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“…The Jewish mind does not recognize anything praiseworthy in the erection of not useful and salutary, although magnificent structures”
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Legendary chazzan Yossele Rosenblatt had always dreamed that his last pulpit would be in the Holy Land
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The “Suppose You Were Starving” message resonated strongly with the crowd
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Reb Shea shouldered the burden of sharing the story of the great destruction of Jewish history in Europe, a mandate he received from one of the greatest tzaddikim murdered at the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Rav Shulem Leizer Halberstam of Ratzfert
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American Jews now found themselves caught between their desire to express solidarity with the nation and reverence for Lincoln, and the need to observe the traditions of their faith