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Community Celebrates Return Of Iran Captive Josh Fattal

09/26/2011
Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

The shofar was blown in one suburban Philadelphia synagogue last Friday night to celebrate an answered prayer – the release by Iran of the two American hikers, one of whom, Josh Fattal, had become a bar mitzvah with the guidance of the shul's rabbi.

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Now It Can Be Told: Iran Hiker Josh Fattal's Judaism Kept Secret

Submitted by Douglas Bloomfield on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 10:26
His secret has been kept for the 781 days he was held in an Iranian prison, but now it can be told: Joshua Fattal, the 29-year-old hiker from Elkins Park, PA, is Jewish.
 
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