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WHATS RUTH FATHER LIKE?

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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.