Abraham Shulman
By Abraham Shulman
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Yiddish World ‘Feodor Dostoyevsky and Sholem Aleichem’ (a delightful example of Yiddish humor)
The late Forverts humorist Abraham Shulman describes what happened when almost no one showed up to one of his lectures.
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Culture In 1974, Amos Oz Wasn’t World-Famous — But He Was Already A Political Rebel
Editor’s note: Amos Oz died on December 28, 2018. To commemorate his life, we revisited this glimpse of Oz before he became a figure of international renown, originally published by the Forverts on December 4, 1974. Last week at the 92nd St. Y in Manhattan a young and famous writer from Israel — Amos Oz…
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