The Board of Deputies of British Jews today noted with interest and “with a certain measure of relief” that the Rumanian Government had released a half-dozen Rumanian Jewish leaders previously arrested and convicted of having had contact with Jewish organizations abroad.
The Board also stated that it would continue to “watch the situation in the hope and expectation that persons still imprisoned will be released soon.” At the same time, the Board decided to hold in abeyance a decision to sponsor a public protest meeting against the Rumanian arrests and convictions.
Barnett Janner, M.P. and chairman of the Board’s foreign affairs committee, reported to the organization that only a few synagogues were still open in Rumania and that several rabbis had been arrested for not keeping to the official line. There are no ritual slaughterers in some communities, Mr. Janner reported, and in Transylvania Jews are forced to work on the Sabbath.
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