Jewish sources in the Soviet Union reported today that large numbers of Jews in Moscow and other Soviet centers celebrated Purim. One of the Purim parties was held in the home of Prof. Alexander Lerner. Ten Kiev Jews sent a message of Purim greetings to Israel’s president Ephraim Katzir.
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