More Stories from My Father's Court
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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A sequel to I. B. Singer's classic memoir In My Father's Court, these stories, published serially in the Daily Forward, depict the beth din in his father's home on Krochmalna Street in Warsaw. A unique institution, the beth din was a combined court of law, synagogue, scholarly institution, and psychologist's office where people sought out the advice and counsel of a neighborhood rabbi.The twenty-seven stories gathered here show this world as it appeared to a young boy. From the earthy to the show more ethereal, these stories provide an intimate and powerful evocation of a bygone world. show lessTags
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27 kortverhalen, geschreven in het zelfde stramien als "Het hof van mijn vader. Herinneringen aan een joodse jeugd". Deze verhalen verschenen oorspronkelijk als krantencolumns in het Jiddisch in "The Jewish Daily Forward" in de jaren 1955-1960. Ze stralen een heel aparte sfeer van "jiddishkeit" uit, en portretteren de vader van Singer als een lankmoedige rabbijn en talmoedgeleerde in het Warschau van voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and memoirs. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. (Publisher Provided) Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in Radzymin, Poland on July 14, 1904. He received a traditional Jewish education, including training at the rabbinical seminary in Warsaw. He show more began writing in Hebrew while he worked for 10 years as a proofreader and translator in Warsaw. In 1935, he immigrated to New York, where he became a journalist for the Daily Forward, America's largest Yiddish newspaper. Most of his stories were originally published in this newspaper in serial form. His first novel, The Family Moskat, was published in 1950. His other works include The Magician of Lublin, The Spinoza of Market Street, The Slave, and A Friend of Kafka. A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw won the National Book Award for children's literature. He received numerous awards during his lifetime including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978 and the Gold Medal for Fiction in 1989. He died after suffering a series of strokes on July 24, 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- More Stories from My Father's Court
- Original publication date
- 2000-11; In the Jewish Daily Forward 1955-1960
- First words
- Although everyone called him Chaim the locksmith, he was actually what we here in America call the plumber.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)When Mother came into the room, he said, "In shul, I'll have to recite the blessing thanking God for saving me."
- Blurbers
- Bolonik, Kera; Kirsch, Adam; Turan, Kenneth; Rosen, Jonathan
- Original language
- Yiddish
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- Biography & Memoir, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 839.143 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Yiddish literature Essays
- LCC
- PJ5129 .S49 .A25 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Hebrew Other languages used by Jews Yiddish
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