Rabbi Josias Thon, Chairman of the Jewish Deputies’ Club in the Polish Sejm has resigned from that office because he is leaving for America. Deputy Dr. Leon Reich of Lemberg is to become the head of the Jewish Sejm Club.
Dr. Thon’s visit to America is at the invitation of the Zionist Executive to participate in the work of the Keren Hayesod and also to gather funds for the Hebrew school system in Poland.
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