A group of American Reform Temple has lent $10, 000 to Jews in Bombay, India, to enable them to purchase a building to be used as a temple, it was announced yesterday by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, central body of Reform synagogues in the United States.
The loan was presented to Rabbi Hugo Gryn, first ordained rabbi to serve the Jewish Community of Bombay, by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, rabbi of The Temple in Cleveland.
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