No Smiling Allowed: growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant

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No Smiling Allowed: growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant

Highly acclaimed comedic short stories book called 'No smiling allowed; growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant' - written and narrated by Julia Bendis. No Smiling Allowed is a comedic take on life in the former Soviet Ukraine and Latvia and as an immigrant in America. Julia Bendis has compiled many years of funny stories about her old-fashioned Jewish parents, their understanding of how life works in the United States, hilarious adventures, and her own younger generation's view of what it was like to blend in as a strange-looking kid from USSR.

  1. 6

    Medicinal Urine

    Doesn't everyone use urine to cure burns and other ailments?

  2. 5

    Soviet grocery stores

    Do you want to know what it was like to live in the former USSR, what food we had or didn't have? Keep listening...

  3. 4

    Grandma and medicinal urine

    Every Soviet person used urine for medicinal purposes, and we continue to this day...

  4. 3

    Part 1 - Soviet Childhood

    Growing up Russian: Soviet childhood and how we survived...

  5. 2

    Introduction

    I was born Yulia Vladimirovna Beynart - but in Russian of course.

  6. 1

    Dedication

    I dedicate this book to myself - kidding...

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Highly acclaimed comedic short stories book called 'No smiling allowed; growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant' - written and narrated by Julia Bendis. No Smiling Allowed is a comedic take on life in the former Soviet Ukraine and Latvia and as an immigrant in America. Julia Bendis has compiled many years of funny stories about her old-fashioned Jewish parents, their understanding of how life works in the United States, hilarious adventures, and her own younger generation's view of what it was like to blend in as a strange-looking kid from USSR.

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