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First they came…

Posted on 2023/01/14 by davka

Today, Jan­u­ary 14, 2023, marks the one-hun­­dred-thir­­ty-first anniver­sary of the birth of Mar­tin Niemöller (born in 1892). Today is also the birth­day of our niece Nora, who has long been aware of Mar­tin Niemöller and his poem. Niemöller, creep­ing nor­mal­i­ty, and oth­er … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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women fighters and sho’a nightmares

Posted on 2021/04/19 by davka

I think every teenage Jew­ish child ought to have a week of Sho’a relat­ed night­mares. If we can reen­act the Exo­dus and liv­ing in Sukkot, why not the Sho’a? Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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