The Jews of Germany were advised today by their supreme representative body to abstain from arranging unnecessary gatherings in order to attract less notice from the Nazis.
This advice, which is significant of the present situation of the Jews in Germany, came in the form of a circular issued by the Reichsvertretung of German Jews, the supreme representative body of German Jewry, urging that fewer public meetings be held by Jewish organizations in Germany.
“We expect the German Jews not to attend gatherings which are not consonant with the need for proper reticence,” the circular states, adding that “a part of German Jewry fails to consider this need at the present time.”
The Jewish reform community celebrated yesterday the completion of ninety years since the proclamation calling for the formation of the Jewish Reform Community of Berlin. Special services commemorating the ninetieth anniversary will be held in the Reform synagogues on Friday, April 5. The official organ of the Community will publish a jubilee issue.
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