Jewish organizations in this country and throughout the British Commonwealth today sent messages of condolence to the Royal Family upon the death yesterday of Queen Mary. In addition to conveying the condolences of the British communities of the Commonwealth, Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie issued a special prayer for use during memorial services for the late Queen to be held in all synagogues this Sabbath.
This morning Eliahu Elath, Israel’s Minister to the Court of St. James, sent a message of condolence to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. Later, he called at Marlborough House, the residence of the late Queen, and at Buckingham Palace. The flags over the Ambassador’s residence and over the Israel Embassy here were lowered to half-mast.
Among the British Jewish organizations which expressed their sorrow were the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Zionist Federation of Britain and the Anglo-Jewish Association. In Sydney, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry extended its sympathies in a message sent through the Governor-General of Australia.
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