Cornstalks, Conch Shells & My Jewish Problem

by Mary Gendler

September 19, 1991

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Fall 1991

Jewish dad, Chinese mom; these girls meet at a casting call. Women’s folk Judaism via bubbe meisehs. Now adults, children hidden during the Holocaust gather and speak out. Hassidic husband walks out.

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