Chicken Kiev: A Young Yeshiva Boy Spends One Year in the Former Soviet Union and Brings Home the Laughter and Tears · Project Zikaron

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Title

Chicken Kiev: A Young Yeshiva Boy Spends One Year in the Former Soviet Union and Brings Home the Laughter and Tears

Category

Autobiographies

Author/Originator

Marcus, Shmuel (1975-)

Year of Publication/Creation

2002

Place of Publication/Creation

San Francisco

Language(s)

English

Geographic Places

Kharkiv (Kharkov), Ukraine (read online)

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In 2004, the author, Shmuel Marcus, and his brother Bentzion formed 8th Day, an merican Hasidic pop rock band.

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