Seven Jewish houses of study were confiscated and converted into labor clubs in Vitebsk.
The “Emes” reports that several Jews in Novo-Rosisk were sentenced to imprisonment having been found guilty of falsifying signatures to a petition against the nationalization of a local synagogue.
The Minsk Communist daily, “Oktiabr.” reports that the Rabbi of Beresina is being expelled from the town on charges of counter-revolution.
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