No Smiling Allowed: growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant

About No Smiling Allowed: growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant

Highly acclaimed comedic short stories book called 'No smiling allowed; growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant' - written and narrated by Julia Bendis. No Smiling Allowed is a comedic take on life in the former Soviet Ukraine and Latvia and as an immigrant in America. Julia Bendis has compiled many years of funny stories about her old-fashioned Jewish parents, their understanding of how life works in the United States, hilarious adventures, and her own younger generation's view of what it was like to blend in as a strange-looking kid from USSR.

Publisher

Julia Bendis

Category

comedy

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Oct 2024

Latest episode

16 Oct 2024

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2024

   Medicinal Urine

   Doesn't everyone use urine to cure burns and other ailments?

2. 

   4 Oct 2024

   Soviet grocery stores

   Do you want to know what it was like to live in the former USSR, what food we had or didn't have? Keep listening...

3. 

   2 Oct 2024

   Grandma and medicinal urine

   Every Soviet person used urine for medicinal purposes, and we continue to this day...

4. 

   1 Oct 2024

   Part 1 - Soviet Childhood

   Growing up Russian: Soviet childhood and how we survived...

5. 

   1 Oct 2024

   Introduction

   I was born Yulia Vladimirovna Beynart - but in Russian of course.

6. 

   1 Oct 2024

   Dedication

   I dedicate this book to myself - kidding...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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