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  • 'We understand each other more than anybody understands anybody else. We understand each other very deeply. So I lied to her.' Eliyah Hawila in his hotel room, Nov. 21, 2021.
    'We understand each other more than anybody understands anybody else. We understand each other very deeply. So I lied to her.' Eliyah Hawila in his hotel room, Nov. 21, 2021.
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    From Beirut to Brooklyn

    Eliyah Hawila fooled everyone, including his would-be bride and Brooklyn’s tightknit Syrian Jewish community, into believing he was a Jew. Now that the secret is out, the question is: Who is he, really?

    byArmin Rosen
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