“The Jews of Russia, who were suppressed during the Czaristic regime and had to depend for their livelihood on ‘luft’ professions, are now entering a new era of normal life on the soil,” declared the All Ukrainian Starosta, Petrowsky, at the celebration of the seventh anniversary of the October Revolution, held by the Jewish Workingmen’s Club in Charkow.
The celebration was held in a building which was previously the main synagogue of Charkow. The Yevsektzia presented Starosta Petrowsky with an address in Yiddish.
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