BBC John Steinbeck Voice of America (documentary)

BBC John Steinbeck Voice of America (documentary)

Compelling documentary about the dust bowl in depression era America and the terrible treatment of the migrants.

When do Yekkes first don a kittel?

When do Yekkes first don a kittel?

from Mi Yodeya

What I'm gathering from various places is that most Minhag Ashkenaz wear the kittel and tallis during schacharis on RH. But not during Maariv or Mincha. On YK both are worn for all tefillos. As for the white yarmulka and tie, I believe, but am not sure, they are both worn for all tefillos.

Online Course (Free) - Jewish Diaspora in Modern China

Nanjing University

Jewish Diaspora in Modern China

from Coursera.org

includes discussion of immigration of German Jews to China

Guest contribution by Boruch Miller: Rabbi of Czortkow

The quote originally appears in the German periodical "Judische Moatshefte", and is in a piece about Eastern European refugees living in Vienna after World War I, and whether or not they could/would assimilate to living a Central European type of frum life.

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"Chortkiv (Ukrainian: Чортків; Polish: Czortków; Yiddish: טשאָרטקאָוו‎ Chortkov) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) in westernUkraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Chortkiv is located in the northern part of the historic region of Galician Podolia on the banks of the Seret River.^[3] Its population was 28,855 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.^[1] Due to heavy destruction of Ternopil, in 1944 Chortkiv served as a regional seat.^[4]

In the past Chortkiv was the home of many Hasidic Jews; it was a notable shtetl and had a significant number of Jews residing there prior to the Holocaust. Today, Chortkiv is a regional commercial and small-scale manufacturing center.^[3] Among its architectural monuments is a fortress built in the 16th and 17th centuries^[5] as well as historic wooden churches of the 17th and 18th centuries.^[6]"

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chortkiv}

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