Yiddish literature
S. Ansky’s radical yeshiva boys used to seem unreal. But observing today’s political scene has taught me to understand them.
A fictional peddler reflects on the imponderability of anti-Semitism.
It’s hard to be a Jewish philosopher.
Not much sex in the city.
“The ever-resounding links of the golden chain.”
Zalman Shneour.
Hersh Nomberg, Zalman Shneur, and the plight of the “plucked” hero.
Moshkele the thief.
I.J. Singer’s The Brothers Ashkenazi.
The memoirs of this 17th-century Jewish woman have long fascinated historians. For the first time, a complete English edition brings her to life for today’s readers.
From art to crude propaganda.
Chava Rosenfarb’s poetry by other means.
In Ashkenazi folklore, the fruit was a charm for fertility.
Jacob Dinezon’s The Dark Young Man.