Dr. Isaac Cohen was installed as Chief Rabbi of Ireland in ceremonies at which he called on the Soviet leaders to allow Russian Jews to live under the same conditions of national and cultural independence afforded to other Soviet minorities.
Dr. Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, attended the installation as did the Lord Mayor of Dublin the Provost of the National University of Ireland and members of the diplomatic corps.
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