Live & Be Well
A Celebration of Yiddish Culture in America from the First Immigrants to the Second World War
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Publication
2000-04-01 - Rutgers University Press
Language
English
Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8025674M
- ISBN-139780813528120
- ISBN-100813528127
- OCLC Control Number42476627
- OCLC Control Numberlivebewellcelebr0000shep
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99048492
- LibraryThing976854
- Goodreads482437
Classifications
- LCCF128.9.J5 S53 2000
Description
"This book heralds and documents the rich and vibrant traditions of Yiddish-speaking immigrants and their children in "the golden land," from the first arrivals to the Second World War. Meet the famous, the infamous, and the unknown - from hotelier Jenny Grossinger to mobster Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik to Moses Solomon, the would-be "Jewish Babe Ruth"; from anarchist Emma Goldman to entertainer Eddie Cantor. Share the struggles and the triumphs of the labor unions, of Yiddish playwrights and poets. Enter the sweatshops of New York's Lower East Side and the first Jewish settlements in Los Angeles and Chicago. Taste pastrami from Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, knishes from Yonah Shimmel's in New York City, and the famous "smookmit" of the Montreal ghetto. Illustrated with photos, cartoons, theater posters, and song sheets, here is a book to delight and inform."--BOOK JACKET.
Description
"This book heralds and documents the rich and vibrant traditions of Yiddish-speaking immigrants and their children in "the golden land," from the first arrivals to the Second World War. Meet the famous, the infamous, and the unknown - from hotelier Jenny Grossinger to mobster Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik to Moses Solomon, the would-be "Jewish Babe Ruth"; from anarchist Emma Goldman to entertainer Eddie Cantor. Share the struggles and the triumphs of the labor unions, of Yiddish playwrights and poets. Enter the sweatshops of New York's Lower East Side and the first Jewish settlements in Los Angeles and Chicago. Taste pastrami from Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, knishes from Yonah Shimmel's in New York City, and the famous "smookmit" of the Montreal ghetto. Illustrated with photos, cartoons, theater posters, and song sheets, here is a book to delight and inform."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Adler, Jacob P. (1855-1926) He was one of the titanic figures in the history of the Yiddish theater in America, and founder as well of a theatrical dynasty that numbered, among his children, Celia, Stella (herself one of the most influential acting teachers of her generation), and Luther Adler.
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