Or Zarua, a suburban-Philadelphia community serving baby boomers, was started with funding from Reconstructing Judaism's Auerbach Entrepreneurial Grant Program.
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How can you delight two- and three-year-olds with chanting of Torah in ancient melodies called trope?
