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FOR THAT FINISHING TOUCH On a Thursday afternoon, a Eventually,
group of 40 high school Guindine’s mother gave her
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22 Shalom Lehigh Valley | October/November 2016 That evening was the first face with someone telling their
time that many of them had ever own story.”
met a Holocaust survivor. Marcel
Guindine told the story of how
he and his mother managed to
hide in Nazi-occupied France.

“We had many close
calls, but each time, we were
somehow spared,” Guindine
said.

To find out about scheduling a visit or exhibit at your school or
organization, contact Shari Spark of the Holocaust Resource Center at the
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley at 610-821-5500 or hrc@jflv.org or
visit www.jewishlehighvalley.org/legacy.

underst ingIJCU ENHANCES INTERFAITH

The Lehigh Valley is home to an interfaith group of individuals
that regularly meets to forward understanding among the faiths.
The Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding (IJCU) helps
Christians understand Jews and Judaism more clearly, more
deeply and more appreciatively, and it helps Jews understand
Christians and Christianity more clearly, more deeply and more
appreciatively. The Rev. Peter Pettit is the director of the IJCU,
which is housed at Muhlenberg College, where Pettit teaches in
the Religion Studies Department.

For more information and the schedule of upcoming events,
visit www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/ijcu.