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Recap: The girls run away from the farm, and they meet two children running away from the Inquisition. They tell the children they will take them with them to see the Rav. Along the way, they stop in the home of Mrs. Hanan, who supposedly wanted to help Jewish children, but once inside, Miri notices a cross on the mantel.

Recap: The woman’s husband came home and demanded to know who was there. He heard voices. He is violent, and the girls are terrified.

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 A New York woman was arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb the state Capitol in Albany after pledging allegiance to ISIS, according to the FBI.

Speaking to Holocaust survivors is unlike addressing any other audience. These are people who did not learn Jewish history from books. They lived it. They witnessed a world most of us can only try to comprehend, then rebuilt their lives and helped rebuild the Jewish people.

We look forward to summer with the excitement of a slower pace, sunshine, and longer days. We blink, and before we know it, the lazy days of summer come to an end. We reflect, look back on those carefree days, and begin looking ahead to fall.

Since I’ve begun teaching a class on Eastern Jews at Touro University, my syllabus has grown as I’ve found more books to enhance the students’ knowledge of Jewish communities in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia.