"There is healthy competition, but we do work for a higher cause, " says Rabbi Sholem Fishbane of Chicago's rabbinic agency.

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The news comes just weeks after Mr Campbell-Moore and his wife Ann Sholem, who founded the company with him, were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Theatre Critic of Wales Awards for their contribution to the arts in Wales.

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