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“The tradition of the prophets said whatever you are doing is not really working as long as there are people who are hungry, who are without clothing, who are without shelter. That’s how you judge a society.” Watch more of our interview with Rabbi Lenny Gordon, senior rabbi at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, about food insecurity in the United States.<\/p>\n

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