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Scroll power: Nicaraguan Jews
celebrate first Torah in 28 years

Brian Harris

Gerald Smith carries the country's first Torah in 28 years at a ceremony in Managua on Dec. 16, 2007.

By Brian Harris

Published: 12/19/2007

The arrival of the first Torah in Nicaragua in 28 years is rekindling Jewish life in the turbulent Central American country and sparking discussion of building a new Jewish community center.

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