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Episode 91: From Russian tyranny to the Ozarks hills, Dr. Mara Cohen Ioannides recalls the tragic story of a nearly forgotten Jewish community
In her book Yellow Jack and Turpentine, Mara Cohen traces the travels and travails of a group of Jewish refugees from Odessa, Russia, to the port city of Hamburg, Germany, to New York City and eventually to the banks of the White River near Newport, Arkansas. The group set out with the intention of becoming a farming community only to find an inhospitable land of poor soil, a flooding river, and disease bearing mosquitoes that would eventually defeat their experiment. "Yellow jack" was the idiom for yellow fever, and turpentine was the ostensible cure, but perseverance characterized their settlement in the Ozarks. Mara's story is one you're sure to enjoy!
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In her book Yellow Jack and Turpentine, Mara Cohen traces the travels and travails of a group of Jewish refugees from Odessa, Russia, to the port city of Hamburg, Germany, to New York City and eventually to the banks of the White River near Newport, Arkansas. The group set out with the intention of becoming a farming community only to find an inhospitable land of poor soil, a flooding river, and disease bearing mosquitoes that would eventually defeat their experiment. "Yellow jack" was the idiom for yellow fever, and turpentine was the ostensible cure, but perseverance characterized their settlement in the Ozarks. Mara's story is one you're sure to enjoy!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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