Welcome to HIDDEN HERITAGE – The Secret Lives of Rural Jews

As a Jewish person living in a very small town, I was curious how other rural Jews connect to each other and to our culture and heritage. When conceiving this website, the theme of diaspora played a large role. The term “diaspora” comes from the Greek spiro, which means “I scatter”, referring to populations chased out of their country of origin who maintain emotional, cultural, economic and political bonds with each other across borders. It is these connections, these bonds that fascinate me.

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