[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcement--The Association of Jewish Libraries Guide to Yiddish Short Stories

[Victor Bers]

Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements

January 17, 2012

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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:17:38 -0500
From: Bennett Muraskin <bmuraskin at optonline.net>
Subject: Guide to Yiddish Short Stories

The Association of Jewish Libraries and Ben Yehuda Press have published 
The Association of Jewish Libraries Guide to Yiddish Short Stories by 
Bennett Muraskin.

This guide is a reference to 135 Yiddish short stories in English 
translation. Organized topically, it provides plot summaries and both the 
English and original Yiddish sources. The Guide also includes biographical 
sketches of the 43 authors whose stories are cited and a comprehensive 
Introduction, previously posted on this list, on the history of the 
translation of Yiddish literature into English in the US.

It is the only such guide in existence.

Yiddish scholars Sheva Zucker and Barnett Zumoff and leader of the 
International Association of Yiddish Clubs Philip "Fishl" Kutner have 
praised the book as an excellent resource for teachers, program directors 
and students of Yiddish literature, from synagogues to JCCs to Jewish 
schools and adult education programs.


Bennett Muraskin is also the author of Let Justice Well Up Like Water: 
Progressive Jews from Hillel to Helen Suzman (2004) and Humanist Readings 
in Jewish Folklore (2001).  He conducts the "In Memoriam" column for 
Jewish Currents magazine.

The book is available for $14.95 from the Ben Yehuda Press web site 
www.benyehudapress.com and other online retailers

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