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Rescued Legacy
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Saved Twice Over 
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Resell Your Real Estate
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redo and renew
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 I knew there was no future for me as a Jew or as a woman in Iran As told to Malkie Schulman I was in college in Iran when the Islamic Revolution was in its beginning stages. My fellow classmates were busy with protests against the Shah, but I stayed away. Aside from the fact
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Shul of My Youth
Open House
Rabbi Paysach Krohn remembers the shul of his youth
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Shul of My Youth
Lined Up Around the Block
For some reason my father chose to become a member at Dukes Place, and that was our shul
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Vacancies
Vacancies: Postscript
The Vacancies writers fill in the holes behind the scenes
Family First Contributors
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Vacancies: Chapter 13
Those three women and their perfect stores, perfect lives, and a dance studio, it’s perfect, I can’t believe we didn’t think of it before!
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