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Jewish Heritage Center
1:04:03
Jewish Life in Rural New England

From 2002 to 2006, Michael Hoberman conducted fifty interviews with over sixty Jews from various parts of rural New England for his book How Strange It Seems.

Jewish Heritage Center
1:11:13
"From Teeming Zion's Fertile Womb": The Curious Career of Judah Monis

Hear from Expert Michael Hoberman about the unusual life and immigration of Judah Monis, a Jewish man born in Italy in 1716.

Jewish Heritage Center
1:09:12
Return to the Catskills

Phil Brown, Founder and President of the Catskills Institute, discusses the Jewish experience in the Catskills: from the first Jewish boarding house before the turn of the 20th century, through the decline and current transformation.