Rabbi Joshua Simon, who tried to revitalize a synagogue near Broadway in New York City, died Sunday at age 44 from brain cancer. A former magazine editor and rock musician, Simon took the pulpit in 2002 at the Actors Temple, a synagogue where stars had once worshipped, which was struggling with a dwindling congregation in recent years.
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