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Rabbi looking for young wife to lower insurance premiums

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August 17, 2011

When Rabbi Craig Ezring’s wife died, his insurance rates shot up. Oddly, NPR leaves any mention of religion out of this story about the 56-year-old rabbi who has gone fishing for a young wife to lower his health insurance premium. ” title=”here”>here.

Ezring’s quest is a little different than marrying for money—more like marrying for the tax breaks or a family discount. But that Ezring is a rabbi still has to raise some questions of religious propriety, nu?

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