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Zionism Isn't a Dirty Word

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Notes from the Jewish Federation of North America's Fly-In Week

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Ellen Ginsberg Simon
Jan 31, 2024
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It is the middle of the night, and I am sitting in bed in the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. thinking about music.

This may come as little suprise to those who know me, as I am a lifelong singer. I am not thinking about how I make music, however. I am thinking about how music made me. I am thinking about how music defines the Jewish people.

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