The local United Talmud Torahs were compelled to close today as teachers of the schools went on strike as a protest against the non-payment of salaries for nearly six months.
Fourteen hundred children, receiving instruction in five schools are affected.
The critical financial situation makes the date of re-opening of the schools problematical.
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