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Shmuel Rozshanski
An insightful and well-documented biography about the beloved and successful 19th century Yiddish writer, Jacob Dinezon. Called the Father of the Jewish Realistic Romance and author of the first bestselling…
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Jacob Dinezon
Memories and Scenes: Shtetl, Childhood, Writers is the first English translation of eleven autobiographical short stories by the 19th century Eastern European Yiddish writer, Jacob Dinezon (1852-1919). A beloved and…
YOSELE, Jacob Dinezon’s short novel published in 1899, exposed in stark detail the outmoded and cruel teaching methods prevalent in the traditional cheders (Jewish elementary schools) of the late 1800s…
When Hershele, a poor but brilliant yeshiva student, is invited for a weekly charity meal by a rich widow, he comes face to face with Mirele, the widow’s pretty, bright…
Originally written in Yiddish in 1904… –Back cover.
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When Yosef, a poor yeshiva student, is invited to teach the children of a wealthy merchant, he falls in love with one of the daughters, Roza. Roza’s ruthless brother-in-law, fearing…
