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Haifa Jews Storm Theatre for Sabbath Performance

August 14, 1927
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(J. T. A. Mail Service)

A crowd of Orthodox Jews stormed the Empire Cinema at Haifa yesterday and tried to stop the performance by force, as a protest against the violation of the Sabbath.

The police were called in and dispersed the crowd. There was a considrable amount of fighting between the crowd and the police before the crowd was dispersed.

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