Yiddish Folktales

by Beatrice Silverman WEINREICH, ed.

Hardcover, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

398 YID

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Collection

Publication

Unknown (1988), Hardcover

Description

Presents nearly 200 folktales from all walks of life from East European Jewry.

User reviews

LibraryThing member simchaboston
Good collection of stories of all sorts, from moral-based parables to silly nonsense tales. Helps if you know the basics of Judaism, but it's not absolutely necessary.
LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
This one's an entertaining collection of folk tales from the Jewish folks of Eastern Europe. They're pretty short and straightforward, mostly collected in the early decades of the 20th Century. I can only imagine that they were much more entertaining when told by a storyteller. Still, it's a nice
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collection to keep handy for a brief, entertaining read.
--J.
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Original publication date

1988 (by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)

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