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Effie Eitam speech here raises ire of some parents
by Justin Jacobs
Associate Editor
Feb 03, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Retired Israel Defense Forces General and former Knesset member Effie Eitam will speak at the Hillel Jewish University Center tonight to an audience of high school and college students, as well as ...

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