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Articles
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Time to Tell the Truth
Lithuania is adept as passing over its nefarious past
By David E. Kaplan
While Lithuania commemorated in 2020 the 300th anniversary of the Vilna Gaon and the enriching legacy of its once vibrant Jewish community and is commendable, less commendable is its governmental suppression of the TRUTH – the complicity then in the murder of its Jewish citizens and now in the ‘murder’ of that truth!
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Kristallnacht Comparisons
By Rolene Marks
A precursor to the destruction of two thirds of European Jewry in the Holocaust, Kristallnacht stands alone as a singular horrific historical event. Why then do commentators on either end of the political spectrum see the need to compare riots in the US Capitol building and de-platforming of right wing commentators from social media platforms with the “Night of Broken Glass” synonymous with the mass murder of Jews?
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Hot Air to Hot Stuff
Back to the Polls in Israel as Voters Wade through the Waffle
By David E. Kaplan
Israeli elections are like repeatedly hearing the same bad joke with the known punchline! Going into its 4th election in two years, the writer explores the welcome entry into the ‘bruising’ bout of enterprising Tel Aviv Mayor, Ron Huldai.
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