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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Heed The Heart Jerusalem answer lies in a profound intuition merican Jewry is busy count- that continues to animate many Jew- ing itself again. Soon we will ish hearts: a feeling that the entire all be waiting breathlessly to world depends on the continued exis- see how the year 2000 tence of our tiny people. National Jewish Population Study The source of that is an experience compares to that of 1990. forever implanted i...…
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