For years, Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, the leader of an affluent Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Bronx, did something unusual with the boys in his congregation.
He took them, some as young as 12, to the gym to play squash or racquetball, then showered beside them and took them into the sauna, where â?? often naked, and with them often naked â?? he engaged the boys in searching conversations about their lives, problems and faith.
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