The fifth anniversary of the death of Jews in the 1929 riots has been observed here and in Jerusalem at the cemeteries, which the souls of those departed were prayed for. The date coincides with the Jewish calendar. According to the civil calendar, the fifth anniversary of the 1929 riots is on August 23.
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