About 20,000 people are “attached” to the Moscow Central Synagogue, the largest in the Soviet Union, according to information disseminated here today by the Soviet embassy. Weekday congregations total about 500, with up to 1,500 on the Sabbath, the Soviet Information Bulletin said.
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