This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

A collection of short stories on Jewish life in Europe and the United States filled with vivid vignettes of the Yiddish way.

Product Description: "Shining and Shadow" is a translated anthology of Yiddish short fiction of the Lower East Side, the center of a vibrant Jewish (largely Russian Jewish) life. Waldinger's goal is to present both the past and present of a population forced by poverty and pogrom to leave its homeland, resettle in America, and adopt its ideals (and hopes) as well as its difficult urban realities, all while wrestling with the desire to preserve its cultural identity and system of beliefs and expectations...read more

Product Description: Two novellas by S. Y. Abramovitsh open this anthology, the first comprehensive overview of works by the three classic Yiddish authors. They describe Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the nineteenth century and introduce the reader to Abramovitsh's alter ago, Mendele the Book Peddler...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An anthology of tales about the female Ashkenazic experience during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries features such characters as rebellious daughters, reluctant brides, cunning businesswomen, and vengeful midwives as they confront period issues ranging from anti-Semitism to assimilation. Original.

A wonderful anthology of Yiddish literature introduces new readers to this rich canon of Eastern European Jewish stories, folktales, poetry, and songs from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Original.

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Tells the stories of a milkman and his daughters and a salesman's encounters with fellow Jews while riding the train

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Fifty-two Yiddish short stories describe life in the shetl and other aspects of the Jewish experience, and include works produced by Jewish writers during the last two centuries (view table of contents)

Product Description: The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting-the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic-the Jewish confrontation with modernity...read more

Product Description: The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting-the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic-the Jewish confrontation with modernity...read more

Familiarizes readers with the rich culture and customs of Yiddish storytelling