Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה)

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Language: English

Genres: Short Stories

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1. Preface and Acknowledgements by Helena Frank
2. The Misfortune by Reuben Asher Braudes
3. Earth of Palestine by Jehalel
4. A Woman's Wrath by I. L. Peretz
5. A Treasure by I. L. Peretz
6. It Is Well by I. L. Peretz
7. Whence a Proverb by I. L. Peretz
8. An Original Strike by Mordechai Spektor
9. A Gloomy Wedding by Mordechai Spektor
10. Poverty by Mordechai Spektor
11. The Clock by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
12. Fishel the Teacher by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
13. An Easy Fast by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
14. The Passover Guest by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
15. Gymnasiye by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
16. Sabbath by Eliezer David Rosenthal
17. Yom Kippur by Eliezer David Rosenthal
18. Bertzi Wasserfuhrer by Isaiah Lerner
19. Ezrielk the Scribe by Isaiah Lerner
20. Yitzchok Yossel Broitgerber by Isaiah Lerner
21. A Livelihood by Judah Steinberg
22. At the Matzos by Judah Steinberg
23. Three Who Ate by David Frischmann
24. Military Service by מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski
25. Forlorn and Forsaken by Isaiah Berschadski
26. The Hole in a Beigel by Tashrak
27. As the Years Roll On by Tashrak
28. Reb Shoimeh by David Pinski
29. A Picnic by S. Libin
30. Manasseh by S. Libin
31. Yohrzeit for Mother by S. Libin
32. Slack Times They Sleep by S. Libin
33. Shut In by Abraham Reisen
34. The Charitable Loan by Abraham Reisen
35. The Two Brothers by Abraham Reisen
36. Lost His Voice by Abraham Reisen
37. Late by Abraham Reisen
38. The Kaddish by Abraham Reisen
39. Avrahom the Orchard Keeper by Abraham Reisen
40. The Rav & the Rav's Son by Hirsh David Naumberg
41. Women by Meyer Blinkin
42. If It Was a Dream by Löb Schapiro
43. A Simple Story by Shalom Asch
44. A Jewish Child by Shalom Asch
45. A Scholar's Mother by Shalom Asch
46. The Sinner by Shalom Asch
47. Country Folk by Isaac Dov Berkowitz
48. The Last of Them by Isaac Dov Berkowitz
49. The Clever Rabbi by Anonymous

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A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine. Translated from Yiddish by Helena Frank. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)

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