Jacob Shevelev has been named by Soviet authorities as the new chairman of the Marina Roshcha Synagogue, a house of worship located in a Moscow suburb, it was reported here today from the Soviet capital, Mr. Shevelev succeeds the late George Lieb, who had headed that congregation for some years.
According to information available here, Mr. Shevelev had been closely associated with the late Mr. Lieb in their efforts to follow the official Government “explanations” to the effect that there is no anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and that there are no discriminations in the USSR against Jewish culture and religion.
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