The Thuringian government yesterday submitted to the Diet for action a project calling for the prohibition of Schechita, the Jewish method of slaughtering animals for food.
Jewish circles fear that the Diet will endorse the project.
Rabbi Herbert Fedder of the Laurelton, L. I. Jewish Center, was installed in the Memorial Hall at Elmhurst, L. I., as the Chaplain of the Queens County American Legion.
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