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Architect of memorial synagogue at Babyn Yar: Bombing “leaves me speechless, numb and powerless”

By Manuel Herz

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I went to Ukraine to find my roots. The KGB found me first

By Howard Fineman

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What ‘The Merchant of Venice’ loses when no one laughs

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