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A fight to save Jewish history
Mattan Segev-Frank, a genealogist and historian, is a man with a mission. Mattan Segev-Frank is a man with a mission. And while he has singlehandedly already begun making an impact, he knows that the issues he is concerned about are much larger than any single person. They require governments and international authorities to take decisive steps.
My first encounter with Mattan, a genealogy researcher and an MA student of the History of the Jewish People at the Tel Aviv University, was in a Jewish genealogy Facebook group when he shared his dismay at stolen historic and vital records from Hungary s Jewish community being auctioned off online to the highest bidder..
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From the desk of Wendy Kalman, AIC Intern, Kennesaw State University:
The Atlanta Israel Coalition is excited to announce our partnership with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) in promoting a letter-writing contest called
The Letters Project: Conversing Across Narratives based on Yossi Klein Halevi s book,
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor: With an Extensive Epilogue of Palestinian Responses.
I am excited too. And let me tell you why.
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When I first read about this book, I was intrigued by the idea of explaining Jewish presence to Palestinians. Klein Halevi created an opening. And when the paperback version was published months later, I was excited. It included responses from those Palestinian neighbors. (I even blogged about the book s potential Words and Letters.)