Seven thousand religious books, including 5,000 Bibles, were shipped today to Israel by the American Vaad Hatzalah Emergency Fund here for the use of Israeli Army members. Printed in Germany under the supervision of the local vaad Hatzalah committee, the volumes were prepared at the request of Dr. Chaim Israeli representative here.
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