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Because of the creativity that my father possesses and has often misused, I have said that my father could be a wonderful author of fiction. Little did I know that his misuse of his creativity stems from his feeling that he needed to hide the very things that he wished (and, I assume, still wishes) that God had not created to be in his life - for example, his Crypto-Jewish heritage and much of the history of it...

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Born as a bat-Anusim in the United States, Nicole Czarnecki discovered her Ashkenazi Jewish roots at the age of 18 years. Since then, she has taken her Jewishness seriously. She loves sharing her passion with others, discovering and experiencing the diversity of Jewish heritage, believing that everyone is different and has a different story to tell

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