Sixty Jewish displaced children from various countries of Europe have arrived in Leith, Scotland, under the auspices of the Chief Rabi’s Religious Emergency Council. The children, most of whom are war orphans, range in age between six and seventeen, and include 18 Yeshivah students.
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