Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers

by Jill Arlene Culiner

Overview

The Fusgeyers were the thousands of Romanian Jews who, unwilling to tolerate anti-Semitism, left their country on foot between 1899 and 1907, and headed for North America. Destitute but resolute, they supported themselves by giving theatrical performances, or selling stories and poems. In North America, some worked as peddlers, shopkeepers, café and restaurant owners, actors and writers in the famous Yiddish theatre; others helped build the railway west, worked in the gold and silver mines, or created the Jewish agricultural communities.

Walking in their footsteps across Romania, and following the immigrant trail across Europe to America, Jill Culiner's Finding Home is a detailed account of Romanian Jewish history, and a touching reminder of the courage of our ancestors.

Finding Home won the The Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History, and was shortlisted for the ForeWord Magazine Prize Book of the Year Award.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782957607303
Publisher:	Association Boule D
Publication date:	12/22/2020
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	310
Sales rank:	927,219
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Born in New York, raised in Toronto, Jill Culiner has been living in England, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, and France. A social critical artist, narrator, writer, and photographer, her exhibition of the lost Jewish villages, La Mémoire Effacée, toured France, Canada, and Hungary under the auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO. She can be found at http: //www.jill-culiner.com and https: //jewish-histories.over-blog.com

Table of Contents

Contents

Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers

Introduction: Trekking into History - 7

Notes for this Second Edition - 27

Part1: Through Romania on Foot

Adjud - 33

Podu Turcului - 43

Bârlad - 50

From Bârlad to Tecuci - 61

Tecuci - 67

Iveşti - 75

Satu Nou, Siret River, Kohulen, Mircea Vodă and Suraia - 80

Focşani - 90

Kuku - 100

Râmnicu Sarăt - 108

Buzău - 116

Mizil - 122

Urlați - 128

Ploieşt - 132

Câmpina - 140

Sinaia - 144

Predeal - 149

Pazt 2: Across Europe by Train

Brasov - 157

Budapest - 163

Vienna - 169

Nürnberg - 175

Frankfurt am Main - 184

Rotterdam - 190

From Rotterdam to London - 197

London - 201

Liverpool - 211

Chapter 3: Across Canada

Quebec City - 221

Montreal - 227

Toronto - 234

Cobalt - 241

Kirkland Lake and Swastika - 245

Cochrane - 251

Thunder Bay - 258

Winnipeg - 263

Camper - 269

Bender Hamlet - 274

Moosomin - 278

Edenbridge - 283

Lipton - 289

Epilogue - 299

Photo Credits - 301

Acknowledgements - 305

About the Author - 307

Editorial Reviews

Jill Culiner has written a significant and often gripping account of her personal odyssey beginning with her unique walking tour through Romania and ending at Lipton, Saskatchewan. She has introduced a new way of looking at history.

Abraham Arnold, Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada

Culiner is a keen observer of eastern European culture, and her acerbic wit and stunning lyrical style have created a compelling chronicle of loss and discovery. Her encounters with the past and the present of the Jewish presence in Europe are both chilling and illuminating. Rick Kardonne Jewish Tribune

Culiner's innate skill as a storyteller, seeker of truth, and photographer of life, has made Finding Home possibly one of the best books written in the last decade. Even if you are not of Romanian or Jewish heritage, read Finding Home, as it may unlock the key to much of your own personal history. Kindah Mardam Bey, Lucid Forge

Finding Home is a very interesting read, a fascinating history, and a remarkable experience. I encourage you to take similar adventures; they foster journeys of the spirit and soul. Ellen Fine, Mass-Pocha

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