Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ordained rabbi and the director of the creative arts temple in sherman oaks”. Today it says “american conservative rabbi and the founder of the creative arts temple in west los angeles”.
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Jerome Cutler (aka Jerry Cutler) is an ordained rabbi and the director of the Creative Arts Temple in Sherman Oaks, California .1Born in New York , Cutler is the son of an Orthodox rabbi. He was ordained at the age of 24 and served a Conservative Jewish congregation in Stamford, Connecticut . Cutler is also an award-winning comedian who used to perform in the Catskills under the name Jerry Herring. He later wrote publicity for Frankie Avalon and others. When one of the actors he managed moved to Los Angeles , he moved too, setting up the Synagogue for the Performing Arts in 1972. Some of Cutler’s original congregants were Walter Matthau , Jack Carter and Red Buttons . Cutler left the Synagogue for the Performing Arts some eight years later. The Synagogue is now led by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin . Cutler was one of the content advisors to the cartoon Bible series, The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible , produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios.2
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Rabbi Jerome Cutler (aka Jerry Cutler) is an ordained rabbi and the director of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California .
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Jerome "Jerry" Cutler is an American Conservative rabbi and the founder of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California .
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American rabbi Jerome "Jerry" Cutler is an American Conservative rabbi and the founder of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California .
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ordained rabbi and the director of the creative arts temple in sherman oaks
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american conservative rabbi and the founder of the creative arts temple in west los angeles
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