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April 2, 2015

Wherever You Go, the Same Jewish Peddlers

A new book tells the tale of Jewish peddlers from Minnesota to Australia.

In the 19th century many Jews left places like Germany, where their ancestors had lived for generations, to sell their wares in such far-flung places as Minnesota and Australia. In a recent book, the historian Hasia Diner tells the story of these peddlers with, Shari Rabin writes, much detail and perhaps a splash of romanticism:

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