The schechita was prohibited in the city of Borisow in the district of Minsk through the initiative of the Yevsektzia, Jewish section of the Communist party. The prohibition has already been in force for the past ten days, according to a report received here from Moscow. Measures to prohibit the schechita in Rostow were taken by the local Yevsektzia.
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