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Chilean Jews Fork Congress, Join World Body, Land Act, Nazism Assailed

April 9, 1940
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A Chilean Jewish Congress met for the first time yesterday, voted to affiliate with the World Jewish Congress, denounced Nazi terrorism and the Palestine land act, and launched a 2,000,000-peso campaign for overseas relief and Palestine upbuilding.

The session was attended by 150 delegates representing 40 Chilean Jewish organizations. Also participating were Dr. M. Helman, World Jewish Congress delegate in South America; Dr. Abraham Mibashan, representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and Dr. A.S. Juris, special South American delegate of the Palestine Foundation Fund.

The Congress named a central committee and proposed convocation of a Pan-American Jewish Congress.

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