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Queen Juliana of Netherlands Decorates Prominent Jews in Holland

May 7, 1958
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Several Jews were named on the Honors List released here yesterday in connection with Queen Juliana’s 49th birthday.

Martin van Crevald, president of the Ashkenazi Congregation of Amsterdam, was named an Officer of the Order of Orange and Nassau; Sally L. de Beer, Netherlands vice consul in Tel Aviv, a Knight of the Order of Orange and Nassau, and Peter Diamond, organizer of the annual Holland Festival of Art, a Knight of the Order of Orange and Nassau.

Premier Willem Dress of the Netherlands received today an Israel Parliamentary delegation headed by Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of the Knesset. The presidents of both houses of the Holland Parliament last night tendered a reception to the visiting Israeli legislators.

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