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The Forbidden Conversation: A Photo Essay from the Open Hillel Conference

By Gili Getz | January 29, 2015

So what does the conversation between Jewish students, activists and scholars look like without Hillel International's guidelines? What is so scary about an open and honest Jewish debate?

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