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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Neil Steinberg

EXPLAINED: Where do jews belong | Vintage Vibes

A human-headed, winged bull from the throne room of King Sargon II, on display at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago. Sargon, king of Assyria, conquered Samaria in 721 B.C. and dispersed the Jews who lived there. (Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times)

Driving to the dedication of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie in April 2009, I remember thinking: Do we really need another Holocaust museum? There’s already a big one on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

And then I saw a knot of Illinois Nazis, in uniform, protesting. Ah, yes, right — that’s why we need another museum. Because people like this are still here.

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