Seventy rabbis, scholars and laymen left for Israel today to participate in the “Conference on Jerusalem” which will open next Monday in Jerusalem. Rabbi Dr. Samuel K. Mirsky, chairman of the Surah Institute at Yeshiva University, said the American rabbis and scholars will discuss the importance of the Holy City to Jewry from the religious, historical and archaeological points of view.
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