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Examines the development of Monsey as a major Orthodox Jewish enclave in the U.S.
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[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team members slain in west [Music] germany out of the 24 who were killed were americans who had come to learn in covenant i say one million jewish children who were made to become losers [Music] that's atomic perfect it is never too little it is never too late and it is never enough jewish history sound bites bringing alive the world of our glorious past here is our host live from jerusalem jewish historian and tour guide yehuda gabara who together with jewish history sound bites in this episode which is the next installment in the great american jewish history uh cities great american there will be eventually a part two and who knows maybe even a part three so before you join the chorus of uh how did you not mention this that and the other thing etc remember that there's plenty of more coming uh in part one we'll just profile just a few aspects of uh of the monthly personalities and institutions and development especially since the history in muncie which i'm going to get to soon is so recent it's really really modern jewish history so it's less chronological and more just profiling specific aspects and uh people um in i know i grew up in muncie to before i before i moved to israel so i remember you know we always always a big question about muncie was that is it in town or out of town we always thought it was in town where you know we're just up the just up north from the city and everyone in muncie worked in the city took the muncie trails bus
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- 0:00[Music] both of those projects initiatives got off the ground because of the garage prolific team…
- 4:34town uh so you know it's to all distinctive features of uh suburbia i remember out…
- 9:08cemetery because he felt that it would be a hill hashem a desecration of god's name…
- 13:15spring valleys young israel there in the early years actually i believe still exists um but…
- 17:50convince them that they would get a general education as well uh unbelievable just to get…
- 21:58number and we he was asked why he gave such funny numbers why couldn't he round…
- 26:33the son of austrian jewish immigrants who served the district in the house for three decades…
- 30:38the door open for him when he arrived at some event and that was my first…
- 35:14on its own but it also has its relation to muncie and many of the overflow…
- 39:21muncie at the time and they asked him to become the rabbi and i heard from…
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