The Egged Transportation Company, Jewish-owned cooperative bus system, set what may become an expensive precedent today when it presented a life-time pass to a baby girl born in one of its busses. The child was born to Mrs. Aaron Stricker, Kfar Haim, in a bus en route to the Beilinsohn Hospital here. Her parents named her Egedah in honor of the bus line.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
