(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A sad picture of Jewish conditions in the Republic of Turkey was presented by a Bulgarian Jewish traveller who returned here today.
According to his report the ordinance prohibiting Jews to travel in the interior of Turkey is again being enforced. The Kehillah of Constantinople is completely disorganized, he said, due to the fact that the government has not taken the pains to ratify the statutes prepared by a special committee two years ago when the reorganization of Jewish communal life in Turkey was undertaken.
Many kehillahs are disappearing due to the emigration of Turkish Jews who go mainly to South America. In many towns the Jewish population has decreased by two-thirds. A half of the Jewish population of Adrianople has left the city. The remainder of the Jewish community was compelled to close the Jewish schools, being unable to maintain them. The Jews in the smaller communities are subjected to insults and dare not complain for if they do the authorities tell them to leave the country, the traveller reports.
Five children share with their mother the $110,000 estate of Samuel Goldenberg, of Chisholm, Minn. The will provides that should any child marry a person not of the Jewish faith, he or she will be cut off with $5.
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