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The life of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, an eyewitness to pivotal moments in Jewish history.
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- 0:00[Music] a date which will live in [Music] INF both of those projects initiatives got off…
- 3:05biggest issue at that time was the synagogue Council the synagogue Council was also a great…
- 6:09about pushing off burial because he couldn't bury right away so remembered that in the 1960s…
- 9:16oh you could see that he's the real brisk whatever that means um and he uh…
- 12:20met Colin Colin Powell and he said Colin Powell who grew up in the Bronx knew…
- 15:27broke out when he was a young child he saw the bris is getting his beard…
- 18:38there was a controversy involving Roma Goran the chief Rabbi in Israel so Rabbi shonfeld was…
- 21:42Lakewood says oh said oh he said he wanted to faint on the spot heon was…
- 24:44the the one who breaks Cale The Inkwell in in in anger and he didn't continue…
- 27:54they had mixed seating and the casus was questionable there was no official certification so one…
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Living History: The Life of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld Part II31:16
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