Day: May 23, 2007

Reviewapalooza #2

I’m here to interrupt Yiddish week with more reviews from my pile o’ books. I have three for you this week, so without further ado, let’s get this party started.

If You Awaken Love by Emuna Elon

This novel takes place in Israel in the years between the Six Day … Read the rest

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Yiddish In America, 2007

Yiddish was my Grandma Clara’s native language. She spoke English (with a cute little accent) when we kids came over, but the newspaper she read was printed in odd, sylvan characters that were as incomprehensible as hieroglyphics to me. There was never any thought that I or my siblings would … Read the rest

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