Good Luck Rabbie Pete
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s extensive Pete experience has extensive working experience with young working people, with young havingpeople, been joint having been joint r of Liberal director Judaism’s of Liberal summer Judaism’s campsummer Kadimahcamp and as Kadimah a program anddirector as a program director Union of forAmerican the UnionHebrew of American Congregations’ Hebrew Congregations’ Camp Newman Camp Summer Newman Summer Camp.
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