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I’m in a Romanian bar soaking up mulled red wine. It’s a seedy place, everyone sitting mutely at his or her table....
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Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain Winner of the 2024 Canadian Jewish Literary Award in Biography/Memoir...
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Somewhere in the village of Poritsk, my maternal great-grandmother, still in her thirties, lay on her deathbed....
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https://thebookishmagazine.com/2026/02/18/words-for-patty-jo-by-jill-arlene-culiner/ April 1, 2026 (Author Portrait,...
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Paris was believed to be a city of freedom and hope for Jews arriving from Galicia and Russia, but that was an...
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The Hungarian count, and smuggled artworks. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/j-arlene-culiner/those-absent-...
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Listen to a chapter from Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain: https://soundcloud.com/j-arlene-culiner/2-...
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Marriage was the only respectable state for a Jewish woman; spinsters were openly mocked, and mothers sung lullabies...
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In Hungary, I began searching for the vanished rural Jewish community. Forbidden to own land until the late 19th...
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The Khazar Empire, situated somewhere around the lower course of the Volga between the Don and the Kuban Rivers,...
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Nestled between the Danube and Prut Rivers, snuggled against the Carpathians, the country’s first Jews were early...
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Montreuil-Bellay, Maine-et-Loire, Camp for Spanish Republicans from 1940 to 1941, then for the Roma 1941-1945 In...
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Those Absent on the Great Hungarian Plain Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Jill Culiner...
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Mariska and her Lover T emperatures dropped further, and even in Ildikó’s kocsma, the atmosphere was icy. A tight...
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‘ W hen the Russian Air Force had their base here in Kunmadaras, those were good times,’ said Tarzan, a hugely...
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Although a popular tourist destination with “traditional” whip-cracking horsemen, costumed dancers, and elegant...
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French Jewish Businessman The Parisian train stations of the Gare du Nord, the Gare de l’Est, the Gare de Lyon,...
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By Dr Moses Zwecker © Hava Oren This text was written by Moses Zwecker in 1976, at age 80. The English translation...
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