Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce by Sarah Abrevaya Stein eBook Rehearsal at Lorin’s – “S’et

Rehearsal at Lorin’s – “S’et Zayn Azoy”

First came parents with the good sense to flee Europe in 1940 and the good fortune to reach the land of freedom

with more than one hundred mouthwatering recipes complete with suggested wine pairings

including an anarchist rabbi who translated the Talmud and a feminist doctor who organized for women’s suffrage and against national borders

Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce by Sarah Abrevaya Stein eBook Rehearsal at Lorin’s – “S’etAn unexpected and fascinating examination of the vanished Jewish trade in ostrich feathers, which thrived on three continentsThe thirst for exotic ornament among fashionable women in the metropoles of Europe and America prompted a bustling global trade in ostrich feathers that flourished from the 1880s until the First World War. When feathers fell out of fashion with consumers, the result was an economic catastrophe for many, a worldwide feather bust.