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Moscow’s Central Synagogue Reported Overcrowded for Yom Kippur Services

Press dispatches received here today from Moscow reported that a large overflow congregation attended Yom Kippur services in the Soviet capital. According to the dispatches, the Central Synagogue, on Arkhipov Street, had drawn a particularly large crowd for the High Holy Day services.

October 16, 1967
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Press dispatches received here today from Moscow reported that a large overflow congregation attended Yom Kippur services in the Soviet capital. According to the dispatches, the Central Synagogue, on Arkhipov Street, had drawn a particularly large crowd for the High Holy Day services.

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