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The Teardrop Millionaire and Other Poems Selected and Translated By Aaron Kramer With a Critical Evaluation By Kalman Marmor and A Biographical Sketch By Aaron Kramer
by Morris Rosenfeld
Yidishe Folkslider Mit Melodyes/ Yiddish Folksongs With Melodies Collected By Yl Cahan
by Cahan Y L Weinreich Max Editor
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THE JEWS IN RUSSIA: VOLUME II: THE STRUGGLE FOR EMANCIPATION, 1881-1917
by Greenberg, Louis; Mark Wischnitzer
New Haven; Yale University Press, 1951. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 213 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Volume II only. Completed and edited by Mark Wischnitzer using manuscripts left after the death of Louis Greenberg. The first volume, published in 1944, discusses the situation of Jews in Russia and their struggle for emancipation through the reign of Alexander II (1881.) This second volume follows that history with an examination of the period up to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. Subjects: Jews...
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SGD 137.87
DIE JUDENSTADT VON LUBLIN
by Balaban, Majer
Berlin; Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 4to. 112 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In German. ‘The Jewish City of Lublin'. With 60 illustrations. Monograph of Lublin's Jewish history by Majer Balaban (1877-1942) , "historian and educator. Majer Balaban was a founder and architect of modern Polish Jewish historiography and the first to synthesize both Polish archival sources and Jewish communal records and rabbinic responsa. ... Balaban completed his dissertation in 1904, on Jews in...
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FRAYHAYT. FREIHEIT. 1927 JAN-JUNE. [6 MONTHS]
by 09
New York, Morgan Frayhayt, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo; 1st edition. Publisher's boards. Folio (Newspaper). In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Freedom." The Frayhayt became the Morgn Frayhayt in 1929. "Morgen Freiheit was a New York City-based daily Yiddish language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party, USA, founded by Moissaye Olgin in 1922. After the end of World War II the paper's pro-Israel views brought it into disfavor with the Communist Party and its editor Paul Novick was expelled from the...
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SGD 1,377.32
DER FRAYND: OFITSLELER ORGAN FON ARBAYTER RING. THE FRIEND, OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE. VOL XLII, NRS 1-8 [COMPLETE FOR 1951]
by [Workmen's Circle]
Passaic, N. J. : Arbayter Ring, 1951. Hardcover. 1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. One issue 20 pages, the others 16 pages each [148 pages total], 27 cm. In Yiddish. Includes photos. A complete DP-era year run of Fraynd, founded in 1910, printed monthly, then, more or less, bimonthly. "Formed in 1900 by Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, The Workmen's Circle at first acted as a mutual aid society, helping its members to adapt to their new life in America. It provided life...
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SGD 482.54
AFN SHPRAKHFRONT. 1934, NR I.
by Institut far Yidisher Kultur.; Filologishe sektsye.Nokhem Shtif, editor
1934. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original printed publisher's paper wrappers, 8vo [70] pages. In Yiddish. Title translates roughly as, "On the Language Front." It was earlier also subtitled, "A Journal for Yiddish Linguistics." This bi-monthly journal succeeded the similar journal Di Yidishe Shprakh which had been "published in Kiev from 1927 to 1930. A bimonthly journal, Di yidishe shprakh (The Yiddish Language) was published by the cooperative publishing house Kultur-lige and was the main...
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SGD 206.80
FROM EAST TO WEST; THE WESTWARD MIGRATION OF JEWS FROM EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
by Shulvass, Moses A
Detroit; Wayne State University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 161 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Covers the period of the Chmielnicki Massacre and the Thirty Years War, and the movement of impoverished refugees into Western Europe. Moses Avigdor Shulvass (1909-1988) , "scholar and educator. Born in Plonsk, Poland, Shulvass studied in Berlin. He lived in Erez Israel from 1938 to 1948 and then immigrated to the United States, where he eventually became professor of Jewish history at Spertus...
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YIDN IN UKRAINE [COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES]
by [Ukraine] (xt)
New York: Gezelshaft Tsu Faraybikn.., 1967. Cloth. 1st edition. Original publisher's cloth, 4to; 342 + 145 pages; In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Jews in the Ukraine." With lots of illustrations and detailed index. OCLC: 18462513. Ex-library with usual marks, Light wear, about Very Good Condition. (YIZ-5-8A)xx.
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SGD 413.61
EYNIKAYT /AYNIKAYT / AINIKAYT [NEW SERIES] 1946, VOL III (NRS. 5, 7, 8, 12) [4 OF 12 NRS ISSUED]
by American Committee Of Jewish Writers, Artists and Scientists
New York, Der Komitet, 1946. Paperback. 1st edition. Paper Wrappers, Folio (Road Atlas size, 35 cm) , 32 pages. "Unity. " Yiddish Communist bimonthly (from May 1944-Jan 15 1945) , then monthly (through 1947) for writers, artists, and scientists, a periodical certainly read by many of those swept up in the Atom Spy witchhunts 10 years later. "Aroysgegebn fun Komitet fun Yidishe shrayber, kinstler un visnshaftler in Amerike. " Preceeded by periodical of the same name, also published in New York, in 1942....
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Songs = Lider [Romanized Form] = Shirim [Romanized Form
by Golub, Solomon. ; Cohen, Meyer S; (Translator) Golub, Solomon
New York: Metro Music, 1936. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual markings; hinges weakened and were partly cracked and are now reinforced with archival glue. Overall about good(-) thus.. Folio in polished blue cloth; 1 score (103 pages) ; 32 cm. Music for one voice with piano accompaniment; words in romanized Hebrew and Yiddish./ Text of songs in Yiddish: p. [4]-[9]./ Text of songs in Hebrew: p. [11]-[16]. In Yiddish. Contents: Deine oign -- Ich ken es nit farshtein -- Bobeniu -- Zorissi loruach anchosi...
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SGD 56.53
DI NAYE TSAYT. VOL I, NR. 4. (AUGUST 1898)
by Idish-Shprekhende Sekssianen Fun Der Sotsialist. Arbayter-Partey Fun Nord-Amerika
New York : Idish-shprekhende sekssianen fun der Sotsialist. Arbayter Partey fun Nord-Amerika, 1898. Paperback. 1st edition. Original Paper Wrappers, Large 8vo, 48 pages. Monthly. Yiddish Socialist monthly which survived from May 1898 (Vol I, Nr. 1) - May 1899 (Vol II, Nr. 1) . 25 cm. From the English-language cover: "A Monthly Magazine devoted to Popular Science, Literature and Socialism, Die Neue Zeit (The New Time) . " Published by the Yiddish-Speaking Section of the Socialist Labor Party of North...
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THE JEWS OF MOSCOW, KIEV, AND MINSK: IDENTITY, ANTISEMITISM, EMIGRATION
by Brym, Robert J. ; Rozalina Ryvkina
New York; New York University Press, Institute Of Jewish Affairs, 1994. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xvi, 142 pages. 22 cm. Illustrated. First U. S. Edition. Black and white photographs, as well as diagrams and charts. "The Jews of the former Soviet Union have always been the subject of intense controversy. In the past 25 years, especially, they have been the source of considerable speculation. [...]The issues swirling around the Jews in the republics now known as the Commonwealth of Independent...
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Joys of Yiddish
by Leo Rosten
Pocket Books, 1991. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 9.33
PROLETARISHE DERTSIUNG. PROLETARISCHE DERZIUNG VOL. IV, NR. 6, JULI, 1938
by International Workers Order. National School Committee
New York: Natsyonaler Shul Komisye Fun Internatsyonaln Arbeter Ordn, 1938. paper wrappers. 1st edition. Original photographic paper wrappers. 4to. 24 pages, 31 cm. In Yiddish with some advertisements in English. Includes many photos and illustrations, some by William Gropper. Title translates to "Proletarian Education: Official Organ of the National School Commission of International Labor." A Yiddish-language publication of the National School Committee of the International Workers Order, edited by IWO...
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THE JEWS OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPE BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
by Mendelsohn, Ezra
Bloomington; Indiana University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XI, 300 pages. 24 cm. First edition. "An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry, the book focuses on the internal life of Jewish communities in the region and on the relationships between Jews and gentiles in a nationalist environment. " (Publishers Description) Subjects: Jews - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century. Juifs - Europe de l'Est - Histoire -...
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TENUAT HE-HALUTS BE-POLIN (1917-1929)
by Oppenheim, Israel
Yerushalayim; Hotsaat Sefarim A. Sh. Y. L. Magnes, Ha-Universitah Ha-Ivrit, 1982. Hardback. 8vo. 671 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Hebrew. Added title page: The "He-Halutz" movement in Poland, 1917-1929. The He-Haluts was a Zionist pioneering movement in Poland. "The founders of He-? Aluts believed that no political or propaganda accomplishment would benefit Zionism in the long run unless it were complemented by deeds of personal fulfillment, which became a primary objective in the organization's...
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A TROT IN DER ARKTIK: DI POYLISHE POLAR-EKSPEDITSYE OYFN BERN-INDZL
by Kaminski, D
Vilne [Vilna, Vilnius]: Farlag "Der haver, 1939. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers bound into pamphlet protector, 12mo,56 pages. Includes illustrations; 17 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, "A Trek in the Arctic: the Polish Polar Expedition on Bear Island. Includes bibliographical references. With bookplate of "Jewish Cultural Reconstruction," indicating that the book was found by the western Allies after WW II and given to a Jewish institution as part of rebuilding the Jewish...
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SGD 275.74
H. LEYVIK: ZAYN LID UN DRAME [LEIVICK, LAYVIK, LEVICK]
by [Leivick] Gottlieb, Jacob [Ya'akov Gotlib]
Kaunas [Kovno, Kovne]: Bukhhandlung "Pasaulis, 1939. Paper Wrappers. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers, 12mo, 95 + [1] pages. Includes frontis photo. 19 cm. In Yiddish. With bookplate of "Jewish Cultural Reconstruction," indicating that the book was found by the western Allies after WW II and given to a Jewish institution as part of rebuilding the Jewish world in the postwar years. Published in Kovno in the year of the German invasion of Poland. H. Leivick (pen name of Leivick Halpern, 1888 -...
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SGD 379.14
SCHWEIZER DIALEKTE IN TEXT UND TON : BEGLEITTEXTE ZU DEN SPRECHPLATTEN DES PHONOGRAMM-ARCHIVS DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH: I DEUTSCHE SCHWEIZ HEFT 4 SURBTALER JIDDISCH
by Universität Zürich
Frauenfeld : Huber & Co, 1966. Paperback. 4to. 52 pages. In German. SUBJECT (S) : German language; Switzerland - languages - dialects. Very good condition. (GER-15-43).
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A MAYSELE IN GRAMEN [GRAMN] FUN DRAY ZIN MIT A MAMEN [MAMN]
by Mani Leib; Emanuel Romano
New York; Ferlag Kinder Ring, 1937. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 4to. 44 pages. 26 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Color printed pictorial onlay over boards. Published by the Educational Committee of the Workmen's Circle for the youth of Camp Kinder Ring, this fairy tale about a mother and her three sons who live in infinite poverty at the foot of a mountain was written by the respected avant-garde Yiddish proletarian poet Mani Leib, with six full page color illustrations by the artist Emanuel Romano....
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Joys of Yiddish
by Leo Rosten
Washington Square Press, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 9.75
BUNDA JAUNATNES IV SANAKSME, RIGA, 1933 IV TSUZAMENFLI FUN DER BUNDISHER YUGNT....FUTBOL-FARMESTUNG RIGE-LIBOVE....AKHTUNG!....SPORT-YOM-TOV
by [Bund]
Riga: Tipogr. "Splendid, 1933. broadsheet. 1st edition. Original handbill (25 x 15.5 cm). In Yiddish and Latvian. Translates as, "4th Bund Youth Meeting, Riga 1933....Football Match Riga-Liepaja....Attention!....Sport-Festival." A Bundist youth broadside advertising a Cultural Festival to be held July 7-9, with a football tournament between Riga and Liepaja on July 8th. On July 9th, a "Grandiose sports festival" including a sports parade with mass freestyle athletics, pyramids, boxing etc. Folded once...
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OYF HISTORISHE VEGN: ASHKENAZ UN YIDISH MIZREH-EYROPE: ESEYEN
by Klepfisz, Heszel
Yerushalayim; Aroysgegebn Mit Der Hilf Funem Dr. Shemu'el Un Rivkah Hurvits Literatur-Fond Bay Der Yidisher Kultur-Gezelshaft In Yerushalayi, 1993. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. 608 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Title page verso: On the paths of history, Ashkenaz and East European Jewry = Bi-netive ha-historyah. Dr. Heszel Klepfish was born "in 1910 in Zyrardow. Studied in heder and with his father. After turning nine years of age went away to study at various yeshivas. At the age of 12...
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DRITER OYSTRALISH-YIDISHER ALMANAKH
by Jewish National Library and Cultural Centre "Kadimah
Melborn [Melbourne]: Yidishn Kultur-Tsenter un natsionale bibliotek "Kadimah, 1967. Hardback. 1st edition. Original illustrated publisher's cloth, 8vo, 456 pages. 22 cm. Includes many photos. In Yiddish. Title translates as, "Third Australian-Yiddish Almanac." "Published by Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library "Kadimah" to mark its 55th Anniversary December 1911 - December 1966" (on title page verso). " In the 2016 census, there were 21,175 Australians who identified as Jewish by ancestry, a...
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The joys of Yiddish : a relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew and Yinglish words often encountered in English ... from the days of the Bible to those of the beatnik
by Rosten, Leo (1908-1997)
London : W. H. Allen, 1970. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxix, 547 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Yiddish language; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Jewish wit and humor; English language, Foreign words and phrases Yiddish.
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SGD 36.31
FRAYHAYT. FREIHEIT. 1928. OCT-DEC. CITY EDITION. [3 MONTHS]
by 20. (Individual Volume)
New York, Morgan Frayhayt, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo; 1st edition. Publisher's boards. Folio (Newspaper). In Yiddish. Title translates as, "The Morning Freedom." "Morgen Freiheit was a New York City-based daily Yiddish language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party, USA, founded by Moissaye Olgin in 1922. After the end of World War II the paper's pro-Israel views brought it into disfavor with the Communist Party and its editor Paul Novick was expelled from the organization. The paper closed in 1988....
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SGD 620.42