The Kaddish part 1
Abraham Raisin (187&—1953)Raisin is another of the Yiddish group who came from Russia, though he lived for some time in the United States. He...
Abandoned part 3
“Is he yours, Kulock? Well, I never!… Look at his little eyes … if he don`t look just like Marina! … her nose—exactly! as...
Abandoned part 2
He turned away from the child, put on his hat hurriedly, and went out, locking the door behind him. He walked on aimlessly, but...
Abandoned part 1
Sholom Asch (1880—1957)
Sholom Asch (or Ash) was born in Poland, and is to-day regarded as one of the most gifted of recent Yiddish writers....
A Picnic part 4
“O Sarah!” he sighed, and he would have said more, but just at that moment it began to spot with rain, and before they...
A Picnic part 3
Shmuel counted his children and the traps. “No, nothing, Sarah!” he said.
Doletzke went to sleep, the other children sat quietly in their places. Sarah,...
A Picnic part 2
“What will it cost?” asks Sarah, suddenly, and Shmuel has soon made the necessary calculation.
“A family ticket is only thirty cents, for Yossele, Rivele,...
A Picnic part 1
S. Libin (Israel Hurwitz) (1872-1955)
Israel Hurwitz, better known by his pseudonym, S. (or Z.) Libin, was born in Russia in 1872. He wrote a...
The Passover Guest part 4
And with these words my father sighs deeply, and my mother, as she looks at him, sighs also, and I cannot understand the reason....
The Passover Guest part 3
Having learned his name, my father was anxious to know whence, from what land he came. I understood this from the names of countries...
