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Yom HaShoah Special: My Family’s Story of Survival, Loss, and Legacy ep 36

For Yom HaShoah, we step away from our usual conversations on war, politics, and identity to do something far more personal.

In this special episode, I sit down with my mother, Sharon Spira, to tell the story of my grandparents, Holocaust survivors whose lives shaped everything I understand about resilience, faith, and what it means to be part of the Jewish people.

We speak about my grandmother’s survival, from forced labor to a 470 kilometer death march where only a handful lived. We speak about my grandfather’s journey through Auschwitz, the impossible choices he was forced to make, and the…

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