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African American Republican Congressional Candidate Turned Yeshiva Student
01/19/2017
Today I am a yeshiva student studying Torah full time. Before this, I was a Republican candidate for Congress.
Mordechai Ben Avraham Hazzan is an Orthodox Jews studying in Yeshivah Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. He ran as a Republican for Congress in the 37th District in California and has had a career as an entertainment executive in Los Angeles.
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