France’s Chief Rabbi, Dr. Jacob Kaplan, cabled Soviet Ambassador Piotr Abrassimov to protest the arrests three consecutive weekends of young Jews at the Kiev synagogue and the denial to young Jews of access to it. “I protest against these serious infringements on the liberty of the Individual and his conscience,” Dr. Kaplan wrote. “I demand that the Soviet authorities put an immediate end to such dealings.” The text, circulated throughout the Jewish community here, was read yesterday in all French synagogues.
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