A rabbinical conference called by Chief Rabbi A. I. Kook and attended by 200 rabbis, today resolved to proclaim March 27th a day of fast to be observed by Jews throughout the world as a protest against the alleged persecution of the Jewish religion in Soviet Russia.
An appeal to world Jewry to observe this day with special synagogue services and anti-Soviet demonstrations will be issued.
A petition will also be submitted to the League of Nations and prominent world personalities to use their influence with the Soviet government to discontinue the alleged persecution of the Jewish religion and its observers and to permit Jews to leave Soviet Russia.
Reports were delivered at the conference declaring that Russian Jews die of hunger in the streets and many were touched to the point of tears by these reports.
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