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- ↑ Ilana Abramovitch; Sean Galvin. Jews of Brooklyn (which includes his picture and, on the following 2 pages, photos of the building). p. 234.
- ↑ "Flatbush: Shulamith School For Girls Plans Purchase and Sale - Yeshiva World News". 21 May 2008.
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- ↑ Young Israel merged with another nearby Orthodox synagogue, Beth El.
- 1 2 "Yeshiva Etz Chaim of Boro Park Alumni Reunion". The Jewish Press . June 20, 1997. p. 37.
- ↑ for a while they were held every five years; plans for the June 14, 1992 reunion was covered by The Jewish Press, p. 16, May 29, 1992.
