(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
January first, the day of the promulgation of the Palestine Communities Ordinance, which grants Palestine Jewry religious and cultural autonomy in the administration of its internal affairs and which recognizes the unity of the Jewish community, was a day of fast and prayer for the ultra-Orthodox element of Jerusalem Jews.
Following the call of the Jerusalem Committee of the Agudath Israel thousands gathered at the Wailing Wall to offer prayers for the recognition of the principle of a separate Orthodox community. In behalf of those assembled at the Wailing Wall the Orthodox Committee despatched by wire and cable requests to the High Commissioner, Lord Plumer, to the Colonial Office in London and to the League of Nations, demanding that a separate Orthodox community be recognized.
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