Rabbi Farkish, chief rabbi of Bohemia and Moravia, and nine other Czechoslovakian Jews have been given prison sentences on allegations that they had had “contact with a foreign legation,” according to word reaching here today.
While the country whose legation the Jews were alleged to have visited was not named, it was understood that the accusations were tied with supposed “contact” between the Jews and the Israel legation in Prague.
The imprisonment of the rabbi and the nine others is part of a drive against Jews in general, and many others have been arrested in an effort to intimidate Czech Jews who yearn for contact with the Israel diplomatic mission in Czechoslovakia, it is understood here.
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