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Human Rights Vayetze 

Vayetze 5777 – John Glenn, Yakov Avinu, and Human Rights Shabbat

December 11, 2016January 12, 2017 Barry Leff 0 Comment Human Rights Shabbat, John Glenn

One of my boyhood heroes, former astronaut and US Senator John Glenn, died this past week. John Glenn was the

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