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November 01, 2011

AP: Poland has largest gathering of rabbis since WWII

by Vanessa Gera
The Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland - Dozens of rabbis from across Europe have gathered in Warsaw for the largest meeting of Jewish religious leaders in Poland since the community was virtually wiped out during World War II.

This year's Conference of European Rabbis will focus on a range of issues affecting European and global Jewry, including attempts in Europe to ban the Jewish method of religious slaughter of animals.

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