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Yiddish short stories by Isaac Goldberg and E. Haldeman-Julius is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. Framed by a critical introduction, the anthology gathers leading Yiddish voices to portray Eastern European Jewish life through allegory, realism, and psychological drama, dwelling on faith, suffering, dignity, and moral choice. The contributors range from I. L. Peretz and David Pinski to Joseph Opatoshu and Sholom Asch, with characters that include a wandering soul, a hungry laborer, and a conflicted provincial doctor.
The opening of the collection begins with Goldberg’s survey of major Yiddish writers—Peretz’s humane allegory, Pinski’s probing of the proletarian psyche, Asch’s poetic realism, Raisin’s delicate miniatures, Shapiro’s stark pogrom tales, and Opatoshu’s nature-rich vision—then turns to the stories themselves. In Peretz’s Three Gifts, a soul whose merits and sins exactly balance must win entry to Heaven by bringing three offerings that embody
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