The Polish Rabbis’ Association told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today that it had received reports from Russia telling of the arrests of many rabbis there. Among those reported seized is Rabbi Itzchak Twerski of Kiev, son-in-law of the noted Czechanower rabbi.
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