Ten thousand Jewish workers in Kiev are unemployed, according to an official report issued following an investigation which has just been completed.
Those employed among the 45,000 Jewish families of Kiev, earn a very low wage and desire to change their means of livelihood. Two thousand Jews come annually from the provinces to Kiev, adding to the unemployment and the declassed among Kiev Jewry, the investigation showed.
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