Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal, 1946-1955
by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated and edited by David Stromberg
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Pub Date Mar 11 2025 | Archive Date Apr 30 2025
Description
Between 1946 and 1955 Isaac Bashevis Singer underwent a total transformation. During the post-Holocaust period Singer reappraised everything he knew, questioned all his assumptions, and rebuilt his artistic vision. This transformation would soon become evident in his literary fiction, but it was also laid out for readers in essays that appeared in the pages of the Yiddish daily Forverts. Sitting in New York, with the Cold War and McCarthyism gripping American hearts and minds, Singer dove deep into his cultural and spiritual heritage to turn the moral and social principles of the past into workable tools that could build a viable Jewish future. Some of the issues that Singer raises in this collection are not only prescient—they are more urgent in our day than they were in his. Throughout, Singer reminds us that the human spirit is our greatest treasure and that we are each personally responsible for its safekeeping.
Advance Praise
In these essays written in the decade following the Holocaust, Isaac Bashevis Singer poses crucial questions for Jews in America: What does it mean to be a Jew after the war? What gives Jewish life purpose and meaning? What is the point of writing at such times? Without nostalgia or apologetics, he turns to modern philosophical and, especially, ancient Jewish teachings about morality, free choice, the law, faith—though not necessarily traditional religious faith—and above all the need to turn away from the materialism of his world and toward spiritual renewal. David Stromberg’s elegant translations and illuminating brief introductions to each essay make it clear that the issues Bashevis raises are as urgent today as they were when they were first written. -- Anita Norich, professor of American-Jewish literature at the University of Michigan
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798989452477 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 212 |
