Three workers in the factory Svisldtchsky, in the district of Minsk, were arrested as the torturers of the Jewish worker, Miss Barshay. Two of the arrested are members of the Communist Youth Organization and they have been excluded from the party.
A joint commission of the White Russian Zik, Central Executive Committee, and the Central Executive of the Labor Unions, is investigating this case which has attracted wide attention in the press. Many workers have voiced their protest against the treatment accorded Miss Barshay who was stripped and doused in cold water by her fellow-workers.
The “Pravda” reports in connection with this case that anti-Semitism is rampant in many factors in White Russia.
The sixtieth anniversary celebration of Congregation Ahavai Sholom of Portland, Oregon, will take place December 7th, 8th and 9th. Ahavai Sholom is a Conservative Synagogue. Rabbi Herbert Parzen is its spiritual leader. Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz of Temple Beth Israel and Rabbi Meyer Rubin of Congregation Neveh Zedek, Portland, will take part in the exercises.
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