by Robert Adler Peckerar The Book of Paradise: The Marvellous Life of Samuel Abba StrewthBy Itzik MangerTranslated with an introduction by Robert Adler PeckerarPushkin Press Classics, 2023ISBN: 978-1782279259Purchase the book Originally published as:דאָס בוך פון גן־עדן: די וווּנדערליכע לעבנסבאַשרייַבונגען פון שמואל אַבא אַבערוואָWydawnictwo Ch. Brzoza, 1939[Serialized as די וווּנדערליכע לעבנסבאַשרייַבונגען פון שמואל אַבא אַבערווא in … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: The Book of Paradise
#Yiddishlitmonth: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt
by David Stromberg Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, Vol. I: The War Years, 1939-1945By Isaac Bashevis SingerTranslated and edited by David StrombergPublished by White Goat PressISBN 9798987707890Purchase the book Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only Yiddish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the few Yiddish writers well known in English for … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Night Raven
A book is a promise. Its pages can offer adventure, an escape into a world from another time or place. The first book in The Moonwind Mysteries, The Night Raven, and its sequel, The Queen of Thieves, are gripping upper MG novels that fulfill this promise—and then some. Set in a gritty, Dickensian version of … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Night Raven
#Yiddishlitmonth: May God Avenge Their Blood
“Refusing the Minefields: a Humanist Confronts Inhumanity,” Reflections on Rachmil Bryks’s May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir Triptych. by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir TriptychBy Rachmil BryksTranslated by Yermiyahu Ahron TaubAfterwords by Belly Bryks Klein and Yermiyahu Ahron TaubLexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: May God Avenge Their Blood
#Yiddishlitmonth: Meant to Be and Other Stories
by Faith Jones Meant to Be and Other Storiesby Shira GorshmanTranslated from the Yiddish by Faith JonesPublished by White Goat PressPurchase the book here “She was so gaunt I could see every vein through her transparent skin. She roamed Frunze for days on end. I didn’t dare say a thing. If it seemed to her … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Meant to Be and Other Stories
#Yiddishlitmonth: From a Bird’s Cage to a Thin Branch
by Maia Evrona From a Bird’s Cage to a Thin Branch: The Selected Poems of Yosef KerlerBy Yosef KerlerTranslated and selected by Maia EvronaIntroduction by Dov-Ber KerlerBook and Cover design by Michael GrinleyYiddish typography design by Yankl SalantISBN 979-8-9852069-3-7White Goat Press Buy the book *** “Ukraine, Ukraine, oh, sweet singing,may my children’s children never know … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: From a Bird’s Cage to a Thin Branch
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Brothers Zzli
This month it is my privilege to once again review a forthcoming translated title from Eerdman's Books for Young Readers. Originally published in France, The Brothers Zzli is at first glance a story about a small girl and three bears—a sort of riff on the classic English fairy tale. But it's actually an allegory about … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Brothers Zzli
#Yiddishlitmonth: Underworld Trilogy
by Caraid O'Brien Sholem Asch Underworld Trilogy: God of Vengeance, Motke Thief, The Dead ManBy Sholem AschTranslated by Caraid O’BrienWhite Goat Press, 2023ISBN 979-8-9871609-9-2 Purchase Sholem Asch Underworld Trilogy here Original worksAsch Sholem, “Got fun nekome” and “Motke Ganev,” Dramatishe Shriftn, v. 3, Sholem Asch Committee, New York, 1922Asch, Sholem, “Der Toiter Mentsh,” Dramatishe Shriftn, … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Underworld Trilogy
#Yiddishlitmonth: London Yiddishtown
by Vivi Lachs London Yiddishtown: East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story, 1930-1950Katie Brown, A. M. Kaizer, and I. A. LiskyTranslated with introductions and commentary by Vivi LachsDetroit: Wayne State University Press, 2021ISBN: 978-0-8143-4848-2Purchase this book London Yiddishtown is a collection of urban sketches that first appeared in the London Yiddish press. It … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: London Yiddishtown
#Yiddishlitmonth: “A Provincial Newspaper” and Other Stories
by Jessica Kirzane A Provincial Newspaper and Other StoriesWritten by Miriam KarpiloveTranslated from the Yiddish by Jessica KirzaneSyracuse University PressISBN: 978-0815611585 Purchase this book or borrow it from a library: Miriam Karpilove’s satirical novella “A Provincial Newspaper,” published in Yiddish in 1926, centers on an overworked writer of popular serialized fiction and journalist for a … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: “A Provincial Newspaper” and Other Stories
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