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Show (SERVICES FOR THE JEWISH SOLDIERS Memorial services for the Jewish soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice sacri-fice in the great war were held this morning at 9 o'clock In the Odd Fellows' Fel-lows' hall. The services, which also mark the dosing of Passover, were conducted by Rabbi Lazras Lehrer of Little Rock, Ark, for Congregation Drilh Sholom. Passover is both the birthday and Ihe Independence day of the Jewish people, and they celebrated the festival festi-val this ypar as a people of a free nation, na-tion, according to Rabbi Lehrer. He said : "Contemplating our past, ppn as far back as the Exodus, in commomora Hon of which wp celebrate Passover, our minds b-comp iinbut J in a sea ot inspiration P pinning with Moses, the great leader, down to Herzi, the b'St pxponent of thp rebirth 01 ih.' Jrwish nation, our history is full of prophets, poets, hfrops and martyrs, who ha vp ,strpd as n fountain of pver lasfinc inspiration not only to their own ppople but also to the whole of humanity. "Concerning our futurp. nvrr sinre thp df st ruet in nf ih' Speond Jpwi.-ti Commonwealth, has it bepn so promis in a - ji i- ims m i h f eventful perio J of the world's rpconst ruction " |