I want to try to speak with you from the perspective of someone who is deeply embedded in the American Rabbinate, which is to
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אנו מודים לקרן ד. דן ובטי קאן על תמיכתם בהוצאת כתב העת.
With thanks and appreciation to the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation for supporting this project.
