Shelley Berkley said "Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, my family story is very much an American Jewish story. And not unlike so many millions of other American Jews that came to our shores from other places, my mother's side of the family comes from Thessaloniki, Greece, where there was a very vibrant community, Jewish community prior to World War II. Half of the population of Thessaloniki, Greece were Jewish before World War II, but by the time the Nazis finished, there were only 1,000 Jews left in Salonika out of the 80,000 that existed and lived there and thrived there prior to World War II. I'm not presumptuous enough to think that my family would have been among those thousand chosen to live." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 26, 2010

Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, my family story is very much an American Jewish story. And not unlike so many millions of other American Jews that came to our shores from other places, my mother's side of the family comes from Thessaloniki, Greece, where there was a very vibrant community, Jewish community prior to World War II. Half of the population of Thessaloniki, Greece were Jewish before World War II, but by the time the Nazis finished, there were only 1,000 Jews left in Salonika out of the 80,000 that existed and lived there and thrived there prior to World War II. I'm not presumptuous enough to think that my family would have been among those thousand chosen to live.

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Shelley Berkley

Nevada

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Editor's note · Context

The speaker reflects on the Jewish American experience and the impact of World War II on Jewish communities.

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