Three families of Jews who share the same address in Kiev--a rich businessman, his Orthodox wife, and medical student daughter, an assimilated, anti-Zionist pharmacist and his son, and a poor shoemaker and his sons--become caught in the turmoil of th...
A tender Jewish tale follows the story of a young boy named Shimek who finds himself falling in love with Buzie, the daughter of his deceased brother, and due to shyness can only express his feelings through quoting the Bible. 15,000 first printing....
Twenty selections include humorous, touching tales about life in the shtetl that abound in accurate, affectionate characterizations and richly atmospheric details. Lovingly translated from the Yiddish with all the warmth and spirit of the originals, ...
Tevye's Daughters is the book that was made into the blockbuster play and movie, “Fiddler on the Roof”. This movie brought us such famous and universally recognizable songs as “If I were a Rich Man”, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a Match", ...
This first English translation of Sholom Aleichem’s rediscovered novel, Moshkeleh the Thief, has a riveting plot, an unusual love story, and a keenly observed portrayal of an underclass Jew replete with characters never before been seen in Yiddish ...
"Uniformly excellent."—The Jewish Standard This rich medley of stories, poems, and essays features evocations of Chanukah by classic and contemporary authors including Sholom Aleichem, Nobel laureates S. Y. Agnon and Elie Wiesel, I. L. ...