Rabbi Yehoshua Lewis
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Rabbi Yehoshua Lewis is the director of Rutgers Jewish Xperience, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, together with Rabbi Meir Goldberg. He received Rabbinical ordination at the Ohr HaChaim Yeshiva in Queens, NY and continued his studies in a post-graduate program in Lakewood, NJ. He currently resides in Lakweood with his wife and 2 girls.
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Historical Pharoah of the Exodus
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Pet Ownership
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