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What is A Treasury of American-Jewish Folklore about?

This book is a rich gathering of American-Jewish folklore that preserves the insight, humor, and experiences of American Jewry. Folklore is comprised of stories, sayings, jokes, superstitions, customs, and songs that have been passed down from one generation to the next. Eventually, the tales travel between enough people and regions to acquire an independent life and become "classics." Telling the legends of both the nonconformist and the ordinary person, folklore speaks with a voice that is simultaneously witty and wise. American-Jewish folklore evolved as early Jewish Americans grew distant from the traditions they left behind. A new folklore materialized that spoke to the situations and trials they faced settling in America. Jews who arrived early in the country's history generated parables about "Jews Among the Indians," like "Powwow at Levy's" and "Pistol-Packing Rabbi." Even more tales were spun by the Jews who emigrated en masse in the post-Civil-War era, addressing topics that told of their common experiences, such as "The Joys of Peddling," "Learning English," "The Yiddish King Lear," and "Envy at Grossinger's." In sections called "Greeting the Mishpacha: Uptown vs. Downto

Author

Steve Koppman; Lion Koppman

Publisher

Jason Aronson, Inc.

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781568216201

Subjects

Religion, Sociology, History