description: An abridged version of a collection originally published in 1961, the 42 stories here are written by Jewish writers of the 20th century, including Sholem Aleichem, Abraham Raisin and Joseph Opotashu. They offer a testament to the mother tongue through the trials of Americanization.Contents:Getting settled. The tenement house (by way of a backdrop) / Leon Kobrin Alone in a strange world / Sholem Asch On the streets of New York / Sholem Aleichem A wall / Zalmon Libin Imprisoned / Isaac Raboy His trip to America / Abraham Raisin We strike / Sholem Aleichem The greenhorns / Chaver Paver. Making a living. Chaim becomes a real-estatenik / Tashrak Chaim and Chaye / Zalmon Libin We work in a shop / Sholem Aleichem Point of a needle / Zalmon Libin Chaim thanks God for deliverance / Tashrak The quiet jubilee / Zalmon Libin Reb Yankele Pickpocket / Chone Gottesfeld. And what of the children? Yossele / Sholem Asch A sign of summer / Zalmon Libin The American Europeans / Abraham Raisin House on Goerick Street / Joseph Opatoshu The father (a monologue) / Abraham Raisin Kaddish / Aaron Maizel Madame Marquis / Joseph Opatoshu Smicha and Sammy / Chone Gottesfeld. There's laughter, too. Why the Taracans are my enemies / Zalmon Libin Chaim does his duty as a citizen / Tashrak First row balcony / Abraham Raisin I--as echo / Moishe Nadir Moishe "liar" / Joseph Opatoshu A eulogist / Chone Gottesfeld Chaim buys a piano for his daughter / Tashrak. Not lost in the crowd. Story about a greenhorn / Sholem Aleichem She reads the world / Abraham Raisin Moishe the poet / Chaver Paver His brother's check / Abraham Raisin The dog / Sheen Miller. Not all greenhorns are Jewish! Quiet words / Borech Glassman Race / Joseph Opatoshu Everything under control / Jacob Gordin In a drugstore / B. Applebaum A heart divided / Peretz Hirschbein My Indian mother / Sheen Daixel
language: English
title: The New Country: Stories from the Yiddish about Life in America
titlecomplete: The New Country: Stories from the Yiddish about Life in America (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
publisher: Syracuse University Press