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See Rabbi Edward Bernstein's essay: "The Roar of the Cat Rabbi: The Vital Role of Introverts in the Congregational Rabbinate, originally published in Keeping Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation on Rabbinical Education, Rabbi Hayim Herring and Elie Roscher, Eds., Avenida Books: USA: 2014, pp. 130-147.