Talk about getting out of the shtetl. Thank goodness for amazing genetics and innovative drive that have made New York’s local PBS’s illuminating interview with Bel Kaufman possible.
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What’s so special: It’s an interview with a leading lady on the creative scene at an age that promises a rich perspective informed by:
- Shalom Aleichem’s humor
- Rich experience in Jewkrainian as well as American scenes
- An author’s filter of diverse cultures
- The wisdom of someone who lived among diversity: from the every day people of Odessa to the public high school students of New York.
- Enough optimistic to kick the suffering, Soviet, self-hating, or otherwise, right out of you
Shalom Aleichem, Bellushka. You’ve done good work, and we’re lucky to have you.
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