Prayers tonight in the “Chamber of Ashes” in the memorial on Mt. Zion for six million Jews murdered by the Nazis ushered in a worldwide observance of Memorial Day for the Jewish martyrs. Tomorrow Rabbi D. Cahana, Warsaw’s last Chief Rabbi, will lead a pilgrimage to the memorial.
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