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Soviet Orders New Anti-religious Drive; Jewish Bite Attacked

The U. S. Information Agency charged today that a new anti-religious campaign against Judaism and other faiths has been ordered by the Kremlin in the USSR and in the Soviet satellite states. The newspaper “Krasny Mayak,” in Khabarovsk Territory, Siberia, was quoted as attacking the Jewish rite of circumcision.

July 30, 1954
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The U. S. Information Agency charged today that a new anti-religious campaign against Judaism and other faiths has been ordered by the Kremlin in the USSR and in the Soviet satellite states. The newspaper “Krasny Mayak,” in Khabarovsk Territory, Siberia, was quoted as attacking the Jewish rite of circumcision.

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