"His books have not just been good for the Jews; they have been great." – Joel Yanofsky, Literary Review of Canada
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Here's a link to Jon Kalish's audio report on the memorial service for Adrienne Cooper that was held on January 1st in New York.
It's a nice combination of excerpts from the official program of song and eulogy with less formal interviews with a few of the people in attendance who knew Adrienne.
I was... Read more here
My most recent book, The Frumkiss Family Business, comes out today in an easily affordable paperback edition.
Perfect for post-Tisha B'Ov presents. Tell your friends. Buy copies for your enemies and make them your friends.
Buy as many as you can afford--I'm trying to raise money for root canal... Read more here
Someone who has previously written for, and received, help with Yiddish sent me the following delightful comment about the video that I posted earlier today. It's the sort of thing that makes me wonder why I bother:
"Most of these Jesus prayers are usually horshit (sic) but this is the most horseshitty one I ever heard and if this is the type of shit that you think is so important to "share" with with me... Read more here
ISAAC B. SINGER
A Life
By Florence Noiville
Translated by Catherine Temerson
208 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $23.00.
Dismissed for years as the less-talented kid brother of Yiddish novelist I. J. Singer, whose sales and renown were second only to those of Sholem Asch, Isaac Bashevis Singer gradually emerged from obscurity and journalistic hackwork to become the Dybbuk of modern Yiddish literature,... Read more here
