The Jewish youth of Palestine will stage nation-wide demonstrations on Friday to protest against the Nuremberg laws, it was announced today.
On Saturday a specially composed “megillah” (the designation for certain books of the Bible, notably the Book of Esther, in which the downfall of the tyrant Haman is recounted) will be read in the synagogues throughout the country.
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