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Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dutch-israeli rabbi”. Today it says “dutch-born israeli orthodox rabbi and jewish philosopher”.
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Nathan Lopes Cardozo (born 1946) is a Dutch-Israeli rabbi, philosopher and scholar of Judaism.1 A sought-after lecturer on the international stage for both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences, Cardozo is known for his original and often controversial insights into Judaism. His ideas are widely debated on an international level on social media, blogs, books and other forums. He writes for the Times of Israel , The Jerusalem Post and other news websites.2
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dutch-israeli rabbi
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dutch-born israeli orthodox rabbi and jewish philosopher
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