What keeps you awake at night?

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Recorded Aaron Ciechanover said elsewhere, not written here
what I'm really worried about and concerned is the lack of the voice of the leadership.

Moderator Karl Skorecki, Public conversation at Technion University, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, 12 June 2018 source ↗

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