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Show RABBIS BLESS MEAT AS STEAMSHIP LOADS First Kosher Meat in Five Years Goes to European Jews as Gift. New York. Included In tho more than $8,000,000 worth of supplies sent nhroud by American Jewish relief agencies thiN far this year wero several sev-eral hundred tons of "kosher" meat. The steamer Aslihiirn, wblehleft hero some tlmu u&o n,, u.tiu.g, curried 000 tons of thla commodity, while tho Huachuca, which hns just sailed, Is carrying a smaller consignment tu Cdu-stanzu, Cdu-stanzu, Rumania. Unusual Interest attaches to both these shipments. Prominent Jews of this city Inspected tho first cargo. Jewish rabbis blessed the barrels Of meat ns they wero -lowered Into tho ship's hohl. Tho meat was n gift from tho Jews of America to their coreligionists co-religionists In Poland nod other parts of Kurope. Thesq Furopcaii Jews havo eaten virtually no mwit In flvo years, for their religion prohibits them using meat other than that killed by a rabbi nnd In nn orthodox manner, and "kosher" meat bus been unobtainable. Among the other supplies sent In thcKii regular shipments nro sonp, clothing, shoes and shoe-repairing materials, ma-terials, largu quantities of notions, medicines, hospital supplies and n long list of additional articles, every ono of which Is lacking In the war-wrecked war-wrecked countries across tho Atlantic. Funds to continue those regular nnll. Ings of ivllef ships nro now being Bought by tho American Jewish Relief Committee, whoso headquarters nro nt W Hast -10th Street, this city. Louis Marshall Is chairman nnd Henry II. Rosen felt director of this organization. organiza-tion. Campaigns nro scheduled for thla fall In soma twenty states, and It Is expected to bring the total contributions contribu-tions for Jewish rtllef this year up to vl3.000.000. , i liai-i asinii-- .-.Jl -! - t |