A day of fasting and prayers for the Jews of Hungary and the Balkans and all other Jews remaining in Europe was proclaimed today by the Jewish National Council and the Chief Rabbinate. It will take place on June 5.
The day will be marked by a country-wide rally to be held here in the morning, with Jewish leaders and representatives of local settlement councils participating. All Jewish shops and non-war plants will close down at 2 p.m. and prayers will be held in all synagogues at 4 o’clock.
In the afternoon a delegation will call on the High Commissioner and United States Consul-General Lowell C. Pinkerton and present a petition urging immediate aid for all Jews menaced by the Nazis. The observances will be concluded by mass meetings in the evening.
The Chief Rabbinate today cabled to Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz of Great Britain and to the Union of Orthodox Rabbis in the United States asking them to proclaim a similar day of prayer for June 11.
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