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  1. Is it good for the Jews?
    more stories from the old country and the new
    Author: Biro, Adam
    Published: © 2009
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0226052206; 9780226052205
    Subjects: Jews / Social life and customs; Alltag, Brauchtum; Juden; Jews; Jews
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (140 pages)
    Notes:

    Sequel to "Two Jews on a train."

    In lieu of an epigraph: a brief story containing within itself all the following -- Ones -- The officer's ring -- In praise of anti-semites -- Of humility -- Okuláré -- Of wisdom -- Of children -- Wailing -- Of education -- Of numbers -- Thirsty for more -- Of privileges -- Environment -- Of strength (of conviction) -- In English in the text -- A witz for all seasons -- Of Jews and of others -- Di ganef, di willst davenen! -- Assimilation -- You can't escape your fate -- Two geopolitical lessons -- In someone else's shoes -- He who hunts -- The world of business -- Games of chance -- The emigrant -- Of money, still -- Of us and them, of them and us -- The negotiation

    Includes bibliographical references

  2. Is it good for the Jews?
    more stories from the old country and the new
    Published: c2009
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    "Jewish stories," writes Adam Biro, "resemble every people's stories." Yet at the same time there is no better way to understand the soul, history, millennial suffering, or, crucially, the joys of the Jewish people than through such tales-"There's... more

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    "Jewish stories," writes Adam Biro, "resemble every people's stories." Yet at the same time there is no better way to understand the soul, history, millennial suffering, or, crucially, the joys of the Jewish people than through such tales-"There's nothing," writes Biro, "more revelatory of the Jewish being." With Is It Good for the Jews? Biro offers a sequel to his acclaimed collection of stories Two Jews on a Train . Through twenty-nine tales-some new, some old, but all finely wrought and rich in humor-Biro spins stories of characters coping with the vicissitudes an In lieu of an epigraph: a brief story containing within itself all the following -- Ones -- The officer's ring -- In praise of anti-semites -- Of humility -- Okuláré -- Of wisdom -- Of children -- Wailing -- Of education -- Of numbers -- Thirsty for more -- Of privileges -- Environment -- Of strength (of conviction) -- In English in the text -- A witz for all seasons -- Of Jews and of others -- Di ganef, di willst davenen! -- Assimilation -- You can't escape your fate -- Two geopolitical lessons -- In someone else's shoes -- He who hunts -- The world of business -- Games of chance -- The emigrant -- Of money, still -- Of us and them, of them and us -- The negotiation.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780226052205; 0226052206
    Subjects: Jews; Jews; Jews; Jews; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Jews ; Social life and customs; Fiction; Humor
    Scope: Online Ressource (140 p.)
    Notes:

    Sequel to "Two Jews on a train. - Includes bibliographical references. - Translated from the French. - Description based on print version record