Bad Rabbi - And Other Strange But True Stories From the Yiddish Press

Informationen zum Autor Eddy Portnoy is Senior Researcher and Director of Exhibitions at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Klappentext Eddy Portnoy is Senior Researcher and Director of Exhibitions at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Brief and Not Entirely Uncomplicated History of the Yiddish Press 1. Jewish Abortion Technician 2. The Hebrew Girl Murderer of East New York 3. The Jewish Mahatma 4. The Great Tonsil Riot of 1906 5. Rivington Street's Wheel of (Mis)Fortune 6. Yom Kippur Battle Royale 7. Attack of the Yiddish Journalists 8. Suicide Jew 9. Battle at the Bris 10. Urke Nakhalnik: Fine Young Criminal 11. The Strange Case of Gimel Kuper, Mystery Journalist 12. Semitic Beauty Drives Jews Wild: Film at Eleven 13. Ever Fallen in Love with Someone (You Shouldn't Have Fallen in Love With)? 14. My Yiddishe Divorce 15. Shomer Fucking Shabbos 16. 625-Pound Jews and Other Oddities 17. Bad Rabbi: Bigamy, Blackmail and the Radimner Rebbetzin 18. You Think You've Got Troubles? Stories from Warsaw's Yiddish Crime Blotter

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Portnoy, Eddy Portnoy, Edward Portnoy
• Edition: Stanford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780804797610
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-9761-0
• Pages: 280
• Thèmes: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Judaïsme