Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה)
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49 chapters · 18 h 15 min · English
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Short Stories
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A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine. Translated from Yiddish by Helena Frank. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)
Chapters
1 Preface and Acknowledgements by Helena Frank 7 min 2 The Misfortune by Reuben Asher Braudes 31 min 3 Earth of Palestine by Jehalel 50 min 4 A Woman's Wrath by I. L. Peretz 16 min 5 A Treasure by I. L. Peretz 12 min 6 It Is Well by I. L. Peretz 13 min 7 Whence a Proverb by I. L. Peretz 14 min 8 An Original Strike by Mordechai Spektor 15 min 9 A Gloomy Wedding by Mordechai Spektor 33 min 10 Poverty by Mordechai Spektor 11 min 11 The Clock by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem 22 min 12 Fishel the Teacher by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem 37 min 13 An Easy Fast by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem 21 min 14 The Passover Guest by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem 18 min 15 Gymnasiye by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem 40 min 16 Sabbath by Eliezer David Rosenthal 12 min 17 Yom Kippur by Eliezer David Rosenthal 44 min 18 Bertzi Wasserfuhrer by Isaiah Lerner 18 min 19 Ezrielk the Scribe by Isaiah Lerner 35 min 20 Yitzchok Yossel Broitgerber by Isaiah Lerner 24 min 21 A Livelihood by Judah Steinberg 15 min 22 At the Matzos by Judah Steinberg 14 min 23 Three Who Ate by David Frischmann 20 min 24 Military Service by מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski 21 min 25 Forlorn and Forsaken by Isaiah Berschadski 26 min 26 The Hole in a Beigel by Tashrak 7 min 27 As the Years Roll On by Tashrak 10 min 28 Reb Shoimeh by David Pinski 1 h 11 min 29 A Picnic by S. Libin 18 min 30 Manasseh by S. Libin 10 min 31 Yohrzeit for Mother by S. Libin 12 min 32 Slack Times They Sleep by S. Libin 10 min 33 Shut In by Abraham Reisen 10 min 34 The Charitable Loan by Abraham Reisen 16 min 35 The Two Brothers by Abraham Reisen 16 min 36 Lost His Voice by Abraham Reisen 19 min 37 Late by Abraham Reisen 11 min 38 The Kaddish by Abraham Reisen 12 min 39 Avrahom the Orchard Keeper by Abraham Reisen 12 min 40 The Rav & the Rav's Son by Hirsh David Naumberg 27 min 41 Women by Meyer Blinkin 59 min 42 If It Was a Dream by Löb Schapiro 22 min 43 A Simple Story by Shalom Asch 26 min 44 A Jewish Child by Shalom Asch 17 min 45 A Scholar's Mother by Shalom Asch 32 min 46 The Sinner by Shalom Asch 25 min 47 Country Folk by Isaac Dov Berkowitz 45 min 48 The Last of Them by Isaac Dov Berkowitz 26 min 49 The Clever Rabbi by Anonymous 15 min
