The ninth annual Avukah convention opened here with an address of welcome to delegates and guests by Rabbi Maurice Pekarsky on behalf of the Avukah Summer School.
Among Zionist groups at the parley were Masada, Mizrachi Youth Organization, Poale Zion, and the Youth Division of the American Jewish Congress.
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