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A Jewish refugee in New York : Rivke Zilberg's journal / Kadya Molodovsky ; translated by Anita Norich.
Van Pelt Library PJ5129.M7 F8613 2019
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Molodowsky, Kadia, 1894-1975, author.
- Series:
- Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
- The modern Jewish experience
- Standardized Title:
- Fun Lublin biz Nyu Yorḳ. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish refugees--Poland--Fiction.
- Jewish refugees.
- Jewish women--Poland--Fiction.
- Jewish women.
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Jews.
- Jews, Polish.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Poland.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Jewish refugees--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Jewish women--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Jews, Polish--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 172 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Rivke Zilberg, a 20-year-old Jewish woman, arrives in New York shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland, her home country. Struggling to learn a new language and cope with a different way of life in the United States, Rivke finds herself keeping a journal about the challenges and opportunities of this new land. In her attempt to find a new life as a Jewish immigrant in the US, Rivke shares the stories of losing her mother to a bombing in Lublin, jilting a fiancé who has made his way to Palestine, and a flirtatious relationship with an American 'allrightnik.' In this fictionalized journal originally published in Yiddish, author Kadya Molodovsy provides keen insight into the day-to-day activities of the large immigrant Jewish community of New York. By depicting one woman's struggles as a Jewish refugee in the US during WWII, Molodovsky points readers to the social, political, and cultural tensions of that time and place"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Fun Lublin biz Nyu Yorḳ : ṭog-bukh fun Rivḳe Zilberg. Translated from the Yiddish.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Molodowsky, Kadia, 1894-1975, author. Jewish refugee in New York
- ISBN:
- 9780253040756
- 0253040752
- 9780253040763
- 0253040760
- OCLC:
- 1043141212
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