Mass Killings May Have Created Contagion, Feeding on Itself

Contagion

Click Here to Read: Mass Killings May Have Created Contagion, Feeding on Itself By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on July 26, 2016.

People were evacuated from a shopping mall where a Iranian-German killed nine people. The gunman was reportedly obsessed with mass killings, particularly the attack by a Norwegian that killed 77 people in 2011. 
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The Value of a Flawed Memory

Remembering

Click Here to Read: The Value of a Flawed Memory: Even inaccurate memories can help people shape their identities and set goals; a new understanding of memory’s role By Sue Shellenberger inn The Wall Street Journal on July 26, 2016.

Inaccurate memories, while disastrous in a courtroom, are actually good for your personal life and shaping your identity. WSJ’s Sue Shellenbarger joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to explain.

Small Vigil in Poland Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Jewish Massacre

Jedwabnemassacre

Click Here to Read: Small Vigil in Poland Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Jewish Massacre. The event was meant to commemorate the day that a few dozen perpetrators burned alive at least 340 Jews by Cnaan Liphshiz on the Haaretz website on  July 11, 2016.

Michael Schudrich, Poland’s chief rabbi, reciting a prayer for the victims of the Jedwabne massacre at the town’s Jewish cemetery, July 10, 2016. Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA