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Collected Item: “Borders slamming shut - echoes of my parents conversations”

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Borders slamming shut - echoes of my parents conversations

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As borders around the world were slamming shut, I organised for my daughter to return home from Israel very fast, experiencing the anxieties of my childhood overlaid with the stories of my parents .

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#borders, #Israel, #holocaust, #Coronavirus

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https://jewishwomenofwords.com.au/borders-slamming-shut-echoes-of-my-parents-conversations/

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Simone Szalmuk-Singer

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2020-03-24
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