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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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Elul Homework 1

Posted on 2009/08/26 by davka

now the real work begins Talk about “trim­ming” or “uni­fy­ing” is easy. The dif­fi­cult task lies ahead. I need to seek out the peo­ple I have wronged, approach them and express to them my regret along with a clear plan as to how … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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