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Tag Archives: Passover

The Iran hostage crisis, the Stasi and why the past cannot be left behind

Posted on May 6, 2014 by samiraahmed

I ate my first Passover Seder meal recently, as a guest of Rabbi Jonathan Romain at his synagogue. I had had the ingredients and their symbolic meaning on the seder table memorized since that sheet Miss Thick gave me to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crime and Justice, Germany, History, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged 70s, Holocaust, Iran, Iran hostage crisis, kindertransport, Obama, Passover, Stasi, Thomas Tsasz, US Embassy Tehran | 4 Comments
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