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Just as we must not allow our strong commitment to developing Jewish secularism to detract from the struggle in the Middle East, that conflict cannot be used to allow assimilation to take over our lives.

— Irena Klepfisz Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays, Speeches and Diatribes (1990)

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