One of the rabbis arrested, Saul Kassin,is considered the leading cleric of the U.S.Sephardic community, comprised of families that emigrated mostly from the Middle East, Syria in particular, following the formation of the state of Israel in 1948.

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With expert commentary by the journalist Jim Dwyer, who was writing for at the time, and the social psychologist Saul Kassin.

NEWYORKER: The Central Park Five