The annual Jewish National Fund celebration will be held tonight, at the Second Avenue Theatre. The performance, which is sponsored by the Council of Organization for Palestine under the auspices of the Jewish National Fund, will include the presentation of the Yiddish opera, “Bar-Kochba,” by Abraham Goldfagen, in a new setting, under the direction of Joseph Rumshinsky and Jacob Kalich.
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