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

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

Introduction

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

Medicinal Urine

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...

Soviet grocery stores

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

Grandma and medicinal urine

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

Part 1 - Soviet Childhood

I dedicate this book to myself - kidding...

Dedication

Parodia musicale

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.

Introduction

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

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

Medicinal Urine

Soviet grocery stores

Grandma and medicinal urine

Part 1 - Soviet Childhood

Introduction

Dedication