More than half of the male membership of the Brighton and Hove branch of the British Maccabi Association, Jewish sports organization, have voluntarily joined the British military forces, it was announced today by Alderman Barnett Marks, Maccabi president, at the annual meeting of the group. Included in the volunteers are the entire executive committee of the branch, Marks said.
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