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Writing through war: Helping Israelis process trauma across generations | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · · 1478 words · By SARI NOSSBAUM
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What to know about Writing through war: Helping Israelis process trauma across generations

In times of uncertainty, some people turn to prayer, others to therapy.

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What happened

In times of uncertainty, some people turn to prayer, others to therapy.

Why it matters

As a nation, we are all grappling with trauma but are unsure how to unpack it.

Common ground

I had always turned to my pen to unpack my thoughts, capture my emotions, and discover a path forward.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-892498

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“My Zeida endured the camps of the Holocaust.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Nathan Werdiger survived the Holocaust and endured concentration camps. One source specifically mentions Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and another references his survival through multiple labor camps before Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
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web search NEUTRAL — Holocaust survivors light a memorial candle with a concentration camp liberator at a remembrance ceremony, Washington DC, 2013. Holocaust survivor David Faber speaks in 2006 about his experiences in n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_survivors
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web search NEUTRAL — Born in Poland, Werdiger survived two of the most notorious concentration camps during the Holocaust, Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He immigrated to Melbourne in 1949 and married Nechama in 1952.
https://www.australianjewishnews.com/51248-2/
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web search NEUTRAL — Holocaust survivors and their descendants shared testimony Wednesday at Palm Desert’s 16th Annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day program, reflecting on the Holocaust while addressing ongoing …
https://www.thepalmdesertpost.com/p/holocaust-survivors-desc…
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“I was privy to an invitation to my Zeida’s annual liberation dinner on April 11.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of generic AI writing tool links and does not contain any information regarding an 'annual liberation dinner on April 11' or Nathan Werdiger attending such an event. Therefore, corroboration is impossible.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 19, 2025 · Conclusion Knowing how to cite if there is no page number helps you apply MLA standards correctly. When you face a source without pages—use author-only citations, paragraph numbers, or …
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“He was indeed reborn.”
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Two web search results reference Nathan Werdiger's Holocaust experience and survival. One source mentions his survival through multiple labor camps before Auschwitz, and another reports on his funeral, implying a life lived after the ordeal, which supports the theme of rebirth/survival.
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web search NEUTRAL — International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army, January 1945.The United Nations bookstore also had a discussion by Daniel Mendelsohn about his …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Rememb…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rabbi Boz Werdiger of Chabad of Palm Springs shared his grandfather Nathan Werdiger’s Holocaust experience, describing his survival through multiple labor camps before enduring Auschwitz, a death marc…
https://www.thepalmdesertpost.com/p/holocaust-survivors-desc…
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web search NEUTRAL — MORE than 1000 people attended the funeral of Holocaust survivor, communal philanthropist and family man Nathan Werdiger, who passed away on his 93rd Hebrew birthday on December 27.
https://www.australianjewishnews.com/51248-2/
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“I went to my grandparents’ house in Melbourne, Australia, during my summer break after completing my BA in New York.”
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While there are Wikipedia results mentioning Melbourne, Australia, and one result mentioning a summer break, the evidence does not connect the author's BA in New York to a subsequent visit to Melbourne. The Wikipedia results are about unrelated topics (football, actress Caroline Craig, car models).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Caroline Craig (born 30 April 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress, based in Melbourne. Caroline completed a BA at Melbourne University before graduating from NIDA (Nationa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Craig
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ford Falcon (BA) is a full-sized car produced from 2002 to 2005 by Ford Australia. It was the second, and significantly re-engineered iteration of the sixth generation of the Falcon, and also incl…
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“He [Zeida] wrote stories in Yiddish while in the Red Cross hospital in Davos, Switzerland, in 1946 as an 18-year-old orphan.”
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Two web search results directly support the claim: one states he was at the Red Cross in Davos, Switzerland, in 1946 as an 18-year-old orphan, and another mentions the Red Cross taking him to Switzerland where he spent time. The claim about writing stories in Yiddish is supported by the context of these reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://www.wikipedia.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — He explained that as he lay in his hospital bed at the Red Cross in Davos, Switzerland, back in 1946 as an 18-year-old orphan, he asked the staff if he could use their typewriter.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-892498
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web search NEUTRAL — The Red Cross took Werdiger, the muzelman, to Switzerland where he spent four years in a sanatorium, letting the alpine air and the penicillin work their magic.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/into-the-light-20050127-g…
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“I worked on translating his story in 2005 using a notepad and tape recorder.”
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The evidence provided only contains general resources about Yiddish literature translation and fiction. There is no specific evidence confirming that the author translated Nathan Werdiger’s Yiddish story into English in 2005 using a notepad and tape recorder.
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web search NEUTRAL — Read newly translated works of Yiddish literature, submit your own translations, and learn about our translation resources.
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/discover/yiddish-translati…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yiddish research guide covering general resources, article and books, folklore, genealogy, linguistics, literature, music and dance, oral history, theater, film ...
https://libguides.nypl.org/yiddishresearch/translationlitera…
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web search NEUTRAL — This collection of fiction including excerpts and short stories, originally written in Yiddish and translated into English.
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/discover/yiddish-translati…
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“The war erupted in Israel on October 7, 2023.”
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Two distinct web search results confirm that the Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7, 2023, with Hamas launching an assault on Israel.
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web search NEUTRAL — The destruction of Palestine Tower Israel formally declared a state of war under Article 40A for the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. [15] 300,000 reservists are called up, the most in the na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Gaza_war_(7_Oc…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Israel-Hamas War is the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas, that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an assault on Israel that killed more than 1,200 people i…
https://www.britannica.com/event/Israel-Hamas-War
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web search NEUTRAL — Summary On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, or FTO) led surprise attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip by land, sea, …
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47754
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“The author resides in Jerusalem with her husband and four young children.”
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Two of the three web search results mention Jerusalem in relation to living or writing, but none of the sources provide enough detail or corroboration to confirm that 'the author' currently resides there with a husband and four young children.' The evidence is suggestive but not independently confirmed for this specific personal detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jerusalem fell under Hellenistic rule after the conquests of Alexander the Great in 332 BCE, leading to increasing cultural and political influence from Greece. The Hasmonean revolt in 164 BCE briefly…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
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web search NEUTRAL — Currently, she lives in Jerusalem, where she is a mother, writer, and soul-searcher. She spends her days raising her family, helping her husband with his educational revolution, and trying to figure o…
https://thenexus.org/riseintoyourcrown3/presenters/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jerusalem’s narratives come alive through the lives of three fictitious teenage girls of different ethnicities but with the realism of common experiences. I’ve just finished reading Parallel Lines, a …
https://themedialine.org/top-stories/walking-parallel-lines-…
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