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Traveling rabbi serves tiny Southern congregations

As the sun inched below the horizon in this Mississippi River town, people arrived alone or in small groups and walked up the steps of Temple B\'nai Israel on Shabbat.\n\nOnly about a dozen Jewish residents remain in Natchez, a city of about 16,400 best known for its elaborate plantation homes. As younger generations moved away, the congregation hasn\'t had its own full-time rabbi since 1976
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March 31, 2010

From chron.com:

NATCHEZ, Miss. — As the sun inched below the horizon in this Mississippi River town, people arrived alone or in small groups and walked up the steps of Temple B’nai Israel on Shabbat.

Only about a dozen Jewish residents remain in Natchez, a city of about 16,400 best known for its elaborate plantation homes. As younger generations moved away, the congregation hasn’t had its own full-time rabbi since 1976.

Read the full article at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6937924.html

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