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Shulem Deen was raised in an ultra-orthodox sect, the Skverers, considered too extreme even for other Hasidic Jews. He grew up speaking Yiddish in the middle of New York, married in his teens and had five children. Then everything began to change. His book All Who Go Do Not Return is a tell-all of both of the extreme insularity of Hasidic life, and the journey of his soul from the Skverers to the secular world he lives in today. It is a path of great discovery, and tremendous sacrifice.
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As if Jews dont have enough to worry about.
Geopolitical threats to the Jewish people may wax and wane, but theres another lethal danger particular to the Jewish people that shows no signs of disappearing anytime soon: cancer.
Specifically, Jews are at elevated risk for three types of the disease: melanoma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The perils are particularly acute for Jewish women.
The higher prevalence of these illnesses isnt spread evenly among all Jews. The genetic mutations that result in higher incidence of cancer are concentrated among Ashkenazim Jews of European descent.
Ashkenazim are a more homogenous population from a genetic point of view, whereas the Sephardim are much more diverse, said Dr. Ephrat Levy-Lahad, director of the Medical Genetics Institute at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
But there is some hope. Susceptible populations can take certain precautions to reduce their risks. Recent medical advances have made early detection easier, significantly lowering the fatality rates from some cancers. Cheaper genetic testing is making it much easier for researchers to discover the risk factors associated with certain cancers. And scientists are working on new approaches to fight these pernicious diseases especially in Israel, where Ashkenazi Jews make up a larger proportion of the population than in any other country.
Understanding risk factors and learning about preventative measures are key to improving cancer survival rates. Heres what you need to know.
Melanoma
Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer, representing some 80 percent of skin cancer deaths, and U.S. melanoma rates are on the rise. Its also one of the most common forms of cancer in younger people, especially among women.
Just a decade ago, Israel had the second-highest rate of skin cancer in the world, behind Australia. One reason is that Israel has a lot of sun. Some credit better education about the dangers of sun exposure for helping reduce Israels per capita skin cancer rate, now 18th in the world.
But the sun isnt the whole story. Jews in Israel have a higher incidence of melanoma than the countrys Arab, non-Jewish citizens.
What makes Jews more likely to get skin cancer than others?
Its a combination of genetics and behavior, according to Dr. Harriet Kluger, a cancer researcher at Yale University. On the genetics side, Ashkenazi Jews who comprise about half of Israels Jewish population are significantly more likely to have the BRCA-2 genetic mutation that some studies have linked to higher rates of melanoma.
The other factor, Israels abundant sunshine, exacerbates the problems for sun-sensitive Jews of European origin. Thats why Arabs and Israeli Orthodox Jews, whose more conservative dress leaves less skin exposed than does typical secular attire, have a lower incidence of the cancer.
There are epidemiological studies from Israel showing that secular Jews have more melanoma than Orthodox Jews, Kluger said.
So whats to be done?
Other than staying out of the sun, people should get their skin screened once a year, Kluger said. In Australia, getting your skin screened is part of the culture, like getting your teeth cleaned in America.
You can spot worrisome moles on your own using an alphabetic mnemonic device for letters A-F: See a doctor if you spot moles that exhibit Asymmetry, Border irregularities, dark or multiple Colors, have a large Diameter, are Evolving (e.g. changing), or are just plain Funny looking. Light-skinned people and redheads should be most vigilant, as well as those who live in sunny locales like Arizona, California and Florida.
If you insist on being in the sun, sunscreen can help mitigate the risk, but only up to a point.
It decreases the chances of getting melanoma, but it doesnt eliminate the chances, Kluger warned.
As with other cancers, early detection can dramatically increase survival rates.
In the meantime, scientists in Israel a world leader in melanoma research hold high hopes for immunotherapy, which corrals the bodys immune mechanisms to attack or disable cancer. At Bar-Ilan University, Dr. Cyrille Cohen is using a research grant from the Israel Cancer Research Fund to implant human melanoma cells in mice to study whether human white blood cells can be genetically modified to act as a switch that turns on the human immune systems cancerfighting properties.
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is already more common in developed, Western countries than elsewhere likely because women who delay childbirth until later in life and have fewer children do not enjoy as much of the positive, cancer risk-reducing effects of the hormonal changes associated with childbirth.
Ashkenazi Jews in particular have a significantly higher risk for breast cancer: They are about three times as likely as non-Ashkenazim to carry mutations in the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes that lead to a very high chance of developing cancer. One of the BRCA-1 mutations is associated with a 65 percent chance of developing breast cancer. Based on family history, including on the fathers side, the chances could be even higher.
Every Ashkenazi Jewish woman should be tested for these mutations, said Levy-Lahad, who has done significant research work on the genetics of both breast and ovarian cancer. Iraqi Jews also have increased prevalence of one of the BRCA mutations, she said.
Levy-Lahad is collaborating on a long-term project with the University of Washingtons Dr. Mary-Claire King the breast cancer research pioneer who discovered the BCRA-1 gene mutation that causes cancer on a genome sequencing study of Israeli women with inherited breast and ovarian cancer genes. The two women are using a grant from the Israel Cancer Research Fund to apply genomic technology to study BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 mutations and their implications for breast cancer risk in non-Ashkenazi women in Israel, who are similar to populations in Europe and the United States.
In a project that is testing thousands of women for deadly cancer mutations, they are also studying how mutations in genes other than BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 impact inherited breast cancer in non-Ashkenazi Jews.
The earlier breast cancer mutations are discovered, the sooner women can decide on a course of action. Some choose to have bilateral mastectomies, which reduce the chances of breast cancer by 90-95 percent. Actress Angelina Jolie famously put a Hollywood spotlight on the issue when she wrote a 2013 op-ed in The New York Times about her decision to have the procedure.
But mastectomies are not the only option. Some women instead choose a very rigorous screening regimen, including more frequent mammograms and breast MRIs.
Early detection is the cornerstone of improving breast cancer survival rates.
Breast cancer is not nearly as deadly as it once was, Levy-Lahad said.
Ovarian cancer
Of the three Jewish cancers, ovarian cancer is the deadliest.
Linked to the two BRCA mutations common among Jews, ovarian cancer is both stubbornly difficult to detect early and has a very high late-stage mortality rate. Women should be screened for the mutations by age 30, so they know their risks.
In its early stages, ovarian cancer usually has no obvious symptoms, or appears as bloating, abdominal pain or frequent urination that can be explained away by less serious causes. By the time its discovered, ovarian cancer is usually much more advanced than most other cancers and may have spread to surrounding organs. If that has occurred, the five-year survival rate drops considerably.
Women with the BRCA mutations have about a 50 percent chance of getting ovarian cancer. The best option is usually to remove the ovaries.
We put a lot of pressure on women to have their ovaries removed because its a life-saving procedure, Levy-Lahad said.
That doesnt mean these women cant have children. The recommendation is that women wait to have the procedure until after they complete child-bearing, usually around the age of 35-40.
Much work still needs to be done on prevention, early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer, but new research shows some promise.
The exciting thing is that we live in a genomic age, and we have unprecedented abilities to understand the causes of cancer, Levy-Lahad said. Theres a whole field that, if you become affected, can look at the genetic makeup of the tumor you have.
The study of these three Jewish cancers are a major component of the work of the Israel Cancer Research Fund, which raises money in North America for cancer research in Israel. Of the $3.85 million in grants distributed in Israel last year by the fund, roughly one-quarter were focused on breast cancer, ovarian cancer or melanoma, according to Ellen T. Rubin, the ICRFs director of research grants. The organizations Rachels Society focuses specifically on supporting womens cancer awareness and research.
A significant amount of the organizations grants is focused on basic research that may be applicable to a broad spectrum of cancers. For example, the group is supporting research by Dr. Varda Rotter of the Weizmann Institute of Science into the role played by the p53 gene in ovarian cancer. P53 is a tumor suppressor that when mutated is involved in the majority of human cancers.
Likewise, Dr. Yehudit Bergman of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School is using an ICRF grant to study how the biological mechanisms that switch genes on and off called epigenetic regulation operate in stem cells and cancer.
Only through basic research at the molecular level will cancer be conquered, said Dr. Howard Cedar of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School.
Hopefully, one day there will be easier and better ways to detect and destroy the cancerous cells that lead to these diseases. But until those research breakthroughs, medical experts say that Jews, as members of a special high-risk category, should make sure they get genetic screenings and regular testing necessary for early detection and prevention.
This article was sponsored by and produced in partnership with the Israel Cancer Research Fund, which is committed to finding and funding breakthrough treatments and cures for all forms of cancer, leveraging the unique talent, expertise and benefits that Israel and its scientists have to offer.
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New York, NY, June 9, 2017 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over coordinated anti-Muslim marches that are slated to take place in at least twenty states across the country on Saturday, June 10.
ADL joined more than 100 groups to urge Mayors where the rallies are taking place to disavow these marches.
The series of bigoted events titled the March Against Sharia are being organized by an anti-Muslim organization called ACT for America!, one of the largest anti-Muslim extremist groups in the United States that aggressively promotes stereotypes about Islam and believes that Muslim immigration to the U.S. must end.
These marches perpetuate harmful stereotypes about Muslims and could potentially lead to acts of harassment and violence, said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. The ideas furthered by these anti-Muslim groups only serve to weaken our communities. We call on the elected officials, community and religious leaders and public figures where these abhorrent events are taking place to disavow them and stand up against hate.
In a recent poll, ADL found for the first time that a majority of Americans (52 percent) say they are concerned about violence in the U.S. directed at Jews, and an even a higher percentage (76 percent) are concerned about violence directed at Muslims.
According to ADLs Center on Extremism, right-wing extremists are likely to participate in some of the rallies across the country.
The League has also actively challenged President Trumps executive order on immigration and refugees, calling the Muslim ban an appeal to xenophobia and fear that is reminiscent of historical anti-immigrant mistakes of our nations past.
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WARSAW, Poland (JTA) Archaeologists in Western Poland found the foundations of the New Synagogue, which was destroyed in 1938.
The ruins found in the Polish city of Wroclaw belonged to the second largest synagogue in pre-war Germany. The archaeological digs are being conducted with the financial support of German President Frank-Walter Steimeier.
The synagogue was built in 1865 andhad four towers and over a seventy-yard-high dome. The synagogue served the liberal Jewish community. It was destroyed during Kristallnacht, or Night of the Broken Glass, in November 1938. At present, on the site where the synagogue sat, stands a monument.
Archaeological works were initiated by the Bente Kahan Foundation and the Jewish community in Wroclaw. The $28,000 used for the excavations was part of the Ignatz Bubis Prize, awarded to German President Frank Walter Steimeier. The prize is awarded to those whose public activities are characterized by the values embodied by German Jewish leader Ignatz Bubis (1927-1999). Steinmeier received the award in January 2017.
Archaeologists uncovered the foundations and fragments of the floor at the former entrance to the synagogue. The Bente Kahan Foundation wants the place to be appropriately commemorated before next years 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
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The Home of the Sages property on Bialystoker Place. Photograph: J. Oliver Conroy.
Anew lawsuitis only the latest sign of an epic power struggle within theHome of the Sages of Israel, atiny Lower East Side synagogue. Thehouse of worshipsnondescript and rundownbuilding on Bialystoker Placehas become thesubjectof a ferocious real estate battle between different factions,each claimingto be the synagogues lawful representative.
In a suit filed two weeks ago only the latest in a mounting pile of litigation members of the Orthodox Jewish synagogues small congregation allege that Rabbi Samuel Aschkenazi, who despite his title, is not the rabbi for Home of the Sages, is attempting to sell the property out from under them to real estate developer Peter Fine and then split the $13 million profit with Friends of Mosdot Goor, aGererHasidicgroupunconnected to the synagogue.
Theplaintiffs allege that in 2014Aschkenazi agreed to sell the synagogue property to Fine without consulting the members of the congregation, who are mainly elderly Lower East Side residents. According to the suit, Aschkenazi, the now-disputed president of Home of the Sages (there is a different pulpit rabbi who attends to the members spiritual needs), does not have legal standing to sell the property.
Peter Fine, a wheeling-dealingNew York real estate developer andoccasional Broadway producer,wantsto buyHome of the Sages and several adjacent properties,including air rights for the unrelated Bialystoker Synagogue,so he can build housing units, according to a 2015 New York Times piece. The property Fine proposes to buyfor $13 million was,according to the suit, independently appraised at $42 million, and those opposed to the sale describe the suspiciously low price as a wholly insufficient firesale.
Signs on the building identify it as Home of the Sages of Israel and New East Side Nursing Home, Formerly Home of the Sages. Photo: J. Oliver Conroy.
Fine, who is not named in thelatestsuit, declined to comment. Another New York real estate player, the controversial landlordBaruch Singer, has been among those lobbyingagainst the sale. Singer, who grew up on the Lower East Side and is the son of the former rabbi of the nearby Bialystoker Synagogue,toldthe Times in 2015 thathis opposition to the sale was motivated byan interest in protectingthe Lower East Sides Jewish heritage.
The Home of the Sages was founded in 1939,accordingto Jewish Week. The synagogue is a time capsule of sorts a relic of an earlier time when the Lower East Side was dotted with tiny storefront synagogues calledshtiebels.
In a statement quoted by the Times, Fine cast doubt on Singers altruisticmotives and suggested he waseyeing the real estateforhimself. Singer could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
New York not-for-profit law requires that transactions of real estate owned by religious corporations meet two tests, according to attorney Frank Carone of Abrams Fensterman, who is representing the plaintiffsofthe latest suit. Is the transaction or sale price fair or reasonable? Does the transaction further the interests of the nonprofit?
Those questions cannot be answered until a court determines once and for all wholawfully represents Home of the Sages, saidCarone. He said hisclients are not opposed to selling thepropertyper se, but want to make sure that the sale price is fair and the sale represents the interests of the congregation.
The suit also alleges that last year Aschkenazi, in a belated attempt to createthe illusion that congregants supported the sale, bused 17 people from Brooklyn and New Jersey to a sham Homeof the Sages meeting, where they retroactivelyvoted toapprove the property sale and the distribution of the proceeds to Aschkenazi and Friends of Mosdot Goor. Many of the Bus Congregation members had never stepped foot onto the Property before the sham meeting, according to the suit, and many are affiliates of the Goor sect, puppets of Rabbi Aschkenaziwhostand to gain a financial windfall in the event [of] the sale.
More commonly transliterated as Ger, Goor is a Hasidic dynasty based in Jerusalem described as the largest and most powerful in Israel in a 2016 Haaretz article with followers in Brooklyn and Lakewood, New Jersey. Friends of Mosdot Goor likely plans to use its $10 million share of the sale to build a synagogue in Israel, according to a legal filing previously mentioned by the Times. Goor could not be reached for comment, nor could the individual members of the Bus Congregation named as defendants in the suit.
The latest lawsuit.
As a replacement place of worship, Aschkenazihasoffered the patrons of the Home of the Sages use of a synagogue located in his Queens home in exchange for$48,000 in annualrent.(In legal petitionscited by the Times,Aschkenazi described his $3 million cut of the sale as an endowmentfor Home of the Sages, which would be used to fund the replacement synagogue.)
There is a key problem with this scenario, however: Orthodox Jews cannotuse motor transportation on the Sabbath,making it impossible for the Lower East Sidepatrons of Home of the Sages to get to services each week.
The suitalsoalleges thatin the lease agreement for the replacement synagogue, Aschkenazis wife,Rathma Bithya Aschkenazi, who signed as landlord, used her maiden name in order to conceal her relationship with Aschkenazi.
Aschkenazi, who could not be reached for comment, is already the subject of an unresolvedclass action lawsuitalleging he used the Home of the Sages name to perpetrate years of charity fraud. Angry former donors filed a lawsuit in 2015 arguing that Aschkenazi pocketed thousands of dollars a year through a misleading fundraising newsletter. The newsletter purported to support a nursing home for elderly and destitute Jewish scholars; although the Home of the Sages property was once used for that purpose, the last sages moved out or passed away in the mid-90s, and the Home of the Sages now leases space to an unrelated for-profit nursing home.
Yet the Home of the Sages was raising some $500,000 a year from donors, theForwardreportedin 2015, citing tax filings. When the charities bureau of the New York state attorney generals office opened an investigation, Aschkenazi purportedly fled to Israel to escape prosecution shortly after also being served papers by federal agents.
Attorney David Jaraslowiczof Jaroslawicz & Jaros described the entire affair as riddled with conflicts of interest, inconsistencies, and red flags.The best disinfectant is a little sunshine,he said, paraphrasing Justice Louis Brandeis.
Jaraslowiczisrepresenting members of the Home of the Sages opposed to the sale in an earlier pro bono case. (Frank Carone of Abrams Fensterman, who filed the recent lawsuit against Aschkenazi, said his firms case and Jaraslowiczs have a common interest. He described his suitas narrowly focused on the question of wholawfully speaks for Home of the Sages.)
Jaraslowiczbelieves Aschkenazi was using Home of the Sages as a personal slush fund. He said that based on his review of Home of the Sages 990s mandatory charity filings Aschkenazi and others were pulling large amounts of money out of what was supposed to be a religious corporation and giving it to an assortment of groups, including the private school Aschkenazis grandchildren attended.
The principal of CKCM Corporation, the operator of the for-profit nursing home that leases space from Home of the Sages, was a business partner of Aschkenazis son, now deceased, according to Jaraslowicz and the lawsuit filed by Abrams Fensterman. The suit also alleges that Aschkenazi collects the rent and retains those payments for his own personal use without remitting them to Home of the Sages.
New York not-for-profit law requires that the sale of property owned by religious corporations be approved by the state attorney general and the courts;Aschkenazi and Peter Fine have hired a rapid succession of law firms issuing confusing and sometimes contradictory motions to push through approval for theunusuallycheap sale.
The developer has been filing a suit a month trying to get around the original suit, added Jaraslowicz. [Fine] realized he isnt going to win the original suit. He keeps changing his positions and is trying to gain some mileage out of flooding us with paper.
The law firms involved are unusually high-powered for a case involving such a modest real estatetransaction. To press their case with the state attorney general, Aschkenazi and Fine hired David Boies, one of the most renowned and expensive lawyers in the country.
Unusually, therecent suit brought byAbrams Fenstermannames Goldberg Rimberg & Weg and Fisher & Fisher, two law firms which have represented Aschkenazi and the pro-sale faction,as defendants. The suit alleges they represented Home of the Sages without the plaintiffs knowledge or consent.
A source with knowledge of attorney Andrew Fishers thinking said he read the decision to name the law firms as parties as overreaching and unnecessary.
Many of the parties involved could not be reached for comment, despite repeated attempts.
This case doesnt pass the smell test, said Jaraslowicz.If you dig into it, youll faint from the stench.
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(JTA) A small Jewish congregation in Rhode Island is moving into an Episcopal church.
Congregation Or Chadash will hold a procession next week, during which congregants will carry their three Torah scrolls out of their former building, which was recently consecrated as the first Hindu Temple in Rhode Island, the Jewish Voice newspaper reported.
The congregation, whose name means New Light, is made up of about 30 members of the former Temple Am David of Warwick, Rhode Island, which went bankrupt and had been using space in their former building for more than a year. The ark from the former building will be coming with them to their new digs.
They will use a classroom in the Cranston, Rhode Island church and share other facilities such as the kitchen and meeting room. The synagogue also plans to use a small chapel and church hall at Trinity for Shabbat services, which wont overlap with Trinitys Sunday services.
We do have a tradition within the Episcopal Church of providing hospitality for other faith groups within our buildings, Rhode Island Bishop Nicholas Knisely told the Episcopal News Service.
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of Israel's battle to reclaim its biblical heartland.
The Six-Day War is a critical period in the country's history, when Israel reunited Jerusalem for the first time in nearly 2,000 years, and CBN brought it to life on the big screen.
"In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem" recently premiered at theaters across the U.S., and even aired at a theater in Jerusalem this week.
And just last night, a Jewish synagogue in Washington hosted a special screening.
Hundreds of people showed up, including CBN CEO Gordon Robertson, who produced the film.
The senior rabbi of Washington Hebrew Congregation says many of his members lived through the Six-Day War and understand the history. "But I think what's important is for us to talk about this in the context of a greater understanding of Israel today and what does that victory mean today? Not only to our congregation, but this is an opportunity to interfaith with Christians who have a different perspective on why Israel is important to them and I think that's important for our congregation to engage in," Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig said.
At Sunday's screening of the film in Jerusalem, Gordon Robertson said, "It's with great joy I say to you, 'The Lord has done great things for you.'"
"One of the guiding verses for me for this whole project is from Psalm 126: 'Then they said among the nations, the Lord has done great things for them,'" he explained.
The film was a big hit with those who saw it in Israel.
"As an Israeli, I must say that I have not seen for a very long time such a great expression of a true storytelling of what really happened here," Avi Mizrachi said.
Some Israelis were surprised that Christians would make such a film to honor Israel.
"I've just learned about it that Christians love Israel. It was very surprising, a good surprise," said Ishai Ben Moshe, who played Zamosh in the film.
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GLENDALE Sidney Friedman is a mentalist. He performs mindboggling feats that demonstrate his extraordinary mental powers. He mesmerizes audiences across the country, leaving many wondering if there really is such a thing as extrasensory perception.
On Sunday, June 11, you can meet Friedman and decide for yourself. Hell be performing at Congregation Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah in Glendale at a celebration thats been 26 years in the making.
Weve paid off the [synagogues] mortgage and this is really something to celebrate, said Rabbi Wes Kalmar. We invited Sidney Friedman to perform and were calling it Mind over Mortgage.
The Skeptical Reporter
Im skeptical of all things supernatural. I watched Friedman on YouTube in preparation for our phone interview. I noticed his mental feats were performed in person. I asked if he was able to perform his feats from afar, and since I live in Glendale and he lives near Chicago, I was hoping hed offer to read my mind.
Apparently he read my mind (more likely hes very intuitive), because he offered to do a mind-reading trick over the phone.
Okay, think of a country in Western Europe, he said. Now, get a piece of paper and a pen and write the name of that country a few times, thinking of each letter as you write it down.
I had no intention of making this easy for Friedman, so I chose Belgium, not the most well-known country in Western Europe.
Long story short, after guessing the first letter wrong, Friedman began rattling off the correct letters until he said, Belgium!
A magician does slight of hand, said Friedman. I do slight of mind. I use perception, intuition, human psychology and an understanding of human nature.
Music and Magic
Friedman was interested in magic tricks and music since childhood. As a young adult, he obtained a degree in music composition and piano at the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
He also began refining his mentalist abilities around that time. Friedman eventually incorporated music into his performance, asking people to think of a song and then playing it on piano or guitar.
When Friedman isnt performing, he keeps his amazing people-reading skills to himself.
But what about when youre on a date, I asked.
Nobody can ever know what a woman is thinking, joked Friedman, adding in all seriousness, Much of life is better to be a mystery.
Reading Jewish minds
Friedman has performed at about 180 Jewish Federation events. Jews of all observance levels enjoy his performances, particularly ultra-Orthodox Jews, which may come as a surprise to some.
Ive performed for Chabad and they love it he said. They love anything that has to do with the mind.
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How to go
What: Sidney Friedman, mentalist, with ASKT mortgage burning
When: Sunday, June 11, 7 p.m.
RSVP: AsktShul.org.
More info: SidneyFriedman.com, Facebook.com/MentalistSidneyFriedman, AsktShul@gmail.com, 414-228-9296.
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