The All-Lithuanian rabbinical conference gathered here yesterday. The sesion was opened by the Chief Rabbi of Kovno, Rabbi Schapiro. The Lithuanian Minister of the Interior addressed the conference, urging the rabbis to impress upon the Jewish people the necessity of abandoning the German and Russian languages and learning Lithuanian.
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