Four American rabbis who have just completed a tour of the Soviet Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia found that there was strong “Jewish consciousness” among Jews in these countries despite prohibitions or restrictions on the teaching of the Jewish religion in schools or classes.
The rabbis, members of a delegation of the New York Board of Rabbis, said here today that the general facilities for the promotion of Jewish religion and cultural life are meager in the Communist countries. They deported that their visit to the larger Jewish centers had been greatly appreciated and that if similar visits from other Jewish communities could be arranged the Jews of the Communist countries would undoubtedly welcome them.
The four stopped off in London today to meet with Barnett Janner, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and other Board leaders as well as with Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie and the spiritual leader of the Sephardic community. The four are: Rabbis Harold H. Gordon, Jacob C. Grossman, Joseph Miller and Israel Mowshowitz.
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