Jewish National Fund headquarters here today released a special appeal to world Jewry issued in London by the Executive of the World Zionist Organization in support of the Fund’s aim to raise, within the next two years, $5,000,000 for Palestine land redemption work. The appeal, issued on the eve of the 2,100th observance of Chanukah, is signed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president, Dr. Nahum Sokolow, honorary president, and the members of the Executive, David Ben-Gurion, Prof. Selig Brodetsky, J. Gruenbaum, Rabbi J. L. Fishman, P. Rottenstreich and Moshe Shertok.
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