The Soviet authorities have published an account of the “crimes” charged against the arrested rabbis of Minsk, the London “Times” reports from Riga. The G.P.U., describes the “crimes” as counter-revolutionary because the rabbis corresponded with Jewish organizations and Jews abroad, particularly, the “appeal sent to Jewish political groups and economic organizations abroad, begging assistance for dying Jews.
The greatest “crime,” according to the Soviet authorities, was committed by an American, Rabbi Glazer, who, it is alleged ,abused the Soviet Government’s confidence. When he was recently permitted to visit Minsk for family reasons, he “secretly inquired about the Soviet Government’s attitude toward religion and clandestinely discussed with local rabbis, economic conditions under which the Jewish population lived.”
The “Morning Post” adds that the rabbis are also accused of having received counter-revolutionary instructions from Riga.
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