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November 30, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112906055.html

Former Congressman Stephen Solarz, 70

(Washington Post-Jewish Virtual Library) Adam Bernstein - Former U.S. Rep. Stephen J. Solarz, 70, a Brooklyn Democrat, died on Nov. 29. A reliable supporter of Israel over the years, he negotiated agreements for easing restrictions on Syrian Jews and enabled Jewish women living in Syria, where there was a shortage of eligible Jewish men, to join the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn.

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