“Your silence will not protect you”: Ralph Lewinsohn

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“Your silence will not protect you”: Ralph Lewinsohn

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Apr 18, 2024

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Ralph Lewinsohn was born in Namibia to parents who’d fled Nazi Germany just before WW2. Later on he lived in Australia and in Germany, but many years ago he made Aliya and for many years lived in Kfar Aza, opposite the Gaza Strip

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Apr 18, 2024

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