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Documentary tells story of early Jewish merchants

Kalin's department store, at 425 N. Main St., was one of many stores Jewish retailers founded. [BAKER BARBER COLLECTION PHOTO]

By Bill Moss, Published: August 15, 2015

The grandson of a drycleaner who came to Hendersonville around the turn of the last century, Mike Beckerman was a self-described “hoodlum” who ran around helter skelter while his grandmother worked in her alterations shop.

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