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Bureau for Jewish Religious Affairs Established in Moscow by Government

January 19, 1944
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A special Bureau for Jewish Religious Affairs has been established in Moscow, the Palestine Victory League announced today on the basis of information received from Teheran.

It is assumed here that the Bureau will be headed by Samuel Chobrutsky, president of the Moscow Jewish Community who is expected to return to Moscow from Tashkent, where the offices of the Moscow Jewish Community were evacuated when the Russian Capital faced the dangers of German invasion.

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