Yiddish stories, old and new
By: edited by Irving Howe and Eliezer Greenberg.
Contributors: Greenberg, Eliezer, 1896- joint comp.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; yid
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Juvenile fiction; Short stories, Yiddish -- Translations into English; Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Fiction; Short stories
Description: A collection of stories exploring the dangerous and difficulty Jewish family life and culture during the late 19th and early 20th century in Europe. Yiddish was the language they spoke.
Table of contents: title: About the stories.; title: Aleichem, S. Hanukah money.; title: Aleichem, S. Rabchik, a Jewish dog.; title: Aleichem, S. On account of a hat.; title: Peretz, I. L. The conjuror.; title: Peretz, I. L. A musician dies.; title: Reisen, A. Iron.; title: Berkowitz, I. D. The last of the line.; title: Metzker, I. White feet.; title: Singer, I. B. The oath.; title: Singer, I. B. The Purim gift.; title: Singer, I. B. Reb Asher the dairyman.; title: Manger, I. The adventures of Hershel Summerwind.; title: Opatoshu, J. The machine.; title: Spiegel, I. Blossoms.