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The Jewish author was told by the Mandel JCC in Florida that the political climate was 'complicated'
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Books A Florida JCC canceled a Jewish author’s talk because her novel mentions slavery
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European JCCs focus on a renewal of Jewish life where it has been previously dormant
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