Hilton Als reads an excerpt from his book The Women. (12 minutes)
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Act Two: Blood Ties
The discovery of 30 century-old postcards written in old Yiddish by a distant family member challenges David Kestenbaum’s ideas about the unimportance of blood ties.
Act Four: Potus Operandi
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Act Three: Sklar-Crossed Brothers
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