Word: bezalel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American Palestine Campaign. Nahum Sokolow speaks twelve tongues (he politely corrected Louis Wiley of the New York Times who, at a dinner, credited him with only nine). He addressed his audience in Yiddish last week, departing from his set speech to eulogize the late Boris Schatz, head of the Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts in Jerusalem, who had died in Denver during the week. Boris Schatz had appealed for funds for his school and museum. He died in poverty. Said President Sokolow: "Today, all that we can give to Boris Schatz is our pity. . . . It is my hope that American...