The 764 Jewish martyrs who lost their lives when the Struma, a Rumanian ship carrying illegal immigrants to Israel, sank in 1943, were honored here today at a memorial service hold in Bucharest’s Choral Synagogue. Chief Rabbi Dr. Moses Rosen delivered a memorial sermon, and members of the congregation said a collective kaddish is memory of the lost. Congregants then proceeded to the local Jewish cemetery where a memorial to the “Struma Martyrs” is erected. Meanwhile, it was announced here today to foreign newsmen, that arrangements for Pass over have been completed by the Federation of Jewish Communities in Rumania. Both matzot and Israeli wines, It was disclosed, are being sold in a number of centers in Bucharest and the provinces, and kosher restaurants will be open for Passover both to paying and non-paying guests. The Jewish Community Center in Bucharest, it was also learned, has on hand a supply of “Shemurah Matzot” for those who desire them, and Rabbi Rosen will conduct the two traditional public Sederim in Bucharest.
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