More than 2000 members of the Twin Cities Jewish community gathered in Rice Park, downtown St. Paul Oct. 7 to protest treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union. Across from Rice Park in the Landmark Center was the opening of an exhibition of 19th Century Russian art–attended by 1000 Twin Cities dignitaries and three official emissaries from the Soviet Union. The theme of the demonstration was: “Cultural Exchange, Yes! Cultural Extinction, Nol” The rally–the largest Jewish protest demonstration in the Twin Cities in three years–involved approximately a tenth of the area’s Jewish population. It included speeches, songs and a candlelight march around Landmark Center. The Jewish Community Relations Council-Anti-Defamation League, Minnesota Dakotas Action Committee for Soviet Jewry organized the demonstration.
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