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At historical Boston Common, passersby come face-to-face with the Holocaust

By Matt Lebovic

Through November 10, large portraits of aging survivors appear in Boston installation of photographer Luigi Toscano’s ‘Lest We Forget,’ a remembrance project he started in 2015

At historical Boston Common, passersby come face-to-face with the Holocaust

By Matt Lebovic

Through November 10, large portraits of aging survivors appear in Boston installation of photographer Luigi Toscano’s ‘Lest We Forget,’ a remembrance project he started in 2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the headquarters of the IDF's Gaza Division on October 17, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

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Israelis look at a house in Beersheba that was hit by a rocket fired from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on October 17, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)

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Israeli security forces inspect a building that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern city of Beersheba on October 17, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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