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Apr. 4, 2021 10:36 PM
It takes something special to be even more astounding than a Matt Gaetz alibi, but Judy Batalion’s new book, “The Light of Days,” achieves that and much, much more.
Even the book’s subtitle – “The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos” – doesn’t do justice to the amazing tales recounted in this labor of love from the Canadian-born New Yorker.
The 20 young Jewish women she spotlights lived remarkable lives during World War II, and it’s easy to see why Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment snapped up the film rights at manuscript stage in 2018.
The virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 8 will feature the theme of “Keeping the Promise of ‘Never Again’: What It Means in 2021” with Steven Luckert from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as the keynote speaker and Rabbi Josh Jacobs-Velde from Oseh Shalom synagogue in Laurel hosting.
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