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'Songs Of Hope': Musician To Play Viola Saved From Holocaust In Bergen
A nationally recognized Holocaust teacher will recount stories of Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide through words and music.

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After graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi, I got a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York.
Since then, I’ve held several jobs. I was a reporter at the Buffalo Bulletin in Buffalo, Wyoming. I also served as the editor of The Dundalk Eagle and The Avenue News in Eastern Baltimore County, Maryland.
Now, I live in Bergen County, New Jersey, and continue to follow my passion of covering local news.
A nationally recognized Holocaust teacher will recount stories of Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide through words and music.

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