RABBINI CONTRO NETANYAHU
340 Rabbis Urge Congress
Support Nuclear Deal with Iran
Call for International Partners to Strengthen Efforts to Confront Iranian Support for Terrorism and other Threats
New York, NY, August 17, 2015
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Today, 340 rabbis from all streams of Judaism sent a letter to all Members of Congress urging that they support the agreement between the international community and Iran on the Iranian nuclear program.
“We commend the U.S. and the other negotiating teams for their dedication to reaching an agreement to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. This deal is good for the United States and our allies in the region, and is the best arrangement possible given current international realities,” declared Rabbi Steven Bob of Glen Ellyn, IL.
Rabbi Rachel Mikva of Chicago added, “A wide array of views about the nuclear deal exist among American Jews, as demonstrated in the recent Jewish Journal poll that showed 49% approving of the agreement (31% opposed) and 53% wanting Congress to approve it (35% opposed). However many Jewish Federations, AIPAC and other leading national Jewish organizations are campaigning in opposition, which is being interpreted to mean that American Jews want to see the deal scrapped. This is a false and dangerous message that we as rabbis hope to counter with our letter to Congress.”
“If Congress ultimately rejects the deal, the consequences for the United States, Israel, the Jewish community and the world will be significant. We fear that the outcome will be the collapse of the international sanctions regime, an Iranian race for nuclear weapons and an associated arms race in the Middle East and isolation of Israel and the United States from international partners,” said Rabbi Samuel Gordon of Wilmette, IL.
Rabbi Burton Visotzky of New York City concluded, “While we believe the deal is a positive approach to the Iranian nuclear issue, we remain gravely concerned about Iranian support for terrorist groups and other destabilizing actions in the region. These threats must be countered aggressively by the international community. The misguided campaign to scuttle the nuclear deal harms the ability of Israel to join with the United States and regional allies to create a powerful coalition against Iran.”
The letter to Congress with signatures is included below.
August 17, 2015
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
Members of the U.S. Senate
As rabbis, we support the agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, Russia and Iran– The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. We encourage the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to endorse this agreement.
The Obama administration has successfully brought together the major international powers to confront Iran over its nuclear ambitions. The broad international sanctions moved Iran to enter this historic agreement. Should this agreement be rejected by the U.S. Congress, those sanctions will end. There will be no new negotiations, as the other member countries are fully in favor of this agreement and have no desire to re-negotiate.
We understand that while this agreement blocks Iran’s path to a nuclear bomb, we recognize it does not deal with Iran’s support for terror, but that was never the purpose of these talks. Now that a nuclear agreement has been reached, we call on the United States and its international partners to strengthen their resolve and dedicate additional resources to confront Iranian threats to Israel and other states.
Most especially, we are deeply concerned with the impression that the leadership of the American Jewish community is united in opposition to the agreement. We, along with many other Jewish leaders, fully support this historic nuclear accord.
Signed:
Lynne Goldsmith
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Dothan
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Alabama
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Elliot Stevens
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Montgomery
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Alabama
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Elana Kanter
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Scottsdale
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Arizona
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John Linder
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Paradise Valley
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Arizona
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Thomas Louchheim
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Tucson
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Arizona
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Michael Wasserman
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Scottsdale
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Arizona
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Ruth Adar
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Oakland
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California
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Melanie Aron
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Los Gatos
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California
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Raphael Asher
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Walnut Creek
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California
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Anne Brener
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Los Angeles,
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California
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Samuel Broude
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Oakland
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California
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Sharon Brous
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Los Angeles
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California
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Meredith Cahn
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Petaluma
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California
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Carol Caine
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Albany
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California
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Steven Chester
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Oakland
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California
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Aryeh Cohen
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Los Angeles
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California
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Hillel Cohn
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San Bernardino
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California
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Neil Comess-Daniels
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Santa Monica
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California
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Elliot Dorff
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Beverly Hills
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California
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David J. Cooper
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Berkeley
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California
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William Cutter
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Los Angeles
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California
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Lisa Edwards
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Los Angeles
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California
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Diane Elliot
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Richmond
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California
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Anthony Elman
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Los Angeles
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California
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Gordon Freeman
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Walnut Creek
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California
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Pamela Frydman
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Daly City
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California
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Laura Geller
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Los Angeles
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California
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Miriyam Glazer
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Los Angeles
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California
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Dan Goldblatt
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Larkspur
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California
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Jerrold Goldstein
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Los Angeles
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California
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Sara Goodman
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Santa Monica
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California
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Donald Goor
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Los Angeles
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California
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Daniel Gottlieb
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San Francisco
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California
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Mel Gottlieb
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Los Angleles
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California
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Roberto Graetz
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Lafayette
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California
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Nicki Greninger
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Lafayette
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California
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Moshe Halfon
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Long Beach
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California
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Lisa Hochberg-Miller
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Ventura
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California
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Jocee Hudson
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Los Angeles
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California
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Me'irah Iliinsky
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San Francisco
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California
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Daniel Isaacson
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Berkeley
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California
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Steven Jacobs
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Alameda
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California
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Burt Jacobson
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El Sobrante
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California
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Josh Jacobs-Velde
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Sebastopol
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California
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Yoel Kahn
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Berkeley
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California
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Patricia Karlin-Neumann
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Palo Alto
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California
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Jim Kaufman
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Los Angeles
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California
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Stuart Kelman
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Berkeley
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California
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Lawrence Kushner
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San Francisco
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California
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Susan Laemmle
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Los Angeles
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California
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Jason Van Leeuwen
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Los Angeles
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California
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Michael Lerner
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Berkeley
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California
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Richard Levy
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Encinco
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California
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Joshua Levine Grater
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Pasadena
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California
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Sheldon Lewis
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Palo Alto
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California
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Michael Mayersohn
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Garden Grove
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California
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Laurence Milder
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Pleasanton
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California
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Michelle Missaghieh
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Los Angeles
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California
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Dev Noily
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Oakland
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California
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Janet Offel
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Calabasas
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California
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Philip M Posner
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Santa Cruz
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California
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Arnold Rachlis
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Irvine
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California
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Sanford Ragins
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Los Angeles
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California
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Steven Reuben
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Pacific Palisades
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California
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John Rosove
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Los Angeles
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California
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Neal Scheindlin
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Los Angeles
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California
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Howie Schneider
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Aptos
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California
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Avi Schulman
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Fremont
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California
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Judith Seid
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Dublin
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California
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Chaim Seidler-Feller
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Los Angeles
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California
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Daniel Shevitz
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Venice
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California
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Suzanne Singer
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Riverside
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California
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David Stein
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Culver City
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California
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Martin Weiner
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San Francisco
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California
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Dvora Weisberg
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Los Angeles
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California
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Sarah Weissman
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Redwood City
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California
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Greg Wolfe
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Davis
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California
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Deborah Bronstein
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Boulder
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Colorado
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Brian Field
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Denver
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Colorado
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Hanoch Fields
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Denver
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Colorado
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Rachel Goldenberg
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Deep River
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Connecticut
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David Leipziger Teva
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Middletown
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Connecticut
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Stacy Offner
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Guilford
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Connecticut
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Jeremy Schwartz
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Willimantic
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Connecticut
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Jeffery Silberman
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Westport
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Connecticut
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Rabbi Michael L. Kramer
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Hockessin
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Delaware
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Douglas Krantz
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Townsend
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Delaware
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Mark Goldman
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Sarasota
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Florida
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Frederick Greenspahn
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Boca Raton
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Florida
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Geoff Huntting
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Sarasota
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Florida
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Sheldon Isenberg
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Gainesville
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Florida
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Peter Kasdan
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Longboat Key
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Florida
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Ralph Kingsley
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Miami
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Florida
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Ronald Kronish
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Miami
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Florida
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Lewis C. Littman
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Ft. Lauderdale
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Florida
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Susan Marks
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Sarasota
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Florida
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Paul Menitoff
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Palm Beach
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Florida
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Stephen Pinsky
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Wellington
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Florida
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Howard Shapiro
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Palm Beach Gardens
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Florida
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Kurt Stone
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Fort Lauderdale
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Florida
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Mike Trout
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Boca Raton
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Florida
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Cheryl Weiner
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Hollywood
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Florida
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Steve Westman
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W.Palm Beach
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Florida
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Ronald Bluming
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Grayson
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Georgia
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Philip N. Kranz
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Atlanta
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Georgia
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Beth Schwartz
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Columbus
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Georgia
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Alison Abrams
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Marc Belgrad
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Buffalo Grove
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Illinois
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Jordan Bendat-Appell
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Highland Park
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Illinois
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Kenneth Berger
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Deerfield
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Illinois
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Steven Bob
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Glen Ellyn
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Illinois
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Herbert Bronstein
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Evanston
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Illinois
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Paul Cohen
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Winnetka
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Illinois
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Alan Cook
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Champaign
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Illinois
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Laurence Edwards
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Bruce Elder
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Highland Park
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Illinois
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Hillel Gamoran
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Evanston
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Illinois
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Gary Gerson
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River Forest
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Illinois
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Maralee Gordon
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Woodstock
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Illinois
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Sam Gordon
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Wilmette
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Illinois
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Suzanne Griffel
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Peter Knobel
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Evanston
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Illinois
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Charles Levi
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Deerfield
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Illinois
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Rebecca Lillian
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Seth Limmer
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Andrea London
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Evanston
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Illinois
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Rachel Mikva
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Nina Mizrahi
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Northbrook
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Illinois
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Frederick Reeves
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Robert Schreibman
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Lincolnshire
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Illinois
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Michael Weinberg
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Evanston
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Illinois
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Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
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Homewood
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Illinois
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Max Weiss
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Oak Park
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Illinois
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Shlomo Wing
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Rockford
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Illinois
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Leo Wolkow
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Glenwood
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Illinois
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Michael Zedek
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Chicago
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Illinois
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Gary Mazo
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Newburgh
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Indiana
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Marla Spanjer
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Fort Wayne
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Indiana
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Paula Winnig
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Indianapolis
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Indiana
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Erin Hirsh
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Pratt
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Kansas
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Daniel Kirzane
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Overland Park
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Kansas
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Mark Levin
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Prairie Village
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Kansas
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Arthur Nemitoff
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Leawood
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Kansas
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Moti Rieber
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Overland Park
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Kansas
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Michael Rosenberg
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Lawrence
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Kansas
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Alexandria Shuval Weiner
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Leawood
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Kansas
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Edward Paul Cohn
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Metairie
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Louisiana
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Leila Gal Berner
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Rockville
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Maryland
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Binyamin Biber
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Silver Spring
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Maryland
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Reeve Brenner
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Rockville
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Maryland
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Nina Beth Cardin
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Pikesville
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Maryland
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George Driesen
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Bethesda
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Maryland
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Samuel Fishman
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Bethesda
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Maryland
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John Franken
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Baltimore
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Maryland
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Donald Gluckman
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Pikesville
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Maryland
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Emanuel S. Goldsmith
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Rockville
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Maryland
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Susan Grossman
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Columbia
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Maryland
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Jerry Seidler
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Baltimore
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Maryland
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Ariel Walsh
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Baltimore
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Maryland
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Thomas Alpert
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Franklin
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Massachusetts
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Donald Berlin
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Adams
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Massachusetts
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Herman Blumberg
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Waban
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Massachusetts
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Caryn Broitman
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Vineyard Haven
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Massachusetts
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Sharon Clevenger
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Newton Centre
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Massachusetts
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Edward Feld
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Northampton
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Massachusetts
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Jeff Foust
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Newton Centre
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Massachusetts
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David Freelund
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Centerville
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Massachusetts
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Serena Fujita
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Jamaica Plain
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Massachusetts
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Myron S. Geller
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Gloucester
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Massachusetts
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Everett Gendler
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Great Barrington
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Massachusetts
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Robert Goldstein
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Andover
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Massachusetts
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Jane Kanarek
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Newton Centre
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Massachusetts
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Ira Korinow
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Haverhill
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Massachusetts
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Jonathan Kraus
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Belmont
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Massachusetts
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Rifat Sonsino
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Ashland
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Massachusetts
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Elias Lieberman
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East Falmouth
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Massachusetts
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Janet Liss
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Becket
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Massachusetts
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Barbara Penzner
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West Roxbury
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Massachusetts
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Victor Reinstein
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Jamaica Plain
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Massachusetts
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Mark Shapiro
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Springfield
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Massachusetts
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Robin Sparr
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Natick
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Massachusetts
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Elyse Wechterman
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Attleboro
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Massachusetts
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Henry Zoob
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Westwood
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Massachusetts
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Jeffrey Falick
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Royal Oak
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Michigan
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Joseph Klein
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Rochester
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Michigan
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Michael Zimmerman
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Williamston
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Michigan
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Joseph A Edelheit
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St. Cloud
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Minnesota
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Amy Eilberg
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Mendota Heights
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Minnesota
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Michael Adam Latz
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Minneapolis
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Minnesota
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James Bennett
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Saint Louis
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Missouri
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Alan Londy
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Kansas City
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Missouri
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Allen Secher
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Whitefish
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Montana
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Ed Stafman
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Bozeman
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Montana
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Aryeh Azriel
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Omaha
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Nebraska
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Josh Brown
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Omaha
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Nebraska
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Craig Rosenstein
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Las Vegas
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Nevada
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Myra Soifer
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Reno
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Nevada
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Phyllis Bernstein
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Westfield
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New Jersey
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Renee Edelman
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South Orange
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New Jersey
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Kenneth Emert
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Franklin Lakes
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New Jersey
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Elyse Frishman
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Franklin Lakes
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New Jersey
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Ruth Gais
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Summit
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New Jersey
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Kim Geringer
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Short Hills
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New Jersey
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Charles A. Kroloff
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Westfield
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New Jersey
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Dennis Math
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Jersey City
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New Jersey
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Brooks Susman
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Freehold
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New Jersey
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Jonathan Woll
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Glen Rock
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New Jersey
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Malka Drucker
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Santa Fe
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New Mexico
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Arthur Flicker
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Albuquerque
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New Mexico
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Renni Altman
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Great Neck
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New York
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Guy Austrian
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New York
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New York
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David Bauer
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New York
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New York
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Daniel Bar-Nahum
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Mineola
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New York
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Eliav Bock
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Vestal
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New York
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Gill Brociner
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New York
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New York
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Ayelet Cohen
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New York
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New York
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Jerome Davidson
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New York
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New York
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William Dreskin
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Ardsley
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New York
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Andy Dubin
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New York
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New York
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Rachel Esserman
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Endicott
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New York
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Brian Fink
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New York
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New York
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Adam Fisher
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Stony Brook
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New York
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Leora Frankel
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Rye
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New York
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Stephen Garfinkel
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New York
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New York
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Jonah Geffen
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New York
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New York
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Irwin Goldenberg
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Forest Hills
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New York
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A. Bruce Goldman
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New York
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New York
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Stephen Goodman
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Garden City
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New York
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Shoshana Hantman
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Katonah
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New York
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Mark Hurvitz
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New York
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New York
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Jill Jacobs
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New York
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New York
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Cassi Kail
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Utica
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New York
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Jeremy Kalmanofsky
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New York
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New York
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Sharon Kleinbaum
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New York
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New York
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Jacqueline Koch Ellenson
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New York
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New York
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Jim Lebeau
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New York
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New York
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Ellen Lippmann
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Brooklyn
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New York
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Garry Loeb
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Monroe
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New York
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Jonathan Malamy
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White Plains
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New York
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Jeffrey Marker
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Brooklyn
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New York
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David Nelson
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Tivoli
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New York
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Daniel Polish
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Poughkeepsie
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New York
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Jonah Rank
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New York
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New York
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Stephen Roberts
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Kerhonkson
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New York
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Elliott Rosen
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Scarsdale
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New York
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David Rosenn
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New York
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New York
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Shmuel Sandberg
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New York
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New York
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Leonard Schoolman
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New York
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New York
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Joel Shaiman
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New York
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New York
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Charles Simon
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Chatham
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New York
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Jonathan Slater
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Hastings-on-Hudson
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New York
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Joshua Strom
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New York
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New York
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Harvey Tattelbaum
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New York
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New York
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Daniel Victor
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Poughkeepsie
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New York
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Burton Visotzky
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New York
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New York
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Gerald I. Weider
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Brooklyn
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New York
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Simkha Y. Weintraub
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New York
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New York
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Lina Zerbarini
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Lynbrook
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New York
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Philip Bentley
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Hendersonville
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North Carolina
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Susan Cowchock
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Bahama
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North Carolina
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Ariel Edery
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Raleigh
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North Carolina
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John Friedman
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Durham
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North Carolina
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Floyd L. Herman
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Pikesville
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North Carolina
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Eric Solomon
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Raleigh
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North Carolina
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Howard Apothaker
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New Albany
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Ohio
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Joan Friedman
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Akron
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Ohio
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Abie Ingber
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Loveland
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Ohio
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Margaret Meyer
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Cincinnati
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Ohio
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Saul Oresky
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Youngstown
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Ohio
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Jonathan Perlman
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Cincinnati
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Ohio
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Vered Harris
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Edmond
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Oklahoma
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Marcy Baskett
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Eugene
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Oregon
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Maurice Harris
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Eugene
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Oregon
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Johanna Hershenson
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Bend
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Oregon
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Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin
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Eugene
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Oregon
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Ariel Stone
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Portland
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Oregon
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Daniel Isaak
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Portland
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Oregon
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Joseph Wolf
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Portland
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Oregon
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Rebecca Alpert
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Tsurah August
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Elkins Park
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Pennsylvania
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Marjorie Berman
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Clarks Summit
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Pennsylvania
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Malkah Binah Klein
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Meryl Crean
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Lansdale
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Pennsylvania
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Isabel De Koninck
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Art Donsky
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Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania
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SueLevi Elwell
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Dayle Friedman
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Paula Goldberg
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Newtown
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Pennsylvania
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Linda Holtzman
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Susan Kanoff
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Wynnewood
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Pennsylvania
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Jonathan Kendall
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Elkins Park
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Pennsylvania
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Alan LaPayover
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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David Levin
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Carroll Park
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Pennsylvania
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Mordechai Liebling
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Aaron Mackler
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Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania
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Nathan Martin
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Michael Michlin
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Hazleton
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Pennsylvania
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Amber Powers
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Abington
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Pennsylvania
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Michael Ramberg
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Elkins Park
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Pennsylvania
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Seymour Rosenbloom
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Elkins Park
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Pennsylvania
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Mayer Selekman
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Bala Cynwyd
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Pennsylvania
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Jacob Singer-Beilin
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Abington
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Pennsylvania
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Reena Spicehandler
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Elliot Strom
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Morrisville
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Pennsylvania
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Lance Sussman
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Elkins Park
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Pennsylvania
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Robert Tabak
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Elkins Park
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Pennsylvania
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David Teutsch
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Arthur Waskow
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Deborah Waxman
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Wyncote
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Pennsylvania
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Sheila Weinberg
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Shawn Zevit
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Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus
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Providence
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Rhode Island
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Alan Flam
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Barrington
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Rhode Island
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James Rosenberg
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Providence
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Rhode Island
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Julie Kozlow
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Greenville
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South Carolina
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Arthur Segal
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Hilton Head Island
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South Carolina
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Heidi Coretz
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Dallas
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Texas
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Sue Levy
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Houston
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Texas
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Andrew Paley
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Dallas
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Texas
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Samuel M. Stahl
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San Antonio
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Texas
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Joshua Taub
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Beaumont
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Texas
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Howard Cohen
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Bennington
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Vermont
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Dov Taylor
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Woodstock
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Vermont
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Rosalind Gold
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Reston
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Virginia
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Michael Knopf
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Richmond
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Virginia
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Lynne Landsberg
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Staunton
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Virginia
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Ben Romer
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Midlothian
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Virginia
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Jeffrey Saxe
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Falls Church
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Virginia
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Daniel Bridge
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Seattle
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Washington
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Ted Falcon
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Seattle
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Washington
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David Fine
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Bellevue
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Washington
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Jay Heyman
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Seattle
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Washington
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Jonathan Biatch
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Madison
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Wisconsin
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David Brusin
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Milwaukee
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Wisconsin
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Charles Feinberg
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Washington
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District of Columbia
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Krayna Feinberg
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Washington
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District of Columbia
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Derek Rosenbaum
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
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Gerald Serotta
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
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Daniel Zemel
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
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