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Tag: Jewish identity

What Israel Means to Me: Marita Anderson

April 13, 2018 Marita Anderson Essays

My 11-year-old son recently interviewed my grandmother about her life. She described a life of difficulties that are unimaginable to my son’s generation: survival of World War II, life in Siberia, existence as an orphan at a young age, oppression under the Communist regime, anti-Semitism

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the word Jerusalem, displayed on a wall in different languages, lit up by pink lighting.

The Air in Jerusalem is Different

June 30, 2017 Marita Anderson Essays

The air in Jerusalem is different. My daughter complained of a headache as our bus climbed toward the heart of the city, but I told her it was just the change in elevation. I did not tell her that the air is thicker in Jerusalem,

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