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Two More Rabbis Arrested by Russian Secret Police

Rabbi Lazerev, Chief Rabbi of Leningrad, and the well-known Rabbi Yasnogorowski, were both arrested today by the G.P.U., Russian secret police. Both are accused of maintaining illegal connections abroad, particularly with the Lubawitscher Rebbe (Rabbi Joseph Schneursohn).

February 27, 1930
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Rabbi Lazerev, Chief Rabbi of Leningrad, and the well-known Rabbi Yasnogorowski, were both arrested today by the G.P.U., Russian secret police. Both are accused of maintaining illegal connections abroad, particularly with the Lubawitscher Rebbe (Rabbi Joseph Schneursohn).

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