Forty-two East European Jews arrived here today aboard the S. S. Jerusalem, the largest group of Jews from behind the Iron Curtain to come to Israel in years. Sixteen of the immigrants were from the Soviet Union 18 from Poland, five from Hungary and three from Czechoslovakia.
Arie Elkis, 79, of Mohilev-Podolsk, one of the new arrivals who came here to live with a daughter in this country, said there are about 5,000 Jewish families still living in the city he has just left. He declared that the Monilev-Podolsk Jews have their own organized community and have a synagogue where services are held daily. According to the old man, anti-Jewish tensions in Russia relaxed noticeably after the death of Stalin.
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