A Modlin torch, lighted at the graveside of the ancient Maccabeans, was flown Thursday to New York, on the first leg of its voyage to Lima, Peru, where the Latin American Maccabind will open next month. Several hundred Jewish youngsters will compete in Lima in preparations for the tenth Maccabiah Games in Israel next summer.
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