Preparations for the observance of Passover by Jewish soldiers and sailors at twenty-one bases abroad have been completed by the National Jewish Welfare Board with the approval of the War and Navy Departments, it was announced yesterday by the board.
The board reported that it had assigned six civilian rabbis to conduct the Seder services at points where no Jewish chaplains are on duty. These rabbis will arrive at their posts by April 1, when the observance begins.
More than 3,000 Passover prayer books and 8,000 pounds of matzohs and other traditional foods have been shipped to various bases. The rabbis assigned include Isaac Toubin of New York, assigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Shepherd Z. Baum of New York, to Puerto Rico; Henry M. Rosenthal of New York, to Bermuda; Lavy M. Becker of Boston, to Trinidad; H. O. H. Levine of Bangor, Me., to Newfoundland, and Morton Baumann of Hollywood, Cal., to Alaska.
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