Dr. Mosoa Rosen Chief Rabbi of Rumania, who arrived here for a brief visit to London, said today that there were no religious problems facing the Jews of Rumanta. He reported that there were now 100,000 Jews in the country living in 72 communities.
In the capital city of Bucharest, he noted, there were 24 synagogues where services take place morning and evening as well as on Sabbaths and holidays. Jewish education, he said, is provided in supplementary Jewish schools after the normal school hours.
Kosher meat, Dr. Rosen said, is sold in the state shops where a supervisor of kashrut is maintained by the Jewish community. A newspaper, the Jewish Journal, edited by Dr. Bosen himself, is published in Hebrew, Yiddish and Rumanian with its entire 7,000 circulation sold out.
Noting that an extensive rebuilding program was underway which affected many of the country’s synagogues, Dr. Rosen said that no synagogue is demolished without the Chief Rabbi’s consent and that he gave such consent only when a new synagogue facility was provided. In cases where there were no Jews left in a particular area, Dr. Rosen said that he permits the demolition of the synagogue but not its conversion to other purposes.
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