Forthcoming Visit to Shanghai Reliable information is to hand that the Very Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire, who is about to make a pastoral tour of the British Empire, the object of which is to give an opportunity for the communities in the British colonies and possessions to become acquainted with the incumbent of the Chief Rabbinate, and also to afford an opportunity to the Chief Rabbi himself to study the conditions and needs of the congregations in these parts, will include ai in his itinerary. Dr. Hertz expects to be here in January next. It is, of course, a courtesy visit in recognition of the great. interest which the local Jewish community has evinced in all matters relating ito the Jewish problem, Judaism and: Zionism.
ZioxisM 1x SHANGHAI, Mr. Israel Cohen, 8... who has been entrusted by the Zionist Organization, London. with an im. portant mission—the first of its kind In the history of the movement—to the Jewish communities in Australia, India and the Far East, will arrive in Shanghai the middle of this month. His object is to explain the significance of the Peace Conference's decision concerning Palestine and to raise funds for the furtherance of Zionist projects in Palestine. Mr Cohen has been furnished wit credentials from the Foreign Office and Colonial Office. and with special messages from the Zionist leaders. as well as from Lord Rothschild, Lord Robert Cecil. s.r, Dr. Nor-dau and others.
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