{"product_id":"finding-home-in-the-footsteps-of-the-jewish-fusgeyers-9782957607303","title":"Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Fusgeyers were the thousands of Romanian Jews who, unwilling to tolerate anti-Semitism, left their country on foot between 1899 and 1907, and headed for North America. Destitute but resolute, they supported themselves by giving theatrical performances, or selling stories and poems. In North America, some worked as peddlers, shopkeepers, caf  and restaurant owners, actors and writers in the famous Yiddish theatre; others helped build the railway west, worked in the gold and silver mines, or created the Jewish agricultural communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking in their footsteps across Romania, and following the immigrant trail across Europe to America, Jill Culiner's Finding Home is a detailed account of Romanian Jewish history, and a touching reminder of the courage of our ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding Home won the The Joseph and \u003cstrong\u003eFaye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History\u003c\/strong\u003e, and was shortlisted for the \u003cstrong\u003eForeWord Magazine Prize Book of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuliner, Jill Arlene:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in New York, raised in Toronto, Jill Culiner has been living in England, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, and France. A social critical artist, narrator, writer, and photographer, her exhibition of the lost Jewish villages, La Mémoire Effacée, toured France, Canada, and Hungary under the auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO. She can be found at http: \/\/www.jill-culiner.com and https: \/\/jewish-histories.over-blog.com","brand":"Association Boule D","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444786794770,"sku":"9782957607303","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a2e5ad5-60bb-47f5-af08-404a98423317.jpg?v=1729689322","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-home-in-the-footsteps-of-the-jewish-fusgeyers-9782957607303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}