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By Laura Kusisto 11/12/10 8:01pm

Holy Wars

Rabbi Wants Condo On His Synagogue. Can We Sell the Lower East Side’s Soul to Save It?

New Yorkers are devoted to our historic churches, synagogues and mosques, even though we don’t much like going inside of them.

So it’s not surprising then that when a rabbi says he wants a condo plunked on top of his 100-year-old synagogue to save it from bankruptcy, he finds himself doing battle with neighborhood preservationists.

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