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Ad-hoc International Group Issues Protest on Lithuanian Gov’s “Vilna Gaon Coin”



VILNIUS—An ad-hoc group of rabbis, lawyers and Jewish communal leaders, mostly from the United States, today issued a  statement of protest calling the new “Vilna Gaon coin” issued by the Lithuanian government a “rare display of cynicism.” Their press release:

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