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Article: How a five towns macher brought down the prime minister of israel: Morris and UDI: a story of unrequited love.(NEW YORK)(Morris Talansky)
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- September 22, 2008
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Whenever Morris visited Jerusalem and stopped by Olmert's office to drop off cash, Olmert gave Morris a hug. "A big hug," Morris said.
MORRIS TALANSKY, the rabbi and Long Island businessman whose testimony brought down the prime minister of Israel, instructs me to meet him in Lawrence, a few minutes from his home in Woodsburgh, Long Island. "There's a kosher Dunkin' Donuts," he says curtly.
The Dunkin' Donuts is in the Five Towns (Hewlett, Lawrence, Inwood, Woodmere, which includes Woodsburgh, and Cedarhurst), the suburban homeland that Jews have carved out of Long Island sprawl. Driving there, I pass landscaped yards--hydrangeas are in bloom--and ...