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To the Editor: It is sad that in the very week of another pioneering JOFA conference, one of the strongest defenders of rights for women in the Orthodox community should have been cowed into submission. Rabbi Weiss, ever a resolute leader, who was prepared to stand up to Soviet authorities when others thought him too […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315