemetery in Bombay and the home for the destitute and suggested that some of the synagogues amalgamate to meet the problem of dwindling numbers of congregants. Samuel also announced that future Council programs will include commemorating the centennial of Albert Einstein’s birth.
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