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June 05, 2005

Technology knitting memory

David Berlind, in the course of researching his genealogy, came across Yizkor (memorial) books, a type of citizen journalism in which the life and lives of European Jewish communities are recorded. More than that, he discovered how the Net can stitch together memories against the will of the strongest, most malevolent forces.

Posted by D. Weinberger at June 5, 2005 04:55 PM

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