THE CFOLOR OF WATER

Tateh is an Russian Orthodox Jew, Tateh (or Fishel Shilsky) married Hudis in Poland in an arranged marriage. The couple emigrated to America, where Tateh worked as a traveling Orthodox rabbi. He forced the family to settle in Suffolk, where he opened a grocery store and treated his family very poorly.He also treated his black customers very poorly. After a long-term affair with a woman in town, Tateh divorced Hudis.