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CANDLELIGHTING

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THE JEWISH VIEW

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HOLIDAYS

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JUDAISM 101

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{weblog_name} - Rubin’s Wrath
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I’ve known Rubin Sztajer now for 20 years, and one thing I know for sure about him is that he always shoots from the hip. Even if it bothers people in the Jewish community. When it comes to matters regarding the Holocaust, I trust Rubin’s gut. He is, after all, a survivor himself. Rubin—who speaks about his time during the Holocaust to 60-80 local schools each year—sees something in the Jewish community today that he feels is quite troublesome and painful. He and his family were in attendance at last Sunday night’s community Holocaust Remembrance Day observance at Chizuk Amuno Congregation. “If I, of all people, don’t go,” he says, “how can I blame others for not going?” But Rubin, like many of us, has seen the number of people attending Yom HaShoah programs dwindle considerably over the years.… read more