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For more information and ticket prices, contact Leora@Goddess-onthego.com or Susie@Goddess-onthego.com. ❑ Addressing An Unspoken Taboo Local author gives hope to a hurting community. Shannon Mackie Special to the Jewish News A ccording to local author and public speaker Laura Solomon, many people believe that domestic violence, sui- cide, rape and abortion just don't happen in the Jewish community. But, with her book, Normal Life, Solomon is focused on opening up the discussion about these formerly taboo topics because she has experi- enced them herself. Just four years after surviving rape and having an abortion at age 18, Solomon lost her mother to suicide. She went on to marry twice, dur- ing which time she was subjected to domestic violence. "At that time, no one talked about those things," Solomon said. "It was so shame-based. But the reality is that these things happen all the time. 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