The entire board of the Turin Jewish community resigned today. The board was split owing to a conflict between the Zionist and non-Zionist elements. The quarrel arose when Turin newspapers declared that Fascism and the acceptance of Zionism by Italian Jews could not be reconciled.
Advocate Ovazza, prefect of the province, was appointed government commissioner for the Turin Jewish community.
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