The Sisterhood of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York today presented Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower with a set of six hand-painted commemorative service plates. The White House presentation was made in the name of the oldest Jewish congregation in America, in connection with the current tercentenary celebration of American Jewry.
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