The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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In 2007, Michael Chabon published an alternate-history novel about Jewish state formed after WWII in Alaska instead of Israel. The Coen Brothers snapped up the movie rights... and then never made the movie. Scott Bunn, co-host of Steve Sax Syndrome on ashevillefm.org, is on hand to discuss why the Coens' love of dialect and language makes them the perfect directors for this story.
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