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1. The assignment

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Author:
Wiemer, Liza
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA W6467as
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"When their favorite teacher tells them they must participate in a debate about the Holocaust--arguing for the Nazis--Logan march and Cade Crawford are horrified. They can't believe Mr. Bartley would seriously expect anyone to craft an argument supporting the genocide of the Jewish people, even hypothetically. Logan and Cade decide they must take a stand against an assignment that fuels intolerance and discrimination."--

2. Squirrel Hill: the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting and the soul of a neighborhood

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Author:
Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974-
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Pitkin County Library
364.152 O62
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"Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, known for its tight-knit community and the profusion of multi-generational families. On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshiping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill--the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history. Many neighborhoods would be understandably subsumed by despair and recrimination after such an event, but not...