A THOUSAND THREADS A story told through Yiddish letters English translation by Miriam Beckerman, Lily Poritz Miller and Olga Zabludoff Edited and compiled by Lily Poritz Miller and Olga Zabludoff NOW AVAILABLE IN A KINDLE EDITION "From the 1920s and after, these letters provide an absorbing account of a Jewish family's migration from Lithuania. Alternately endearing, heart-rending, plaintive, joyous, exhilarating and intriguing, they relay a human drama, rich in both the details of everyday life and the articulation of grand hopes for the future. 'Be well and lucky,' they say over and over again. Readers will be moved to salute these writers, for their care for one another and their articulation of their family's and their people's deepest aspirations." Michael R. Marrus Professor of History University of Toronto "In recounting his life through letter-writing during a three-year period in the 1920s, Tzvi Shapiro gives great insight into the tribulations of the immigrant experience. Rarely does a biography get so personal." Gary Mokotoff Publisher, AVOTAYNU "For all of us who are children of the age of Jewish displacement, migration and landing in new settings, this trove of over 200 letters is an invaluable document of social history. Fighting loneliness and despondency, an intelligent and sensitive young Jew is at the center of a fascinating correspondence primarily with his sister whose reflections and insightful, encouraging responses turn these letters into an 'epistolary novel.' Viewed through the lens of the Holocaust 20 years later, the central characters win our admiration for their rootedness in tradition and their resourcefulness. They are true Jewish survivors of painful relocation and pioneers in building a new life." Max Ticktin Professor of Jewish Studies George Washington University |
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