Polish Refugee Family Group Escapes to Italy at Gorizia
Twenty eight people from Lodz Poland aged two to 61 reached Gorizia Italy seeking asylum. It marked the largest refugee arrival in Italy since 1955 and followed a 550 mile route via Yugoslavia and Hungary after a voyage from Lodz. A Yugoslav contact aided the operation and 14 others had moved earlier this month. The total for 1960 at Gorizia rose to 63.
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U S rabbi leads Moscow synagogue amid rabbinic shortage
A New York rabbi conducted Sabbath services in Moscow's Central Synagogue due to the hospitalization of Yehuda Leib Levin. The event highlighted Russia's rabbinic scarcity with about a dozen trained rabbis nationwide and no seminaries. Rabbi Arthur Schneier led a 300-strong congregation as part of an Appeal of Conscience Foundation mission urging study abroad for rabbinic training.
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Cambodian War Report Indicates Vietnamese Control Near Phnom Penh
One year after U.S. forces left Cambodia, Vietnamese and Cambodian forces clash near Vihear Suor as fighting intensifies. Reports cite 50 Cambodian wounded daily, with higher government casualties, and describe an infiltration corridor aimed at bypassing Phnom Penh.
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