Draftees who are Jews will be given “favorable consideration” for postponement of physical examinations or induction on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish Welfare Board announced today. Assurances to this effect have been obtained by the JWB from Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service System, who notified the Jewish service organization that he had seat an order for such postponements to all draft boards.
The JWB also announced that it is distributing to all Jews who are members of the U.S. armed forces a new Hebrew calendar for the year 5715. The calendar is part of an 84-page booklet containing information about Jewish religious festivals for the entire year, dietary data, and a directory of JWB-affiliated JWB-USO operations in this country and overseas.
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