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edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
category: Social Science
published: Oct 1994
ISBN:9780929005539
publisher: Second Story Press

Found Treasures

Stories by Yiddish Women Writers

edited by Frieda Forman; Ethel Raicus & Sarah Silberstein Swartz

tagged: jewish studies, jewish, women
Description

The first of its kind, this anthology showcases women’s writing previously available only in Yiddish. A book of voices from an almost forgotten female heritage, it features eighteen writers who speak powerfully of the events that shaped their lives.

About the Authors

Frieda Forman


Ethel Raicus


Sarah Silberstein Swartz, daughter of Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivors, was born in post-war Berlin, Germany. She is a writer and award-winning editor, specializing in women's studies and Holocaust literature. Research Associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, she lives in Boston with her wife and cat, near her three grandsons.

Awards
  • Winner, Canadian Jewish Book Award
  • Commended, Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
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