All London synagogues and many others throughout England were crowded over the week-end with worshippers praying for the success of the invasion. Special prayers for the Allied soldiers fighting in France were recited in accordance with an order issued by Chief Rabbi Hertz. Sermons stressed the hope that the Allied troops will bring swift liberation to the enslaved Jews of occupied Europe.
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