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The entrance wing of Ralli Hall, Hove, England

... that Ralli Hall (pictured) in Hove—founded 100 years ago today—has been an Anglican church hall, a Jewish place of worship, a wartime drill hall, a cinema, and a zumba venue, among other things?
... that when the British authorities attempted to deport Jewish refugees in Palestine to Mauritius aboard the SS Patria in 1940, the paramilitary organization Haganah sank the ship with a bomb?
... that Sir Philip Magnus began his career as an educational reformer while working as a rabbi at the West London Synagogue?
... that in 2012 Jewish Universalist rabbi Steven Blane, who encourages converts to join his online rabbinical school, ordained an ex-Muslim as a rabbi?
... that offensive tackles Mitchell Schwartz and Geoff Schwartz are the first Jewish brothers to play in the National Football League since Arnold Horween and Ralph Horween, in 1923?

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