(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
For the first time in a hundred years, an Orthodox Jew was elected president of the Berlin Kehillah.
Gerson Simon, Kommerzienrat, was elected president. Herr Wolff was chosen vice-president. The second vice president, Kareski, is a Zionist.
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