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Tema N. Merback

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Tema Merback is a first time author, and a former Kathryn McBride Scholar at Bryn Mawr College. Her first novel In the Face of Evil has just been selected as a finalist of the 2011 National Jewish Book Award. She lives in Malibu, California with her husband and two children.


Having researched and written a book on the Holocaust I feel particularly well versed in the history of that ignominious chapter of human history. I also understand well humankind’s propensity to disavow and rationalize the blight of its offenses and to relegate them to the distant past. We all yearn to be forgiven for our sins and given a second chance. In recent years, the United States close... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on March 10, 2012 10:30 • 46 views • Tags: anti-semitism, history, holocaust, israel, j-street, jews, ron-paul, youtube
Average rating: 4.23 · 65 ratings · 17 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
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Description: A woman's contemplated suicide leads to a chance encounter with a man.

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