A documentary on the Jews of the Mississippi Delta will air next month on PBS. “Delta Jews,” an hourlong film narrated by Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Alfred Uhry, traces the history, culture and challenges of the community of Jews living in the rural region known as “the most Southern place on Earth.”
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