Malka's Story

Home, to Malka, is a Jewish shtetel in pre-war Poland. There life centered around tradition and holidays which were kept and maintained in the same unchanging way for thousands of years. Her father, lord and master of the household, imbued the family with Torah values as he tried to shelter them from the faith-destroying ideologies of the twentieth century. The colorful Yiddish expressions her mother always used imparted wisdom and masked tragedy under the guise of laughter. Moments of happ...