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Report from 90,000 Jews in MetLife Stadium

? A very elderly man, stooped over, facing the ground, is wheeled by. His seat is found and he is put in it. The wheelchair is taken away. This man is here to stay — for four hours, at least. It is bitter cold. We are outside, in an unroofed football stadium. It holds, and will soon fill with, 90,000 people. I am perplexed. Should this man be in open air, extremely cold, for many hours? Is this healthy? No matter. He is settled in his seat. He just can’t miss this. No matter what. There will be no football game in this stadium today. The 90,000 people will gather to mark something very different, very cerebral and very holy: the completion of the study […]
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