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Social Science Jewish Studies

Found Treasures

Stories by Yiddish Women Writers

edited by Frieda Forman, Ethel Raicus & Sarah Silberstein Swartz

Publisher
Second Story Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1994
Category
Jewish Studies, Women, Jewish
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780929005539
    Publish Date
    Oct 1994
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926739236
    Publish Date
    Jan 1994
    List Price
    $17.99

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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 Forman helped establish the Women's Educational Resources Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and continues to research and translate the works of important but forgotten Yiddish women writers.

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Ethel Raicus' profile page

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.

 

Sarah Silberstein Swartz's profile page

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