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New St. Petersburg shul is
key to outreach on Passover
Jessica Bachman
Rabbi Benzion Lipsker holds the Torah for the new synagogue on the outskirts of St. Petersburg during dedication ceremonies, March 2008.
With a new synagogue in a district of St. Petersburg that is home to 20,000 Jews, many of the city's Jews are preparing to taste matzah for the first time this Passover.

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