From Couscous to Kasha

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A humorous and often moving memoir, this account details the years Seymour Epstein spent serving on the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which works with Jewish communities all over the world. This chronicle of Epstein’s international adventures explores the role of community in late 20th-century Jewish life and examines the disintegration of North Africa’s rich Jewish past alongside the spontaneous development of new Jewish communities in Russia The stories included in this book contain profound lessons that can be applied to Jewish community life worldwide.