The Board of Deputies of British Jews adopted a resolution yesterday “profoundly deploring” a measure issued by Italian authorities in Tripoli compelling Jews in certain areas to keep their shops open on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath.
Leonard Montefiore announced that the Joint Foreign Committee was considering action to submit the Tripoli case to proper authorities. Scores of Jews were arrested there recently and two publicly flogged for violating the new decree.
There has been a distinct lull in Fascist anti-Jewish activities in London’s East End, reported Lionel Cohen, presiding in the absence of Neville J. Laski, but the Fascist press is carrying out its “pernicious anti-Jewish propaganda” which he held “obviously inspired by the Nazis.
Referring to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent statement condemning anti-Semitism, Mr. Cohen said:
“It is gratifying to learn that these utterances met with practically universal approval. We are receiving numerous expressions of support from churches expressing the view that the fight against anti-Semitism concerns non-Jews as much as Jews.”
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