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 Rabbi Andrea Weiss Named Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Israel of New Rochelle
Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bible at HUC-JIR/NY and Associate Editor of The Torah: A Women's Commentary, will be the Sid and Ruth Lapidus Scholar in Residence at Temple Israel of New Rochelle on March 20-21, 2009. Rabbi Weiss will speak at Erev Shabbat Service Friday night and lead an expanded Torah Study on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. Visit www.tinr.org.
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