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Sophia4

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12. Jewish people, those who were left, did not feel safe living in the countries they

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #5)

Tue May 1, 2018, 05:39 PM

May 2018

had lived in before WWII. That's one reason for the existence of Israel.

There were many, many Jewish orphans with no place to go or live. And many people really could not go back to the places that had been home to them and their families for years and generations. Someone else was living in what had been their family home.

There really wasn't much choice for those who went to Israel -- and South America and the US and to places all over the world.

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It's important to publicize it. DavidDvorkin May 2018 #23

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