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<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.huji.ac.il/cgi-bin/dovrut/dovrut_search_eng.pl?mesge117127640332688760" TARGET="_blank">http://www.huji.ac.il/cgi-bin/dovrut/dovrut_search_eng.pl?mesge117127640332688760</A> on the divide, in the era of the churban, of the jews of the East and the West. theorizes that the lack of access to Rabbinic halachic judaism led to the eventual disappearance of Europe's first jews....</FONT></P>
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