(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The suit of the two sons of Aaron Natah against their father to annul the marriage of their ten year old sister to a Moslem Arab will have to be transferred to the Moslem court as a result of further complications which developed yesterday during the trial in the Haifa District Court.
During the proceedings in the Haifa court, the father who sold his ten year old daughter for £ 30 in accordance with the custom prevailing among the Arabs, to the Moslem storekeeper, Assadi, as a bride for his son, sprang a surprise on his sons when he testified that he was no longer a Jew, having embraced the Moslem religion 26 years ago.
Natah produced a Turkish document, proving that his name was now Muhamed Salim Almuhadi and that he was of the Moslem faith.
Representatives of the Jewish community at Acre testified that Natah prays in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, and eats Matzohs on Passover. Rabbis of Haifa testified that Natah had declared to them nine years ago that he had re-embraced Judaism.
Notwithstanding, the court ordered the case be transferred to the Moslem court, because according to the documents, Natah is a Moslem. Although he again practices Judaism, his re-entry into Judaism has not been legally registered.
BROWN ASKS $1,000,000 FOR CHINESE RELIEF FUND
An appeal for $1,000,000 to be subseribed immediately to the $10,000,000 fund being sought by the National Committee, China Famine Relief, was made by David A. Brown, vice-chairman of the Committee.
The greatest help the campaign for $10,000,000 could have, Mr. Brown said, would be the news that the committee had borrowed $1,000,000 to meet the situation.
Mr. Brown urged the subscription of $1,000,000 as an initial fund for the Chinese famine sufferers in Shantung and the neighboring territory, “who are facing an appalling loss of life from starvation before another crop can be brought in this summer.”
Philip Frank, of Brooklyn, N. Y. won the open class violin contest for the gold medal of the New York Music Week Association held in Steinway Hall.
Two years ago Frank won the gold medal in the Association’s junior violin contest.
Sidney Handler, with a grade of 91, and Sol Shapiro, with a grade of 90, were first and second respectively in the senior class violin contest.
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