Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.

Hi, I'm Aiton Weinstein, and I'm the Orm Meninger.

This podcast is made in cooperation with the Jewish Journal.

www.jewishjournal.com.

Usually a Skype call begins with a clamor of several similar, almost identical questions.

Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?

But not on this one.

This one started with a series of quiet smiles, followed by all nine people on the call bursting into tears.

One end of the call is in New Jersey, the kitchen table of the Katz family.

The other end, a remote part of Russia, called Sakhalin Island, near Japan.

In April of 2016, Jess Katz picked up again on a search she'd been conducting for most of her life,

a search which she most likely expected to lead her to archive documents or in the

best case scenario, a photo. She was continuing a cross-generational search for her grandfather's

long-lost young brother. Her grandfather never had the fortune of meeting his younger brother

after the Holocaust ripped them apart. Unfortunately, neither did Jess, but her search

was definitely not to no avail. Jess Katz joins us today to share her incredible inspiring story.

Two Nice Jewish Boys is produced by us on our free time. If you feel like helping us out and

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is much appreciated. Hey, thanks for having me. How are you? A really good summary and intro.

Thank you. Thank you. Finally, you get the credit. Every time I'm waiting for a compliment,

they're all just, just go straight into the story.

One day, maybe we'll put all those in a book, you know, and publish it.

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