Call number
190 Yiddish
Subjects
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books : Published in cooperation with Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, c1988.
Description
Presents nearly 200 folktales from all walks of life from East European Jewry.
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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
--J.
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collection to keep handy for a brief, entertaining read.--J.
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ISBN
0394546180 / 9780394546186