In re the Estate of Rose

Laurence D. Wood, S.

Decedent died on May 4,1964, a resident of Onondaga County, and his will was duly admitted to probate by this court on September 29, 1964. After providing for payment of debts and funeral expenses, the sole dispositive provision of the will is: ‘ ‘ 2. All the rest, residue and remainder of my property of whatever nature and wherever situate, I give, devise and bequeath to the State of Israel, to be used for the relief and resettlement of Jewish scapegoat refugees who have been subject to persecution in Christian, Moslem, Nazi, Fascist or Communist countries.”

The principal…