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On November 9th 1938, Nazi paramilitary and civilian groups carried out mass acts of violence…

A short time after Kristallnacht, my grandfather Israel Kohn and other Jewish leaders were told of the impending doom for the Jewish…

3 min readJan 10, 2021

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People say coronavirus is like prison. I can tell you: it’s not.

I live in New York City which is at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. I wear a face mask to walk my dog every day. People pass by and…

3 min readJun 3, 2020

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My mother was a Holocaust survivor, but she was always more worried about my happiness.

“It will be harder for you to be in prison than it was for me to be in a concentration camp.”

7 min readMay 8, 2020

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My mother was a Holocaust survivor, but she was always more worried about my happiness.

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Needed: A Jewish Response to Mass Incarceration

I am a formerly incarcerated Jewish lesbian and the child of two Holocaust survivors. I served time in two federal prisons, including…

3 min readSep 24, 2019

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The Suitcase Project

Witness to Mass Incarceration Receives

2 min readMay 7, 2019

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After Incarceration, Creating Hope and Future

By. H. Glenn Rosenkrantz

4 min readMay 6, 2019

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Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will be ‘traumatizing,’ experts say by Suzy Byrne

It looks like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will at least be doing some time in federal prison for their parts in this college…

8 min readApr 13, 2019

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Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will be ‘traumatizing,’ experts say by
Suzy Byrne

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Evie Litwok, EvieLitwok@gmail.com

3 min readApr 13, 2019

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Witness to Mass Incarceration Prison Strike Op-Ed September 3,2018

Before I left, my mother told me that prison would be harder for me than surviving the holocaust was for her. By the time I was…

2 min readSep 3, 2018

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Prison Is No Place For The Elderly-Even Paul Manafort

Prison Is No Place For The Elderly — Even Paul Manafort

4 min readJun 22, 2018

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Prison Is No Place For The Elderly-Even Paul Manafort

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evielitwok

evielitwok

Evie Litwok is a formerly incarcerated Jewish lesbian who spent time in two federal prisons. She is the Director of Witness to Mass Incarcerated (WMI)

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