London Yiddishtown

• Verfasst von: Lachs, Vivi [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Braʼun, Ḳaiṭi [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Lisḳi, Y. A. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ḳayzer, A. M. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: London Yiddishtown
• Titelzusatz: East End Jewish life in Yiddish sketch and story, 1930-1950
• Verf.angabe: selected works of Katie Brown, A. M. Kaizer, and I. A. Lisky ; translated with introductions and commentary by Vivi Lachs
• Verlagsort: Detroit
• Verlag: Wayne State University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 240 Seiten)
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-4849-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)East End <London> / (s)Jiddisch / (s)Literatur / (s)Übersetzung / (s)Englisch
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 177815302X

Abstract

In London Yiddishtown: East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story, 1930-1950, Vivi Lachs presents a selection of previously un-translated short stories and sketches by Katie Brown, A. M. Kaizer, and I. A. Lisky, for the general reader and academic alike. These intriguing and entertaining tales build a picture of a lively East-End community of the 30s and 40s struggling with political, religious, and community concerns. Lachs includes a new history of the Yiddish literary milieu and biographies of the writers, with information gleaned from articles, reviews, and obituaries published in London's Yiddish daily newspapers and periodicals. Lisky's impassioned stories concern the East End's clashing ideologies of communism, Zionism, fascism, and Jewish class difference. He shows anti-fascist activism, political debate in a kosher café, East-End extras on a film set, and a hunger march by the unemployed. Kaizer's witty and satirical tales explore philanthropy, upward mobility, synagogue politics, and competition between Zionist organizations. They expose the character and foibles of the community and make fun of foolish and hypocritical behavior. Brown's often hilarious sketches address episodes of daily life, which highlight family shenanigans and generational misunderstandings, and point out how the different attachments to Jewish identity of the immigrant generation and their children created unresolvable fractures. Each section begins with a biography of the writer, before launching into the translated stories with contextual notes. London Yiddishtown offers a significant addition to the literature about London, about the East End, about Jewish history, and about Yiddish. The East End has parallels with New York's Lower East Side, yet London's comparatively small enclave, and the particular experience of London in the 1930s and the bombing of the East End during the Blitz make this history unique. It is a captivating read that will entice literary and history buffs of all backgrounds. A Yiddish Book Center Translation.

Abstract

Lively and engaging new view of London's Jewish East End through translated stories of its Yiddish writers.

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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Yiddish -- Introduction -- Yehuda Itamar Lisky -- Biography -- Productivization -- Fascist Recruits -- Ideological Speculation -- A Guinea a Day -- Nationalist Feelings and Class Interests -- On the March with the Hungry -- Arye Myer Kaizer -- Biography -- Whitechapel: By Way of an Introduction -- The Whitechapel Express -- Where It Bubbles -- Choosing Cantors -- Roni Akore and the Dressmaker -- When You Go to a Yiddish Theatre -- The Luck of a Trolleybus -- Spring in Whitechapel -- Moses in London -- Two Streets, Two Destinies -- Katie Brown -- Biography -- A Foreword -- Jewish Readers! -- Krismes Prezents -- I Need a Flat -- Pessimism and Optimism -- Breadwinners -- Davy Becomes a Prize Fighter -- My Prince, the Socialist -- Too Jewish -- When a Woman Becomes a Person -- A New Play in Whitechapel -- The Literary Landscape of London's Yiddishtown and the Fight for the Survival of Yiddish, 1930-50 -- Appendix: References for the Yiddish Stories -- Glossary -- Notes.