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Western Freedom

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Marissa Grey
July 2008

Marissa just read Marina Benjamin’s novel, Last Days in Babylon: The Exile of Iraq’s Jews, the Story of My Family, and realized just how important family really is.

Do you ever wish you could go back in time and correct the past?

Hitler’s Surprising Sidekick

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Marissa Grey
July 2008

Marissa just read the brand-new book Icon of Evil and learned about Hitler’s secret contributor to the Holocaust. Find out whether this read is worth your time.

We all know the horrors of World War II. Whether we learn the tales of Hitler’s Third Reich in history class or through films, commentaries and memoirs of concentration camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau, we will never forget the 6 million people lost not too long ago.

Between school, home and synagogue, we thought we knew it all about WWII and the Jews, right? At least that’s what I told myself when I picked up Icon of Evil by David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann. Well, think again.

True Life: I’m a Jew in Germany

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Sarah Nevils
June 2008

In Germany—the place with the fastest-growing Jewish population in the world—Sarah learns about culture and life as a Jewish-Canadian study-abroad student.

Whenever I tell people I chose to study abroad in Germany, I get the most confused looks. As a Jew, I guess it’s an odd place to live, but I have grown to love it. Why, you ask? I appreciate its European location, which accommodates my love of travel. I also came to Germany to see for myself the concentration camps of World War II.



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