We suggest you spend some time exploring the secret history (and seedy underbelly) of the shtetl. It’s weirder than you think, we promise.
Love in the shtetl—An animated short film about loving and leaving shtetl life.
Talk of the shtetl—When hip hop comes to our small town.
Dragons, Robots and Golems—A sci-fi anthology, with some stories set in the old towns.
The Real Chelm—It existed. And the people from Chelm have already heard every joke you’re thinking of making.
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