Mayor Hans Vogel of Munich attended Sunday night dedication ceremonies of a new $700,000 synagogue and community center for German Jews. The Munich municipality had donated $50,000 of the total sum for the construction of Congregation Ichud Shivat Zion. Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren of Tel Aviv officiated and Dr. Zerach Warhaftig, Minister of Religious Affairs, Dr. Joseph Burg, Minister of the Interior, and Mayor Yehoshua Rabinowitz were among the many officials that attended the ceremonies.
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