A colorful ceremony, with Eduard Rothschild presiding, marked today the laying of the cornerstone for the Palestine Pavilion at the 1937 International Exposition.
The Trocadero, site of the pavilion, was aflutter with French, English and Zionist flags for the ceremony, which was attended by a large crowd.
The pavilion will consist of four halls to be named after persons who played prominent roles in the history of modern Palestine–Lord Balfour, author of the Balfour Declaration by which Great Britain was committed to promote establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine; Meier Dizengoff, pioneer Holy Land settler and mayor of Tel Aviv for 26 years; Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew poet laureate, and Baron Edmond de Rothschild, father of Palestine colonization. The halls will depict every phase of Palestine’s development.
Ambitious entertainment plans have been projected for the pavilion. They include performances by the Habima, Hebrew theatrical troupe now performing in Palestine, and a possible series of concerts by the Palestine Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Toscanini.
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