(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Figures on the Jewish population in the capital of White Russia were made public here on the basis of an official census.
According to the census, the majority of the population of Minsk, which numbers 121,956, are Jews.
The White Russian Commissariat of Education has decided to open a Yiddish section of the Workers University here.
In Mohilev, a collective of unemployed cantors was organized for the purpose of settling on the land. In order to secure funds for this collective, the cantors arranged a public concert.
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