Continuing our conversations on Judaism and Palestine, Shira Klein reflects on the horrors of the holocaust and the role they played in legitimizing the necessity and logic of Zionism.

Shira Klein is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Chapman University. Her academic work focuses on Italian Jewry, Jewish migration, and the Holocaust. Shira is also on the board of directors of Academics for Peace, a nonprofit that works with scholars to help shift public opinion about Palestine Israel

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