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- ↑ "Beth Sholom welcomes visiting rabbi".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "JTS Partners with Congregation Chevrei Tzedek to Expand Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Lead".
- ↑ "Rabbi".
- ↑ "Clergy Team | Temple Israel Center". 19 December 2019.
- ↑ "Rabbi Polisson to join Monroe congregation".