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Israel/Palestine

6chars

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Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:41 PM

Oct 2015

Lakin, who was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, made aliya with his wife Karen and two teenage sons 32 years ago, after a distinguished career as an educator and community activist from 1969-1984. During the US civil rights movement in the 60s, Lakin and Karen took part in numerous “Freedom Rides” throughout the south to show solidarity with blacks who were segregated by discriminatory Jim Crow laws.

The family settled in Jerusalem, where he and Karen taught English to Jewish and Palestinian students.

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Here is a link to his book: Teaching as an Act of Love

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Act-Love-Recollections-Principal/dp/0595461557

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