Police at Margate, a seaside resort, today saved the local synagogue from destruction by fire. Called to the scens by a boy who saw smoke rising from the building, they pulled out a blazing bundle of kinding wood.
Recently, anti-Jewish slogans were painted on the synagogue walls and police say that three months ago they received threats that it would be destroyed. This is the third attempt in recent months to fire a synagogue in England. The demage was slight. The annual convention of the British-Labor Party will be held at Margate at the end of the month.
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