Two brothers who had lost contact with each other for 45 years were reunited here Tuesday with the help of the Jewish Agency’s “Search for Relatives” department. Benno Weiner, who immigrated to Israel from the Soviet Union two years ago, applied to the department to help find his brother, Isidore. At the same time, Mrs, Sara Berkowitz of Kibbutz Beeri in the Negev asked the department to find Benno on behalf of her brother-in-law, Isidore Weiner of Montreal, Canada. The department made the connection and Isidore flew in from Montreal this week. The Jewish Agency department handles some 600 queries each month, most of them from Soviet immigrants.
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