Chik Chak Shabbat - Mara Rockliff, Kyrsten Brooker humour Escape from Berlin brings light

Escape from Berlin brings light to a fascinating but not widely known chapter of Holocaust history in a family story that reflects the experiences of many in the Jewish community

as religious and secular parties vied over their futures in what would soon be Israel

the daily threat of discovery and death and isolation from the outside world

are increasingly hard to avoid

“A wonderfully imaginative

Chik Chak Shabbat - Mara Rockliff, Kyrsten Brooker humour Escape from Berlin brings lightAs warm and comforting as a bowl of cholent, this does a fine job of showing how the American mosaic can also be a satisfying whole. When Goldie Simcha doesn't joyfully throw open her door to welcome everyone into her apartment for a meal of her famous cholent, her neighbors wonder what could be wrong. Little Lali Omar knocks on the door to 5 A, only to learn that Goldie was feeling too sick on Friday to cook, and everyone knows you can't make cholent