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    "excerpt": "As Yom Kippur approaches, scholars, therapists and Hersh Goldberg-Polin\u2019s mother explore why we pray, why Jewish prayer engages body and community, and why people often turn to a higher power…",
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    "title": "Prayer as a lifeline: Why even secular people turn to God in times of crisis",
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