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  1. Classic Yiddish stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz
    Published: 2011 (2012)
    Publisher:  Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y.

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0815632916; 0815650884; 9780815632917; 9780815650881
    Edition: 1st paperback ed
    Series: Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
    Subjects: FICTION / General; Jews / Social life and customs; Short stories, Yiddish; Alltag, Brauchtum; Juden; Jews; Short stories, Yiddish
    Other subjects: Mendele Mokher Sefarim / 1835-1917; Peretz, Isaac Leib / 1851 or 1852-1915; Sholem Aleichem / 1859-1916; Peretz, Isaac Leib / 1851 or 1852-1915; Sholem Aleichem / 1859-1916; Mendele Mokher Sefarim / 1835-1917; Peretz, Isaac Leib (1851 or 1852-1915); Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916); Mendele Mokher Sefarim (1835-1917)
    Scope: 1 electronic text (xviii, 286 pages :)
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    Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286)

    Abramovitsh : The liitle man -- Fishke the lame ; Aleichem : Hodel -- Chava -- Holiday dainties ; Advice ; Joseph ; A business with a greenhorn ; Peretz : Shtrayml -- Kabbalists -- Teachings of the Hasidim -- The rebbe's pipe -- If not higher -- Between two mountains

    "Two novellas by S.Y. Abramovitsh open this collection of the best short works by three influential nineteenth-century Jewish authors, Abramovitsh's alter ego - Mendele the Book Peddler - introduces himself and narrates both The Little Man and Fishke the Lame. His cast of characters includes Isaac Abraham as tailor's apprentice, choirboy, and corrupt businessman; Mendele's friend Wine 'n' Candles Alter; and Fishke, who travels through the Ukraine with a caravan of beggars." "Sholem Aleichem's lively stories reintroduce us to Tevye, the gregarious dairyman, as he describes the pleasures of raising his independent-minded daughters. These are followed by short monologues in which Aleichem gives voice to unforgettable characters from Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side. Finally, I.L. Peretz's neo-hasidic tales draw on hasidic tradition in the service of modern literature." "These stories provide an unsentimental look back at Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Although

  2. The book of life
    selected Jewish poems, 1979-2011
    Published: [2012] (2013)
    Publisher:  University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0822978350; 1322025290; 9780822978350; 9781322025292
    Series: Pitt poetry series
    Subjects: FICTION / General; POETRY / American / General; Jewish poetry; Jewish religious poetry; Jews / Social life and customs; Alltag, Brauchtum; Juden; Jews; Jewish religious poetry; Jewish poetry
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)

    "(BLike many Jews, in and out of the synagogue, I wrestle with sacred tradition like Jacob wrestling the angel. The poems gathered here were born of this wrestling, which can never be over."--The Preface