A Treasury of Yiddish Stories

by Irving Howe (Editor), Eliezer Greenberg (Editor)

Fifty-two Yiddish short stories describe life in the shetl and other aspects of the Jewish experience, and include works produced by Jewish writers during the last two centuries.

Genres: Jewish, Judaism, Fiction, Short Stories, Judaica

688 pages, Paperback

First published January 19, 1965

About the author

Irving Howe was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Reviews

[Nrosenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing collection of Yiddish short stories. Definitely check out "The Calf" by Mendele Mocher Sforim, "Ne'ilah in Gehenna," "Bontsha the Silent," and "If Not Higher" by I L Peretz. "White Chalah" by Lamed Shapiro and "Repentance" by I J Singer are also highlights for me.

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to like these stories, but they are all so damn depressing!

[lifeisjustablurblog]

Read ‘On Account of a Hat’

[Jake Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read ~half the 50+ stories, and only 1 called to me (Sholem Aleichem's The Search). Today, Yiddish interest is associated with secularism; these stories, naturally, aren't.

[Elwood D Pennypacker]

I learned a couple of things: some people’s love for a farm animal is real L O V E. And when in doubt, wish someone that they should get cholera.