The Jewish Central Board of Bombay, the leading Indian Jewish organization, has pledged its allegiance to the new Indian Government, it was announced here today. Special services were held in synagogues throughout India in behalf of the new Dominion.
The Board, which has submitted memoranda to the constituent assembly regarding (##)e status of the Jews in the new India, reported that the Jewish community was hopeful about its future under the new regime, particularly in view of recent assurances attended by Indian leaders concerning the status of minority groups.
Leaders of the Board pointed out that the new government’s gesture in inviting (##) of its representatives, Dr. E. Moses, formerly mayor of Bombay, and H. Cynowicz, (##) participate in a parade marking the independence of India, as well as inviting them to a reception tendered former Viceroy Mountbatten, was “very heartening.”
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