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Brian
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When the writer was young, the small Jewish community of his town of Kimberley, South Africa, and the nearby town of Bloemfontein decided that they should …

A Meeting At Dors River
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In 1920, Sarah Talmon, daughter of the late rabbi of Marniyus in Lithuania, came to stay with two elderly brothers who were cousins of her mother's. …