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Articles
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“WORDS, WORDS, WORDS”
Tapping into famed Israeli poet and musician, Nancy Pelosi’s recitation of lyrics struck the right note
By David E. Kaplan
At a pivotal disturbing moment in America’s history when the leading country in the world is shown to be as never-so-divided“since the Civil War”, America’s leading Democrat in the House found solace in the words of an Israeli – famed poet, musician and lyricist Ehud Manor. What is in the Israeli’s lyrics that Nancy Pelosi believed so poignantly captured America’s political plight?
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WARM EMBRACE
Latino community drawing closer to Israel
By Jonathan Feldstein
From his car window in Jerusalem last month, the writer was struck by a colourful but unfamiliar flag flying from street poles in the capital. A few days later all was revealed with Israel’s warm welcome of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso.Were the flags fluttering in the Jerusalem wind signifying a more politically climatic “Winds of Change” across Latin America in its relations with Israel?
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HOW QUICKLY ORDINARY PEOPLE CAN TURN FROM LIVING ALONGSIDE TO EXTERMINATING EACH OTHER
Why the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre explores the history of the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda side by side.
By Tali Nates
Following the Shoah, what does “NEVER AGAIN” mean when genocides continue such as in 1994 in Rwanda? For the Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre who lost family in the Shoah and was “profoundly impacted” on her visit to Rwanda, the writer set out to answer this troubling question.
HOW QUICKLY ORDINARY PEOPLE CAN TURN FROM LIVING ALONGSIDE TO EXTERMINATING EACH OTHER
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