Miriam Shaviv

By Miriam Shaviv

Opinion

Lost in translation

August 6, 2009 10:47
1 min read

According to the San Francisco Sentinel, the vice president of the the World Congress of GLBT Jews is called "Refuah Shlemah".

Either someone has very cruel parents, or someone is having them on......

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