From Our Springtime: Literary Memoirs and Portraits of Yiddish New York (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)In New York in 1907, a group of avant garde Yiddish poets came together to transform Yiddish literature. Seeking a pure artistic expression, they would rid Yiddish poetry of foreign influences and overbearing political and religious rhetoric. Although influenced by their Eastern European heritage, these poets were uniquely American in their focus on exploring the individual. Calling themselves Di Yunge (The young ones), this group was led in part by

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the encounter between Brisker Talmudism and spiritual revival

Bubby's back

The subplot focuses on the plight of a woman who chooses her career over family obligations

in the brilliant hands of the Dubno Maggid

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the melodramatic theatrical escapist entertainment of the Yiddish theater

in nearly all the countries where Jews have lived

and how later

to ourselves

lonely children and concentration camp prisoners

"I loved Rambam…couldn't put it down