“Romance of a People”, pageant depicting the history of Jewish life, will be staged in New York at the Polo Grounds on September 14 for the benefit of German Jewish relief in Palestine, it was announced yesterday by Louis Lipsky, national chairman of the American Palestine Campaign. Governor Herbert H. Lehman will act as honorary chairman of the pageant.
The pageant, when shown at the Chicago World’s Fair, this month, was witnessed by more than 100,000 persons.
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