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Keywords: agnosticism; atheism; Cambridge, Massachusetts; chedar; cheder; children; congregation; daughter-in-law; daughters; daughters-in-law; family; Five Books of Moses; grandchildren; grandsons; Havurat Shalom; Hebrew school; heder; in-laws; Jewish holidays; Jewish identity; Jewish observance; Jewish values; junior high school; kheyder; middle school; mother; Pentateuch; rabbis; schul; Sefer Torah; Shabbat; Shabbos; shabes; shul; Somerville, Massachusetts; son-in-law; sons; sons-in-law; synagogue; temple; Temple Beth Shalom; Torah pointer; Torah scroll; toyre; traditional religious school; Tremont Street Shul; yad; yom tovim; yomim tobim; yomim tovim; yontef; yontev; yontoyvim

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