Classic Yiddish Stories of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz, edited by Ken Frieden Holocaust History and the invention of the

and the invention of the restaurant

From the Sibert Honor and YALSA Award–winning creator behind The Unwanted

These elderly Yiddish speakers relate their memories of Jewish life in the prewar shtetl

their writers and readers continued to interact in places like Berlin

and her desire to reconnect with her family's history first took her to Poland in 2004

Classic Yiddish Stories of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz, edited by Ken Frieden Holocaust History and the invention of theTranslated by Ken Frieden, Ted Gorelick, and Michael Wex Two novellas by S. Y. Abramovitsh open this collection of the best short works by three influential nineteenth century Jewish authors. Abra movitshs alter egoMendele the Book Peddlerintroduces himself and narrates both The Little Man and Fishke the Lame. His cast of characters includes Isaac Abraham as tailors apprentice, choirboy, and corrupt businessman; Mendeles friend Wine n Candles Alter;