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The role of the storyteller - Sholem Aleichem and Elie Wiesel.
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Yiddish writers Sholem Aleichem and Elie Wiesel reflect the historic view of Jewish resilience in crises though they diverge from the traditional approach in their works. Their adoption of West German techniques to influence the thinking of modern Jews has proved an effective counter to western erosion of Judaist culture, and it is up to modern writers to uphold their tradition.
PAUL FUSSELL, IN THE GREAT WAR AND Modern Memory, explores the manner in which literature functions to h...
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The role of the storyteller - Sholem Aleichem and Elie Wiesel.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; PAUL FUSSELL, IN THE GREAT WAR AND Modern Memory, explores the manner in which literature functions to help communities maintain their cohesiveness in times of crisis. A crisis, for Fussell, is a time in which old myths break down in the light of new events. His book explores the collapse of the
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Sholem Aleichem comes alive
Washington Jewish Week
; Annual ceremony to mark anniversary of his death Sholem Aleichem was much more than just a giant of Yiddish literature. "He was the spokesperson for Jews of his time, and his love for the mamaloshen [the mother tongue] is evident in the heroes whom he created, like Tevye [who later was made into
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Preserved in Translation
The Jerusalem Report
; Classic Yiddish Stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz Edited by Ken Frieden Translated by Ken Frieden, Ted Gorelick and Michael Wex - Syracuse University Press 286 pp.; $19.95 You don't have to know the language once spoken by millions of European Jews to appreciate a new
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Sholem Aleichem comes to Sderot
Jerusalem Post
; Headline: Sholem Aleichem comes to Sderot Byline: AMOTZ ASA-EL Edition; Up Front Section: Opinion Page: 06 Friday, November 24, 2006 -- 'Only he who grew up his entire childhood in a small town, and then went out for the first time to the air of God's world, only he can understand and feel the
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Olney Theatre's 'Fiddler' sticks with tradition
Washington Jewish Week
; Olney Theatre's 'Fiddler' sticks with tradition Theater Review Tradition. It's the bulwark against a fast-changing world in Fiddler on the Roof, the ever-popular Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick musical, now on stage at the Olney Theatre Center. The beloved story of Tevye, the poor
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Tragic magic--Sholem Aleichem, American.(Critical Essay)
Midstream
; If you should ask, why me on Sholem Aleichem, I have an answer. Every Jew has a share in Sholem Aleichem; but let me tell you why it should be me. From 1933 to 1937, I attended the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers' Institute on East Broadway near the Day and Forward buildings, where one of my teachers was
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Sholem Aleichem, Philip Roth and Kisufim
Jerusalem Post
; STEPHANIE GINENSKY Jerusalem Post 04-27-2007 Headline: Sholem Aleichem, Philip Roth and Kisufim Byline: STEPHANIE GINENSKY Edition; In Jerusalem Section: Features Page: 13 Friday, April 27, 2007 -- Last week, I took a day off from writing my thesis on Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth to attend the
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I.B. Singer and Sholem Aleichem: Big Writers Woo Little Readers
Forward
; Scott Waisman Forward 11-29-1996 I.B. Singer and Sholem Aleichem: Big Writers Woo Little Readers. "Hanukkah," by Roni Schotter, illustrations by Marilyn Hafner (Little, Brown, $14.95). A light, simple poem about how a modern American family celebrates Chanukah, brought to life by wonderful
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A Far Cry From 'Fiddler on the Roof': Discovering the Dark World of
Forward
; Forward 02-21-1997 A Far Cry From `Fiddler on the Roof': Discovering the Dark World of David. Bergelson Little by little, the work of the Yiddish writer David Bergelson (1884-1952) has been accumulating in English. The two short stories and the novella "Departing," which have now appeared in a
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Tevye on king street: Charleston and the translation of Sholem Aleichem.
American Jewish History
; ... Afternoon, published in the Charleston News and Courier in the summer of 1928, she ... pauses at the grocery counter to spread the news: I understand that Mrs. Jones is going ... Mazo, King Street on a Sunday Afternoon, News and Courier, Aug. 2, 192-8. (17.) Frances ...
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