A genealogy of Yiddish women writers.

From: Midstream | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Jones, Faith | Copyright information

Mendele Mokher Sforim begat Sholem Aleichem, who begat I. L. Peretz. So runs the genealogy of Yiddish writers. Mendele the grandfather, Sholem Aleichem the father, and Peretz, by default, the son. Every culture needs its foundational myths, and this is the foundational myth of modern Yiddish literature. And just as in Genesis 10, where the sons of Noah beget this son and that son, there is no mention of women, certainly not as daughters (who needs daughters?); not even as mothers t...

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