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ileges of Kaziship, an hereditary
spiritual leadership which was or-
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hundred thousand persons in
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Help Israeli Children

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

STUTTGART, Germany — An
organization here composed of
"Christians" of Jewish extrac-
tion" has contributed 111,000
marks to a • children's village
at Kiryat Yearim in Israel, it
was announced here Tuesday:
The contributions have been
made over the last seven years.
The organization is known as
the Relief Society for Racial
Victims.

preserve Jewish religious laws
and practices. With the gradual
decline of spiritual guidance and
literature, there remained only
the fundamental observances such
as Sabbath, circumcision and diet-
ary regulations. It was the ob-
servance of these fundamentals
that convinced David Rahabi, an
Egyptian Jew, that the Bene
Israel were of Jewish origin.
The documents were presented
to the Library through B. B. Ben-
jami n, former Under-Secretary,
Ministry of Commerce and Indus-
try in the Indian government,
president of the Jewish Welfare
Federation of Delhi and Northern
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9 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, November 18, 1960

Historical Papers of Indian Jews Given to Seminary

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