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Celebrating in a variety of ways

The crisis in Atlanta after the lynching of Leo Frank in August 1915 might have deterred the Jews there from holding Simhat Torah services with lively singing and dancing.

Rabbi Stuart Geller at a ‘lebedik’ Simhat Torah celebration with his Long Island congregation.
Rabbi Stuart Geller at a ‘lebedik’ Simhat Torah celebration with his Long Island congregation.
(photo credit: PR)
ByDAVID GEFFEN
OCTOBER 1, 2017 19:14
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