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Bad rabbi : and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press

Title
  1. Bad rabbi : and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press / Eddy Portnoy.
Published by
  1. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Author
  1. Portnoy, Eddy

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Description
  1. x, 265 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Series statement
  1. Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Uniform title
  1. Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subject
  1. Yiddish newspapers
  2. Jewish newspapers
  3. Jews > Social life and customs
  4. Yiddish newspapers > Poland > Warsaw > History
  5. Jewish newspapers > Poland > Warsaw > History
  6. Jewish newspapers > New York (State) > New York > History
  7. Yiddish newspapers > New York (State) > New York > History
  8. Jews > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
  9. History
  10. New York (State) > New York
  11. Poland > Warsaw
  12. Jews > Poland > Warsaw > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Introduction : a brief and not entirely uncomplicated history of the Yiddish press -- Jewish abortion technician -- The Hebrew girl murderer of East New York -- The Jewish Mahatma -- The great tonsil riot of 1906 -- Rivington Street's wheel of (mis)fortune -- Yom Kippur battle royale -- Attack of the Yiddish journalists -- Suicide Jews -- Battle at the bris -- Urke Nachalnik : fine young criminal -- The strange case of Gimel Kuper, mystery journalist -- Semitic beauty drives Jews wild : film at eleven -- Ever fallen in love with someone (you shouldn't have fallen in love with)? -- My Yiddishe divorce -- Shomer fucking Shabbos -- 625-pound Jews and other oddities -- Bad rabbi : bigamy, blackmail, and the Radimner rebbetzin -- You think you've got troubles? : stories from Warsaw's Yiddish crime blotter.
Call number
  1. JFE 17-10079
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and index.
Author
  1. Portnoy, Eddy, author.
Title
  1. Bad rabbi : and other strange but true stories from the Yiddish press / Eddy Portnoy.
Publisher
  1. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
  2. Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and index.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Portnoy, Eddy. Bad rabbi. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017 9781503603974 (DLC) 2017015553
LCCN
  1. 2017013491
ISBN
  1. 9780804797610 hardcover
  2. 0804797617 hardcover
  3. 9781503604117 paperback
  4. 150360411X paperback
Research call number
  1. JFE 17-10079
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