The Polish government today declined the request of the Vilna Agudath Israel, orthodox Jewish organization, to permit the establishment of a separate orthodox Jewish community. The request followed the Agudath Israel’s fight against the appointment of Rabbi Rubenstein as chief rabbi of Vilna.
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