Prominent Jewish leaders participated today in ceremonies opening construction of a synagogue and 20 houses in the Greek Jewish settlement of Zur Moshe on Jewish National Fund land in the Sharon Valley. The settlers had been camping on the site since 1936. Taking part in the ceremonies were M.M. Ussishkin, world leader of the Jewish National Fund, Chief Rabbis Herzog and Uziel, and Mayor Israel Rokach of Tel Aviv.
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