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January 21, 1994

Ailing Rebbe Faces Life in Bed -- and CNN

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn -- Menachem Mendel Schneerson will celebrate the 44th anniversary of his ascension to the throne of the Lubavitch Chasidic kingdom this weekend in a spare room whose blinds are tightly drawn. He will be prostrate in bed, and, barring divine intervention, he will not speak or see.
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January 14, 1994

Jews Divide Over School For Satmars

NEW YORK -- As the Clinton administration heatedly debates whether to weigh in on the Supreme Court battle over Kiryas Joel, sharp differences are emerging among Jewish groups, many of which argue that the nation's highest court should uphold a lower-court ban on the establishment of an all-Chasidic public school for handicapped children.
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