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…points of view >> Send letters to: letters@thejewishnews.com Contributing Editor Editorial Hamas' True Colors Discredit Ceasefire A Vintage boxcar evokes dekravity of Holocaust. This historic boxcar at the Holocaust Memorial Center stands as a sentinel of justice on rails laid on a cobblestone street reminiscent of the Warsaw Ghetto. T his railroad car is different. It's one of the last World War II-era boxcars and the only one broug...…
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