Yiddish Book Club   /     “Yentl The Yeshiva Boy” part one

Description

We read I.B. Singer’s short story about a Jewish girl who dressed as a boy, because she wanted to study. This is part one of a two hour discussion. download the audio Show Notes: Proof that Singer hated the movie.

Summary

Three Yiddish translators and one podcast producer read works of Yiddish literature and then share impressions and insights. The idea is for you to read these stories too and then to participate in the discussion. We are reading Yiddish literature that is available in English translation, and since some of these English versions are terrible, the Yiddish experts are here to tell the rest of us what we are missing out on.

Subtitle
Three Yiddish translators and one podcast producer read works of…
Duration
Publishing date
2016-02-01 20:27
Link
https://yiddishbookclub.com/2016/02/01/yentl-the-yeshiva-boy-part-one/
Contributors
  Michael Wex, Faith Jones, Shane Baker, Eric Klein
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Enclosures
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/244938251-crowsnestradio-yiddish-book-club-part-1-of-i-b-singers-yentl-the-yeshiva-boy.mp3
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Shownotes

We read I.B. Singer’s short story about a Jewish girl who dressed as a boy, because she wanted to study. This is part one of a two hour discussion.

download the audio

Show Notes: Proof that Singer hated the movie.