not quite the Jews you'd expect
But after witnessing the tragedy of World War I
Yossel Yurek is a thirteen-year-old Jew whose ingenuity in smuggling goods in and out of his community saved the lives of those dear to him - as well as his own
synagogues
The film is a period piece providing an interesting glimpse of the legendary Catskills and Borscht Belt
Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History 1700–1950 by Julia Phillips Cohen Yiddish Learning not quite the Jews you'dThis ground breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jewsdescendants of Jews who fled medieval Spain and Portugal settling in the western portions of the Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans, Anatolia, and Palestine. Reflecting Sephardi history in all its diversity, from the courtyard to the courthouse, spheres intimate, political, commercial, familial, and religious, these