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Tkhines: Listening to the Prayers of 18th-19th Century Ashkenazi Women
Sunday June 29 4:00-6:00 PM Pacific Start Reading: Voices of the Matriarchs , by Chava Weissler (Boston: Beacon Press), Introduction and Chapters 3, 5, 9 Our recent reading of S. Y. Abramovitsh's work, Fishke the Lame, introduced us to the 19th century world of Mendele the Bookseller, who traveled from shtetl to shtetl selling religious books, miscellaneous ritual merchandise, and, importantly, booklets of prayers in Yiddish written for and sold to women. The Yiddish Shmoozer
A Master Class in I. L. Peretz's Stories with Goldie Morgentaler
Two Sundays - 5/4/25 and 5/18/25 - 4-6 pm Pacific The Yiddish Shmoozers (In Translation) welcomes back Dr. Goldie Morgentaler! Dr. Morgentaler, a scholar of English literature at the University of Lethbridge in Canada, is a prolific translator of Yiddish works, including some of the stories by I. L. Peretz that we will be reading this May. May 4 - 4:00-6:00 pm Pacific If Not Higher Bontshe the Silent The Three Gifts Downcast Eyes May 18 - 4:00-6:00 pm Pacific Stories Bry
Fishke the Lame: Mendele Moykher-Sforim's Most Famous Story
Sunday, 3/16 4:00 - 5:30 pm, Pacific New Material Added! Scroll down for Chapter-by-Chapter Summary or Click here Powerpoint...
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