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Articles
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Fleeting Moments
Images from Ukraine that are universal and eternal
By David E. Kaplan
There are ‘events’ captured on camera – sometimes fleeting – that are destined to stick in the collective memory and emerge universally iconic. Such was the resonance for this writer, uplifted by a uniquely brave public gesture, a melodious melody on a piano and a heart-felt Churchillian appeal that exemplified the human spirit’s will to prevail.
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PURIM – Averting Catastrophe
Personal recollections of the Purim following Stalin’s welcome demise
By Dr. Yosef Begun and Larry Pfeffer
From the ancient Israelites escaping destruction celebrated last week in the festival of Purim, to the carnage inflicted today on the people of Ukraine, the writers revisit Putin’s no less evil predecessor Stalin, whose antisemitic purges was brought to an end by the dictator’s sudden but welcome passing before Purim in 1953.
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Lithuania’s Holocaust by Bullets and Revisionism
Based on the Keynote address delivered at the 30th Annual Educators’ Conference on the Holocaust at Arizona State University on February 28, 2022.
By Grant Gochin
The facts are that Lithuania had the highest murder rate percentage of Jews in all of Europe and that Lithuanians began murdering Jews before the arrival of the Nazis. Facts however are inconvenient for Lithuania, whose government engages in state-sponsored Holocaust distortion. Addressing the 30th Annual Educators’ Conference on the Holocaust, the writer exposes complicity – then and now!
Lithuania’s Holocaust by Bullets and Revisionism
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LOTL Co-founders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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