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(Jewish Group) Inspiring Jews who died in 5779
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)The close of every year brings with it bittersweet reminders of the incredible figures we lost in the year that was.
This year the task of remembering the departed is particularly fraught as 12 people on the list were lost to acts of anti-Jewish violence in U.S. synagogues. Along with the shooting victims in Pittsburgh and Poway, California, are artists, activists and ordinary folks who heroically answered the call of history.
Here are some whose stories inspired us the most.
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