(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An appeal for immediate aid for the Yeminite Jews was received here from Rabbi Yichye Halevi, Chief Rabbi of Yemen.
The Yeminite Jews are starving as a result of the drought. Locusts have added to the devastation of their crops. The population is also suffering from epidemics and tribal warfare in the neighborhood.
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