Writing in Tongues by Anita Norich Yiddish Learning going to prison instead of

going to prison instead of his friend

Approachable recipes for everything from soups to sweets go beyond the traditional

yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored

Then one night

as Singer explores both the nature of faith and the nature of love in the aftermath of the Holocaust

Writing in Tongues by Anita Norich Yiddish Learning going to prison instead ofWriting in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical