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What it Takes to Heal

StoryCorps by NPR

Mar 24, 202615:22Society & Culture

Dan Leger is a survivor of the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history – the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting of 2018. In this episode, how Dan has made conversations with others in his community – people who he nev...

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What it Takes to Heal is an episode from StoryCorps by NPR. Dan Leger is a survivor of the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history – the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting of 2018. In this episode, how Dan has made conversations with oth...

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