Yiddish folktales

Paper Book, 1988

Call number

190 Yiddish

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
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collection to keep handy for a brief, entertaining read.
--J.
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Available

Call number

190 Yiddish

ISBN

0394546180 / 9780394546186

Barcode

30402098574090
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