Research Catalog

Title

Yiddish south of the border : an anthology of Latin American Yiddish writing / edited by Alan Astro ; with an introduction by Ilan Stavans.

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [©2003]

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Details

Additional Authors

Astro, Alan.

Description

xv, 212 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Jewish Latin America

Uniform Title

Jewish Latin America.

Subjects

• Jews
• Littérature
• Literature
• Translations
• Literary collections
• Latin America
• Yiddish fiction > Translations into English
• Jews > Latin America > Intellectual life
• Jews > Latin America > Literary collections
• Yiddish literature > Translations into English
• Jews > Intellectual life

Genre/Form

• Literature
• Literary collections
• Translations
• Literature.
• Yiddish literature
• Littérature.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-212).

Contents

Argentina, 1. Mordechai Alpersohn (Alpersohn, Marcos, 1860-1947), "Of Pimps, Prostitutes and Other Seducers" (excerpt from a memoir) -- 2. Mordechai Alpherson, "The Gauchito Happy Moses" (short story) -- 3. Borekh Bendersky (Bendersky, B., 1880-1953) "An Evil Eye" (short story) -- 4. Borekh Bendersky, "Unrestful Sabbaths" (short story) -- 5. Hirsh Bloshtein (Bloshṭeyn, H (Hirsh), b. 1895), "In Opposite Directions" (short story) -- 6. Leon Chasanovitch (Chasanowich, Leon) "Meager Results: Two Decades of Jewish Agricultural Settlement in Argentina" (reportage) -- 7. Leon Chasanovitch, "Bread and Honor" (reportage) -- 8. Peretz Hirshbein (Hirschbein, Peretz, 1880-1948), "The Builders of a Jewish Future" (reportage) -- Hersh David Nomberg (Nomberg, Hersh David, 1876-1927), "Homesick in Buenos Aires" (reportage) -- 10. Mimi Pinzón (Pinzon, Mimi, 1910-1975), "The Courtyard Without Windows" (excerpt from a novel) -- 11. José Rabinovich (Rabinovich, José, 1903-1977), "A Man and his Parrot" (short story) -- 12. Samuel Rollansky (Rozshansḳi, Shemuʼel, 1902- ), "In Honor of Yom Kippur" (short story) -- 13. Moyshe Rubin (Rubin, Moisés, 1856-1940), "A Ripped Tefillin Strap" (short story) -- 14. Aaron Leib Schussheim (Schusheim, A.L., 1879-1955), "When Life Swallowed Up Death" (reportage) -- 15. Pinye Wald (Wald, Piñe, 1886-1966), Nightmare: Excerpt of a Memoir of "The Tragic Week" -- Brazil, 16. Jacob Botoshanski (Botoshansky, Jacob, 1895- ), Director's Prologue to Leib Malach's play Remolding -- 17. Leib Malach (Malach, Leib, 1894-1936), Remolding (excerpts from a play) -- 18. Meir Kucinski (Kucinski, M., 1904-1976), "The Mulata" (short story) -- 19. Rosa Palatnik (Palatnik, Rosa, 1904-1979), "An Engagement Dinner" (short story) -- Chile, 20. José Goldchain (Goldchain, Jose), "He Worked His Way Up" (short story) -- 21. José Goldchain, "She Wanted to Throw a Very Nice Affair" (short story) -- 22. Yoyne Obodovski, "Solomon Licht" (short story) -- 23. Noyekh Vital (Ṿiṭal, Noaḥ), "Gold" (short story) -- Colombia, 24. Salomón Brainsky, "Temptation" (short story) -- Cuba, 25. Pinkhes Berniker, "Jesús" (short story) -- 26. Abraham Josef Dubelman (Dubelman, A.J., 1908- ), "The Faith Healer" (short story) -- 27. Aaron Zeitlin (Zeitlin, Aaron, 1898-1973), "The Gallego" (poem) -- Mexico, 28. Isaac Berliner (Berliner, Yiẓḥak, 1899-1957), "Churches" (poem illustrated by Diego Rivera) 00 29. Jacobo Glantz (Glantz, Yaacov), "Holiday in the Streets: The First Anti-Semitic Demonstration (June 2, 1931)" (poem) -- 30. Meir Corona (Corona, Meir, 1891-1965), "Quite a Bank" (short story) -- 31. Abraham Weisbaum (Weisbaum, Abraham, 1895-1970), "The Tinifotsky Monologues" (excerpts from a satire) -- U.S.A. (Texas), 32. Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz (Gurwitz, Z., b. 1859), "San Antonio Twenty-Two Years Ago" (excerpt from a memoir) -- Uruguay, 33. Salomón Zytner (Zytner, Salomon, 1904- ), "The Bar Mitzvah Speech" (short story) -- 34. Salomón Zytner, "The Refugee" (short story) -- 35. Hanan Ayalti (Ayalti, Hanan J., 1910-1992), "A Banquet in Mexico City" (short story) -- 36. Hanan Ayalti, "The Memo from the Thirty-six" (short story).

ISBN

• 0826323480
• 9780826323484

LCCN

2003010133

OCLC

• ocm52178154
• 52178154
• SCSB-1307653

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library