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Sep 24 2008, Michael Kerjman

In a recent world still filled with mutual mistrust, lack of respect and biologically motivated hatred a story of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lay sounds like a sci-fi tale.

Born in Poland, a little boy could share a fate of millions of other Jews perished...

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Some of the about two hundred rabbis from all European countries arrive for a three-day conference in Prague, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. The meeting in Prague is organized by the Conference of European Rabbis (CER).