Israeli orphans celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs together in Jerusalem
The boys had a service at the Western Wall and the girls learned about a challah mitzvah before they joined for a banquet with their families and friends.
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British War Ship Brings Last Transport of “legal” Jewish Immigrants to Palestine
A transport of 789 Jewish immigrants, the last group that will be admitted under the White Paper, arrived in Palestine today aboard a British war ship from Italy. The immigrants were transferred to the Athlit camp for final examination of their papers. The immigration certificates for the arrivals were distributed by the Palestine Government, since… More ▸
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500 Jewish Children from Germany to Be Admitted to France; 25 Arrive in England by Plane
The French Government today granted permission for the entry into France of 500 Jewish children and fifty Jewish orthodox teachers who are at present in camps for displaced persons in Germany. Mathieu Muller, president of the Agudas Israel Organization in France, and Isaac Lowin, special representative of the Vaad Haatzalah, Jewish orthodox relief group in… More ▸
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Jews from Fifty Camps in Germany Discuss Their Problems at Conference in Bergen-belsen
The most remarkable Jewish conference ever assembled opened here last night when 300 delegates representing about 50,000 displaced Jews held in fifty camps in the Anerican and British zones in Germany gathered to discuss their problems. The conference, which will last two days, was summoned by the Central Jewish Committee, which represents the Jews now… More ▸
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Jewish Organizations Spent $20,000,000 to Help War Refugee Board Save Jews in Europe
Private Jewish organizations in the United States spent about $20,000,000 for projects prepared by the War Refugee Board to rescue Jews from Nazi hands in Europe, it was revealed today in a report issued by William O’Dwyer, last executive director of the heard, which went out of existence on Sept. 15. The Joint Distribution Committee… More ▸
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Repatriated Jews Fiee from Poland Back to Camps; Cannot Stand Anti-jewish Terror
Polish Jews liberated from the German concentration camps in Oswiecim and Dachau and repatriated to their home town in Poland arrived here stating that they prafer to be in the Feldafing camp which is under American military supervision rather than remain in Poland where a wave of anti-Jewish terror is raging. More than a dozen… More ▸
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More Than 20,000 Jews How in Lodz; Half of Them Repatriated from German Camps
The Warsaw radio today reported that a total of 20,425 Jews are now residing in Lodz. This number includes 10,826 Jews who were repatriated from concentration camps. The majority are being cared for by the provisional Jewish Welfare Committee. The broadcast said that each of the repatriated Jews receives fifty zlotys and a small food… More ▸
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Hungary’s Jews Slowly Recovering Possessions, Making Progress Towards Rehabilitation
The 200,000 Jews who remain in Hungary are slowly recovering possession of the homes and enterprises taken from them by the German-dominated governments and have taken the first steps toward becoming reintegrated in the economic life of the country, according to a traveller who has just returned from there. He reveals that the Jewish community… More ▸
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New Palestine Arrivals Are Cross-section of Surviving Jews of Europe
The 1,166 Jewish refugees from all over Europe who disembarked here yesterday from the British steamer Matarda are a cross-section of the surviving Jews of Europe. Among them are former inmates of concentration camps, a partisan who accounted for several Nazis and some youngsters who spent the war years training for agricultural work in Palestine…. More ▸
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1,166 from France, England, Italy Arrive in Palestine; Biggest Transport Since War
The biggest transport of refugees to arrive since the war disembarked here today from the S.S. Macoura, Among the 1,166 arrivals are adults and children from France, England and Italy. The bulk of the immigrants – 817 – came from France, while 159 were from England and 150 from Italy. Among the children from France… More ▸
