Twelve Torahs, which formerly belonged to synagogues in Germany destroyed by the Nazis, are being sent by the National Jewish Welfare Board’s Division of Religious Activities to Jewish chaplains for use at religious services at military installations in the U.S., it was announced here today.
The Scrolls were turned over to the J.W.B. by the American Joint Distribution Committee at a ceremony held at J.W.B. headquarters. Dr. Bernard Kahn, J.D.C. vice-chairman, made the presentation. Rabbi Aryeh Lew, director of the Division of Religious Activities of the J.W.B., presented the first of the Scrolls to Chaplain. Harry Schreiner, who had been sent from Ft. Benning by the Army authorities to acquire one for the post. The 12 “rescued” Torahs had been kept in the Paris office of the J.D.C. as part of a stock of Scrolls that had been unidentifiable.
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