(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Tribute to the memory of Archbishop Repta of Bukowina was paid by the Jewish population of Czernowitz today when his funeral took place. The Jewish stores in the city were closed. The rabbinate, representatives of the Jewish community and thousands of the Jewish population attended the funeral.
The chief rabbi of Czernowitz delivered a eulogy, in which he prayer for the rest of the late archbishop and recalled his action in saving the synagogues and the holy scrolls in Czernowitz from an attack by the invading Cossacks of the Russian army during the world war.
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