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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Samuel Spector lets Deborah Rumi hold a Torah scroll in a final step of her conversion at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Samuel Spector lets Deborah Rumi hold a Torah scroll in a final step of her conversion at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City.

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