Found Treasures

Stories by Yiddish Women Writers

edited by Frieda Johles Forman; Ethel Raicus & Sarah Silberstein Swartz

tagged: jewish studies, women, jewish

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; the d

About the Authors

Frieda Johles Forman was an author, translator, pioneer of feminist Jewish studies, who founded the Women’s Educational Resource Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and the award-winning editor of Found Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers.

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.

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Found Treasures

Stories by Yiddish Women Writers

edited by Frieda Johles Forman; Ethel Raicus & Sarah Silberstein Swartz

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