A Voice from the Lost Town of Trochenbrod : A Translation of Poems, Essays and Letters by Yisrael Beider / translated from the Hebrew by Gabriel Laufer ; some translation from Yiddish by Andrew Cassel and Ellen Cassedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beider, Yisrael, Author.

Contributor:

Laufer, Gabriel, translator.

Cassel, Andrew, 1950- translator.

Cassedy, Ellen, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beider, Yisrael, 1895-1942--Translations into English.

Beider, Yisrael.

Genre:

Poetry.

Essays.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newton, MA : Cherry Orchard Books, [2024]

Summary:

The destruction of Trochenbrod, the only exclusively Jewish town outside of Israel, is a mostly overlooked Holocaust tragedy. This book pools together a collection of extraordinary poems, essays and letters by Yisrael Beider, a son of Trochenbrod and a descendant of generations of rabbis tracing back to the MAHARAL. Beider perished in the Holocaust but these writings survived to become rare documents to emerge from Trochenbrod. Although Beider published portions of his work in prominent Hebrew and Yiddish papers, most of his work remains unknown. This translation assembled the entire surviving collection to shed light on Beider’s literary and historical work, and to provide an eyewitness account of the life in Trochenbrod and western Ukraine between the two world wars.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Yisrael Beider and His Literary Work

Trochenbrod, the Town That Was

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Text

1. POEMS

2. ESSAYS

3. LETTERS

References

Appendix: Yisrael Beider’s Family Tree, June 28, 2012

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798887196633

OCLC:

1514629955