The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of Poland today decided to join Palestine rabbis in declaring March 27th a day of fast as a protest against the alleged persecution of observing Jews and the Jewish religion in Soviet Russia.
At the same time the Union decided to issue an appeal to Polish Jewry to send food and matzoth to Soviet Russia for the Passover holidays.
An appeal to orthodox Jewry the world over to observe March 27th as a day of fast, in protest against the alleged persecution of the Jewish religion in Soviet Russia, was decided upon in Palestine, by 200 Rabbis headed by Chief Rabbi A. I. Kook.
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