Jews in Moscow celebrated Passover in traditional services at the Central Synagogue there, the New York Times reported in a dispatch from the Soviet capital. The report said that services were conducted by Cantor Barkan. Matzoth were eaten in Orthodox Jewish homes, the correspondent reported.
The congregation in the Moscow synagogue, the correspondent said, appeared to be a representative cross-section of the Jewish populace, young, middle-aged and some elderly bearded Jews. There were a number of women, many of them smartly dressed, in the gallery, which runs around three sides of the temple. The charge d’affaires of the Israeli Legaion, Lev Argaman, and the second secretary of the legation, Aria Aroch, occupied seats on a platform to the left of the central altar, the report said.
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