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Mizrachi Convention Opens on Sunday in Washington

November 5, 1926
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(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

Two hundred and twenty-five delegates are expected to attend the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Mizrachi organization here on November 7, 8 and 9. Cantor Louis Novick is General Chairman of the Convention Committee here.

Rabbi Meyer Berlin, President of the Mizrachi, who is coming from Palestine to attend the convention, will arrive here on Friday. Local synagogues will be hosts to the visiting rabbis.

The sessions will be opened at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday afternoon, at which time it is expected Dr. Weizmann will address the gathering. A mass meeting will take place Sunday night.

The delegates will be greeted by a representative of the British Embassy, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and representatives of various Jewish organizations.

Max Rhoade, national President of the Avukah, American student Zionist federation, will bring greetings from the Zionist youth. The delegates will be received by president Coolidge at the White House, after which, it is expected, many of them will visit Mount Vernon, the tomb of the unknown soldier and other national shrines.

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