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    Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
    Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
    Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
    Audiobook7 hours

    Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)

    Written by Sholem Aleichem

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about life in a late 19th-century Russian-Jewish village -- the world of my grandparents. Sholem Rabinovich (1859-1916) was born in Pereiaslav, Ukraine and later immigrated to New York. His short stories about Tevye and his daughters were freely adapted into the musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Rabinovich's will contained the following injunction: "Let my name be recalled with laughter or not at all." His translator, Hannah Berman, was Irish of Lithuanian descent.Some of these stories may be too intense for younger children. (summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
    Author

    Sholem Aleichem

    Sholem Aleichem, pseudonym of Solomon Rabinovitsh (1859–1916), was one of the preeminent classical writers of modern Yiddish literature. His literary pseudonym was derived from the Hebrew expression “shalom aleichem,” meaning “peace be with you.” He arrived in New York in 1906 (after barely escaping a pogrom the previous year) as the world’s most famous Yiddish writer. Attesting to his popularity in the New World, Aleichem’s funeral was among the largest New York had ever seen. 

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      An enchanting glimpse of a world that is no longer. Beautifully read by Adrian Praetzellis.