A Brazilian media mogul came out of the closet about his Jewish background. Silvio Santos, a pseudonym for Senior Abravanel, discussed Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for some 10 minutes during a live weekend broadcast of one of several programs he presents on his SBT channel.
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