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JERUSALEM, (JTA) _ The
first shipment of aid ’eft Sunday
for Rumania which ia still reel
ing from Friday's disastrous
earthquake while Israeli of
ficials waited word from
Bucharest as to what aid was
needed.
The earthquake killed at least
200 people ia Bucharest and left
the Rumanian capital looking as
it if had been hit by an air raid.
No Israelis were hurt in the
quake, according to reports
reaching here. But 70 Israeli
students were saved by atten
ding a Purim party at the Israeli
Embassy Friday night instead of
being in their homes which were
reportedly destroyed. The
Israelis fled the Embassy
building itself when the earth
moved.
At least 11 Jews are known to
have perished in the earthquake,
according to Rabbi Arthur
Schneier, spiritual leader of the
Park East Synagogue, who
received this information in a
call Saturday from Dr. Moses
Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Rumania.
In additiorf, three synagogues
in Bucharest were badly damag
ed and two synagogues in
Krayova, some 150 miles
southeast of Bucharest, were
completely demolished, Rosen
told Schneier.
Some Passover food supplies
were also destroyed when the
warehouse in which they were
stored was demolished. An ef
fort to^faplace the supplies is
now under wjy.
The earthquake, Rosen
reported, left many Jewish
families without homes.
Rosen said it might be days
before all the Jews who perished
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in Bucharest and other cities
could be found and identified
among the estimated 750 bodies
found so far. There are also
thought to be many Jews among
the reported 5645 injured, nearly
half of th$m seriously. It is
believed that the final death toll
will be between 1000 and 2000 in
Bucharest alone.
Choral Synagogue
Schneier said that Rosen told
him that the main synagogue in
Bucharest, the Choral
Synagogue, though badly
damaged was used for Sabbath
services during which Rosen
offered prayers for the well
being of the community.
The Malbin and Central
Synagogues in Bucharest were
too damaged to be used for Sab
bath services.
Four Jewish community
buildings in Rumania’s capital
were also totally destroyed.
Those synagogues that were not
too badly damaged will be used
as temporary housing quarters
for Jews who lost their homes.
JDC offers aid
Meanwhile, the Jewish com
munity of Bucharest was
assured by the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee of
any special assistance it may
need as a result of last weekend's
earthquake.
There are about 60,000 Jews in
Rumania* of whom 40,000 live in
Bucharest.
Dpnald M. Robinson, JDC
vffce-presldeht and president
elect, and Ralph I. Goldman,
JDC executive vice-president,
who are now in Europe conferr
ing with Jewish leaders, im
mediately ordered a team of
relief workers into the country
to recommend specific aid
programs. Since the earthquake,
the JDC-supported communal
kitchen in Bucharest served
more people than it usually does. _
JDC receives Hr funds mainly'
from United Jewish Appeal.
In Tel Aviv, the Red Magen
David was busy collecting and
packing medications urgently
needed in Rumania according to
a list received from that country.
The material ia being flown to
Bucharest by El A1 and Tarom,
the Rumanian state airline. It
includes anti-typhoid and anti
cholera vaccines, hypodermic
needles, and various medical in
struments, surgical tools,
dietary foods for diabetics and
baby food. The first con
signments were shipped Sun
day.
Israeli geologists said that
Israel could not be affected
directly by the Rumanian
earthquake which was felt as far
as Moscow and Rome. But, the
geologists noted, Israel is in an
area which has suffered earth
quakes in the past and will
probably have them in the
future.
Synagogue's
participating
inUJA Shabbat
Atlanta’s Jewish con
gregations are participating in
the first United Jewish Appeal
National Shabbat on March 18-
19 — underscoring the In
terrelationship between syn
agogues and the American
Jewish x community’s UJA/
Federation campaigns.
Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Federation leadership has been
asked to participate in Shabbat
services at some congregations.
In others, rabbis are planning to
highlight UJA Shabbat.
Appropriately, the Torah por
tion for the week concludes the
Book of Exodus, ending with the
words, 'Chazak, chasak
v’niteh&zak’ -r- "Let us bestrong,
let us strengthen one another.”
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