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Life Is Beautiful, Or Not: The Myth Of The Good Italian, Shira Klein Jun 2021

Life Is Beautiful, Or Not: The Myth Of The Good Italian, Shira Klein

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"Life is Beautiful illustrates a popular misconception about Italy's role in the Holocaust. The film features the good Italian and the warped view that Italy treated Jews kindly in the late 1930s and during World War II. Historians have proven this claim to be grossly exaggerated, arguing that Italians persecuted Jews vigorously. Yet popular representations of the past-films, novels, museum exhibits, and websites-continue to give credence to the notion that Italians were overwhelmingly good to Jews. Although France and Germany cultivated similar self-acquitting myths in the decades immediately after the war, they eventually moved on to accept the more …


May 2021, Temple Shalom May 2021

May 2021, Temple Shalom

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Contents: Temple Shalom Encounters a 20th Century Yiddish American Phenomenon; From the Rabbi; From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


April 2021, Temple Shalom Apr 2021

April 2021, Temple Shalom

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Contents: Temple Shalom Celebrates Passover; From the Rabbi;From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


March 2021, Temple Shalom Mar 2021

March 2021, Temple Shalom

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Contents: Temple Shalom Celebrates our Cherished Seniors; From the Rabbi; From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


February 2021, Temple Shalom Feb 2021

February 2021, Temple Shalom

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Contents: Temple Shalom Travels to Europe; From the Rabbi; From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


January 2021, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jan 2021

January 2021, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

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Contents: Temple Shalom had a Great Fall; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Community Notices