Memorial services in honor of the deceased King Ferdinand were held on Saturday in all synagogues in Roumania.
Chief Rabbi Zirelson, in Kishinev, received a telegram from the Minister of Education. notifying him of the death of the King, and asking the Rabbi that services be arranged in the synagogues of Bessarabia.
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