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The fact is that most husbands, regardless of religion - it's an old-fashioned gender divide where the husband wants to stay home and the wife is the one who drags herself and her children to whatever spiritual center they're going to.

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Dani Shapiro
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 10
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New York City
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