Rabbi Israel Schapiro, known as the Grodsisker Rebbe, has received an alarming report that the Soviet government is preparing to execute the leaders of the Minsk Jewish community who were arrested last Saturday by the Russian secret police on a charge of counter-revolutionary actions. On hearing of the report a delegation of rabbis called on the American consul here and asked him to intervene. As a sign of mourning all of the rabbis rent their clothing. Special prayers have been arranged for the arrested leaders.
A similar report has been received by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzenski of Vilna who has sent out a number of telegrams to Jewish leaders and rabbis in all parts of the world asking them to intervene to prevent the executions. The Jewish population here became greatly excited as the report spread.
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