num_pages: 349
description: In this autobiographical work, specifically mentioned in Issac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize citation, Singer remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the bet din, or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. Advice seekers and petitioners making wills or seeking marriage settlements daily visit the rabbi in his study. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle, learned father and his mother, equally pious but eminently practical, maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. In My Father's Court is a tribute to their efforts, and a fine evocation of life in early-twentieth century Warsaw.
language: German
title: Mein Vater der Rabbi. Bilderbuch einer Kindheit.
titlecomplete: Mein Vater der Rabbi. Bilderbuch einer Kindheit.
genres: Biography, Religion, Short Stories, Memoir, Nonfiction, Jewish, Judaica, Classics, Nobel Prize, Judaism
ratings_count: 1041
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Rowohlt Tb.