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Satan in the Shtetl

\”Great-grandma was a naughty girl,\” says British filmmaker Ben Hopkins, whose feature debut, \”Simon Magus,\” is the tale of a Polish shtetl in peril.

‘Haven’ for Sweeps

\”Haven\” is an intriguing but seriously flawed depiction of how nearly 1,000 European refugees were transported and admitted to the United States in 1944, which CBS-TV will present as a four-hour miniseries on Feb. 11 and 14 at 9 p.m.

Tropical Transplants

Though Christopher Columbus stumbled onto the shores of the Dominican Republic more than 500 years ago, the city of Sosua, only a few miles from where he landed, is about to celebrate its 60th anniversary. When a group of 40 Jews climbed ashore, bereft of their possessions and loved ones and surrounded by jungle, they couldn\’t help but wonder what was in store.

Labor Lore

In 1776, printers in New York City organized and declared a strike in support of the newly formed United States of America.

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