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How Does Morris Talansky Do Business?

By Daniel Treiman July 15, 2008

Does the Long Island rabbi at the center of Israel’s investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have some serious skeletons in his closet? New York Magazine has obtained “a transcript of secret tapes” that, it reports, suggests that Rabbi Morris Talansky has threatened business associates in the past.

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