Chaos reigned the streets of Lithuania as Sonia emerged into the world into the loving arms of her parents, just after the Soviets rolled their tanks into the streets of Vilnius to take charge. Sonia grows up as an idealistic young girl in the post-World War II Soviet Union and embraces Communism for all of it promises. But when she receives a surprise invitation from the Israeli Consulate, everything changes. After Sonia?s true identity is revealed, she learns not only that she is Jewish, but that her birth mother, who now lives in Israel, wants her back. Although she first attempts to ignore the news and move forward, the question of her heritage beckons her to probe into her past. Sonia searches for answers to the introspective question: What does it mean to be Jewish?