The decree abolishing compulsory religious instruction in Hungary’s schools has had a marked effect on the teaching of Jewish religious principles, it was indicated here today. Sixty percent of Jewish parents who were polled expressed a desire to have their children continue to receive religious instruction.
At the same time it was disclosed that of some 4,500 Jewish school-age children in Pest, some 2,850 asked to receive religious instruction. A spokesman for the Jewish community said here that at present the Jewish schools have three weekly
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