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Holocaust survivor burned in Boulder attack speaks out: ‘What the hell is going on?’

JL;DR SUMMARY Barbara Steinmetz, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, was injured in a horrific firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, aimed at people advocating for hostages held in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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United StatesHolocaust SurvivorZionismCultural TensionViolence Against JewsIslamist ViolenceBoulder AttackMohamed Sabry SolimanBarbara Steinmetz

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Boulder, Colorado, United States
"Nearly nine decades later, Steinmetz was among a dozen people injured in Boulder, Colorado after a man firebombed an event to raise awareness for hostages held in Gaza."
Washington DC, United States
"The attack came less than two weeks after a gunman killed two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C."
Saginaw, Michigan, United States
"Barbara Steinmetz and her husband, Howard, pose for a photograph at their home in Saginaw, Michigan in 2005."
Hungary
"She was born in Hungary and spent her early childhood on an island off the coast of Croatia, then a part of Italy, where her parents operated a hotel."
Croatia
"She was born in Hungary and spent her early childhood on an island off the coast of Croatia, then a part of Italy, where her parents operated a hotel."
France
"As the Nazis advanced throughout Europe, the family was forced to flee again, to France and then Portugal."
Portugal
"As the Nazis advanced throughout Europe, the family was forced to flee again, to France and then Portugal."
Dominican Republic
"Just one country accepted Steinmetzs family: the Dominican Republic, where they immigrated in 1941. They settled in the coastal town of Sosa, and Steinmetz and her sister enrolled in a Catholic boarding school where only the Mother Superior knew they were Jewish."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"When Steinmetz was 9, her family moved to Boston, where her parents worked as dishwashers in a hotel."

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