Yiddish


Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods – The Essential Guide to Jewish Heritage, Survival, and European Folklore (P.S.)
The Brothers Ashkenazi
Night
The Magician of Lublin
Shosha
The Slave
Satan in Goray
The Family Moskat
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
In My Father's Court
Enemies: A Love Story
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMaus I by Art SpiegelmanLiv's Secrets by Janet LevineThe Chosen by Chaim PotokMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Best Jewish Books
399 books — 131 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Jews in Literature
886 books — 313 voters

The Dressmaker's Mirror by Susan Weiss LiebmanAt Any Cost by Rebecca  RosenbergNeil Simon's Memoirs by Neil SimonThe Jews of Harlem by Jeffrey S GurockThe Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City by Henry H Sapoznik
Jewish New York (nonfiction)
105 books — 12 voters
Enemies by Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Slave by Isaac Bashevis SingerShosha by Isaac Bashevis SingerDescent by Dovid Bergelson
Yiddish Novels
43 books — 4 voters

God made man because He loves stories
Yiddish Proverb

Stefan Kanfer
Marlon’s worldly possessions went up for auction at Christie’s New York showroom a year after his death. Among the 320 objects were some knickknacks (Marlon preferred the Yiddish word chotchkes).
Stefan Kanfer, Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando

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