A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century eastern Europe, Russia, and the Ukraine. Translated from Yiddish by Helena Frank. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis) Proof-listening by Ans Wink, K. Fowler, & Aron Horovitz
Preface and Acknowledgements by Helena Frank
Duration: 7:26
Late by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 10:45
Reb Shoimeh by David Pinski
Duration: 1:10:40
A Picnic by S. Libin
Duration: 18:01
Manasseh by S. Libin
Duration: 9:33
Yohrzeit for Mother by S. Libin
Duration: 12:02
Slack Times They Sleep by S. Libin
Duration: 10:19
Shut In by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 9:40
The Charitable Loan by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 16:02
The Two Brothers by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 15:44
Lost His Voice by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 19:00
The Kaddish by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 11:52
The Hole in a Beigel by Tashrak
Duration: 6:51
Avrahom the Orchard Keeper by Abraham Reisen
Duration: 12:15
The Rav & the Rav's Son by Hirsh David Naumberg
Duration: 26:34
Women by Meyer Blinkin
Duration: 59:26
If It Was a Dream by Löb Schapiro
Duration: 21:37
A Simple Story by Shalom Asch
Duration: 26:15
A Jewish Child by Shalom Asch
Duration: 16:57
A Scholar's Mother by Shalom Asch
Duration: 31:50
The Sinner by Shalom Asch
Duration: 24:34
Country Folk by Isaac Dov Berkowitz
Duration: 45:28
The Last of Them by Isaac Dov Berkowitz
Duration: 25:41
As the Years Roll On by Tashrak
Duration: 10:21
Forlorn and Forsaken by Isaiah Berschadski
Duration: 26:17
The Misfortune by Reuben Asher Braudes
Duration: 30:52
Fishel the Teacher by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
Duration: 36:46
Earth of Palestine by Jehalel
Duration: 49:57
A Woman's Wrath by I. L. Peretz
Duration: 16:30
A Treasure by I. L. Peretz
Duration: 11:53
It Is Well by I. L. Peretz
Duration: 13:09
Whence a Proverb by I. L. Peretz
Duration: 13:31
An Original Strike by Mordechai Spektor
Duration: 14:55
A Gloomy Wedding by Mordechai Spektor
Duration: 32:38
Poverty by Mordechai Spektor
Duration: 10:59
The Clock by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
Duration: 21:48
An Easy Fast by שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
Duration: 21:28
Military Service by מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski
