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Jewish Journal

Jewish Journal

Obituaries

J. Richard Alter died Jan. 25 at 76. Survived by wife Iris; sons Andrew E. (Devi), Keith W. (Tanya); Corey H.; 2 grandchildren; sister Jane Iris (Ted) Razckski. Mount Sinai\n

Letters to the editor: Holocaust comparisons, Mr. Mom, BDS and laughter for all

Danielle Berrin’s piece (“Will America Re-Examine Its Shame?” Feb. 21) certainly has its virtues about what needs to be recognized as America’s sin, shame or national disgrace of 350 years as a house of bondage for black people — a story usually falsified for almost another 100 years by Hollywood.

Getting to know Germany…up close

“So this is where they did it,” I think to myself. I’m in Berlin, headed to a hotel, and all I can think about is the Holocaust. A truck pulls in front of me. On the back is written “Schnell!” The exclamation point cues me in. It’s an ad. It wants me to hurry up and buy something. It is not ordering me to march or to dig.\n

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