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Issue: Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2011
 
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Publisher: FlagHarry N. Abrams
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Indicia Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
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Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780810997493
UPC/EAN: 978081099749352995
Price: $32.95 CAD
£19.99 GBP
$29.95 USD
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Content Items: 64 (28 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Pekar; Paul Buhle; Hershl Hartman; Charles Kochman; Misha Beletzky (design)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" w x 10 3/8" h
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Publishing Format: One-shot
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First Line: Yiddishkeit
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First Line: Yiddishkeit
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First Line: This book is dedicated to the memory of Harvey Pekar, one of the great creators of modern comics art by virtue of his scripts, his editing and publication initiatives, his public persona and frequent appearances, and... his personal generosity.
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Contents

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Yiddishkeit: An Introduction

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Writer(s): Neal Gabler
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Vortman's Guide to Writing Yiddish in English Letters

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Editor's Note

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Writer(s): Paul Buhle
Penciller(s): J. Keller (signed)
Inker(s): J. Jeller (signed)
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Character(s): Mendele Moykher Sforim
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Prologue

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Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; grandfather; cousin Marty
Synopsis: Harvey Pekar speaks Yiddish at home, but uses it less and less after his grandfather dies. He loses the speech, but for a long time can still understand it.
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Chapter 1. The Emergence of Yiddish Culture

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Yiddishland Part One: Yiddish Classics

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Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Dan Archer
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Yiddishland
Character(s): Mendele Mocher Sforim; I.L. Peretz; Sholem Aleichem; Joseph Perl; Ayzik-Mayer Dik; Itsik-Yoyl Linyetsky; Bogdan Chmielnicki; Sabbatai Zevi; Jacob Frank; Israel Baal Shem Tov [the Baal Shem Tov] [Master of the Righteous Name]; Elijah the Vilna Gaon;
Synopsis: Yiddish literature develops through the 18th and 19th centuries.
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The Yiddish Press

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Baruch Rivkin's Shrayber un Arbeter* (*Writers & Workers)

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Baruch Rivkin; Yosef Bovshover; Morris Rosenfeld; Abraham Liessen; Abraham Reisen; Joseph Opatoshu; David Ignatov; Moyshe Leyb Halpern; Moyshe Nadir; Celia Dropkin; Paul Buhle; Yvette West
Synopsis: Jewish journalism and related writing becomes a powerful presence in New York City. It abides to this day, but has declined with the numbers of Yiddish speakers.
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The Yiddish Poets & The Chorus

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Penciller(s): Peter Gullerud
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Character(s): David Edelstadt; Brighton Beach Yiddish Chorus of 1939
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Yiddishland Part Two: Yiddish Modernists

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Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Dan Archer
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): Yiddishland
Character(s): Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav; Sholem Abramovitsh; I.L. Peretz; Sholem Aleichem; Josef Stalin; David Bergelson; Symon Petlura; Pinchus Kaganovich [Der Nister]; Harvey Pekar; Abraham Reisen; Sholem Asch; Yanken Dineson; David Pinski; Leon Kobrin; Joseph Opatoshu; Jacob Glatstein; Moishe Nadir [Isaac Reiss]; Isaac Bashevis Singer; Ronald Reagan; Esther Singer Kreitman; Chava Rosenfarb; Kadya Molodowsky
Synopsis: Jewish modernists write Yiddish works that examine Jewish life, as well as the life of Jews in the world. Under Lenin the Jewish future looks bright in the Soviet Union, but Stalin rules with brutal anti-Semitism. Some Jewish literature crosses over into the mainstream.
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Coney Island Summer

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Coney Island

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Chapter 2. Yiddish Theater & Film

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The Essence: A Yiddish Theater Dim Sum

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Der Groyser Kundes

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Inker(s): I. Maud [may be J. Maud] (signed); Rose (signed); Rosa (signed); Lola (signed); S. Rask (signed)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jacob P. Adler; Boris Thomashefsky; Chaim Zhitlovsky; Morris Winchevsky; Abraham Cahan; Yehoyish [Yehoash]; Zalman Libin; Louis Miller; Yankif Gordin [Jacob Gordin]; Rudolph Schildkraut; Moritz Morrison
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Chayale Ash's Day in Court

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Chayale Ash; police; judge; theater-goers
Synopsis: Chayale Ash is arrested when she performs in Yiddish in 1948, since Israeli officials fear lest Yiddish overtake Hebrew. Yiddish performances are permitted by the court.
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Robeson Sings Yiddish

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter; Aaron Kramer (song translator)
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Paul Robeson; Shloyme Mikhoels; Itzik Feffer
Synopsis: While on a tour of Soviet Russia Robeson learns that Jewish friends have been murdered, and sings in Yiddish to show solidarity.
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Nadir's Messiah in America

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
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Genres: historical, humorous, non-fiction, opinion
Character(s): Moishe Nadir; false Messiah; rival false Messiah
Synopsis: In Nadir's play, rival false Messiahs are Coney Island sideshow attractions. In real life, false Messiahs still arise.
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Kaminska's Mother Courage

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: biography, historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Ida Kaminska; Jan Kott; actors; German soldiers
Synopsis: For fifty years, through war and persecution, Kaminska performs in Poland. When she emigrates to America she hopes to establish a new Yiddish theater.
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"It Can't Happen Here" in Yiddish

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Maggie Flanagan; Julius Adler (portraying Doremus Jessup)
Synopsis: Federal Theater Project performances of "It Can't Happen Here" (about a fascist takeover of America) include a production in Yiddish.
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Mark Twain Translated

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
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Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Sholem Aleichem; Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]; Judge Samuel Greenbaum; Jacob Schiff; Felix Warberg; Mrs. Warberg; Becky Thatcher; celebrated jumping frog; Huckleberry Finn; Jim; goat; Tevye; Tevye's daughters; blue jay; enchanted tailor
Synopsis: Sholem Aleichem and Mark Twain exchange compliments.
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Skulnik on Strike

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Menasha Skulnik (playing Getzel)
Synopsis: Skulnik plays a schlemiel.
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Modicutt's Dybbuk

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Yosl Cutler; Zuni Maud
Synopsis: Cutler and Maud perform with a Communist puppet theater.
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Rivington Street

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Writer(s): Joel Schecter; Harvey Fink (translation)
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Narrator; peddler; Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet; Bill Gropper; actors; unemployed; striking factory workers
Synopsis: The peddler looks back on the history of the Rivington Street neighborhood, and the evolution of its people.
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Molly Picon: Goddess of Second Avenue

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Penciller(s): Sharon Rudahl (signed)
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Molly Picon; Sophie Tucker
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Edgar G. Ulmer & Green Fields

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Green Fields

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Writer(s): Peretz Hirshbein (original); Edgar G. Ulmer (1937 movie version); Sharon Rudahl (retelling)
Penciller(s): Sharon Rudahl
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Colorist(s): Sharon Rudahl
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Genres: historical, romantic
Character(s): Levi; Sara; Hersh; Dina; Gittel; Avrom; Dovid; villagers
Synopsis: Seeking a community of true Jews, Levi goes a-wandering. Recognizing him as an educated man, the villagers beg him to stay as a teacher. He teaches the boys to read as the girls make eyes at him and householders bicker over the honor of hosting him. He wants to move on, but decides that he has much to learn from people who coax everything they need from the earth. When he discovers that Dina has learned to read and write by surreptitiously watching his lessons, he decides to marry her and stay.
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Moishe Oysher: The Jazz Singer From Another Universe

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Writer(s): Danny Fingeroth
Penciller(s): Neil Kleid
Inker(s): Neil Kleid
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Al Jolson; Samson Raphaelson; Jack Robin [Jackie Rabinowitz]; Mrs. Rabinowitz; Cantor Rabinowitz; Moishe Oysher; Yoel Strashunsky
Synopsis: Comparative lives of Jolson and Oysher, and the films that each made on cantors.
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The Legend of Zero

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Writer(s): Barry Deutsch
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Zero Mostel [Sammy Mostel]; childhood neighbor; lifelong friend; theater historian; actress colleague
Synopsis: Zero Mostel's career is devastated by the 1950s blacklist; but he continues performing and finally re-emerges as a star.
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Chapter 3. Not Quite Assimilation: Yiddish & American Popular Culture

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E. Y. "Yip" Harburg & the Depression Epic

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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Writer(s): E. Y. Harburg [Yip Harburg]
Penciller(s): Sharon Rudahl
Inker(s): Sharon Rudahl
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Genres: drama
Character(s): Singer [Al]; workers; soldiers; unemployed
Synopsis: The singer has done everything right -- worked hard, been productive, fought for his country -- now he's impoverished, and even old friends turn away.
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The Memory Art of Marvin Friedman

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Penciller(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Inker(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Colorist(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Uncle Benny
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Writer(s): Marvin Friedman
Penciller(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Inker(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Colorist(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Letterer(s): Marvin Friedman
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
First Line: 7 o'clock
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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky

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Writer(s): Dave Wagner; Paul Buhle; Peter Kuper
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Inker(s): Peter Kuper
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln Polonsky; Bobbe; father; cop; immigrant; Gertrude Berg; Brooklyn College students; John Garfield; Yul Brynner; Eli Wallach; Roy Cohn (cameo); Joseph McCarthy (cameo)
Synopsis: Polonsky is successful making films and writing for television until the blacklist. Eventually he returns to film. The blacklist, Red Scare, and pogroms underlie his work.
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Yiddish for Celebrities

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Penciller(s): Sharon Rudahl (signed)
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Molly Picon; Joseph Papp; Leonard Nimoy; David Opatoshu; Eddie Cantor; Herschel Bernardi (misspelled as Hershel Bernardi); Paul Muni; Zero Mostel; James Cagney; Kirk Douglas; Sidney Lumet; Theodore Bikel; George Jessel; Cab Calloway; Oscar Levant; Lenny Bruce; Mel Brooks; Milton Berle; Fanny Brice; Groucho Marx; Paul Robeson; the Andrews Sisters (Patty; Maxene; LaVerne); Julie Andrews; Moe Howard; Woody Allen
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Harvey Kurtzman -- MAD Man

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harvey Kurtzman; Joseph McCarthy; Superduperman; Joe Tsuris; William Gaines; senator; R. Crumb; Gloria Steinem; Little Annie Fanny; Maus; Zippy the Pinhead; Alfred E. Neuman; Wonder Wart-Hog
Synopsis: Harvey starts out in war comics, goes on to humor and satire, and becomes one of the most influential creators of the century.
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Yiddish Summer Camps

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Penciller(s): Peter Kuper
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Colorist(s): Peter Kuper
Letterer(s): Peter Kuper; typeset
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Campers; Paul Robeson
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Chapter 4. Yiddish Fadeout & Revival

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Haim Grade

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Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Sharon Rudahl
Inker(s): Sharon Rudahl
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Haim Grade; Rasseyner; Mendl; rabbis; wives
Synopsis: Pekar reviews Grade's literary career.
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An American Splendor "Oldie"

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President's Day

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Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Joe Zabel
Inker(s): Larry Dumm
Letterer(s): Gary Dumm
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Billy; V.A. workers
Synopsis: Pekar volunteers to work on a bitterly cold holiday. It's quiet, so he catches up on his reading and ruminates on the Singer brothers as authors.
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Aaron Lansky and the Recovery of Yiddish

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Writer(s): Aaron Lansky (original); Paul Buhle (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Sam Marlow; Ellis Rosen
Inker(s): Sam Marlow; Ellis Rosen
Colorist(s): Sam Marloe; Ellis Rosen
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Aaron Lansky; Sheva; professor
Synopsis: Lansky rounds up all the Yiddish books he can find, and builds the Yiddish Book Center.
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Klezmer

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Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Sharon Rudahl
Inker(s): Sharon Rudahl
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Dave Tarras; Naftule Brandwein; Benny Goodman; the Andrews Sisters (Patty; Maxene; LaVerne); the Klezmorim; Hankus Netzky; Joe Maneri; Frank London; Don Byron; Andy Statman; David Krakauer; Henry Sapoznik; Anthony Coleman; unknown musicians
Synopsis: Klezmer, an eclectic folk music dating back to the Middle Ages, enjoys a revival in the modern world.
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Rootz

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Writer(s): Steve Stern (original story); Sabrina Jones (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Sabrina Jones
Inker(s): Sabrina Jones
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Stevie; Sunday School class; waiter; Talmud Torah scholars; lamed vovnik; bride; Layla; wonder rabbi; shtetl revolutionary; cobbler; golem
Synopsis: Stevie inadvertently awakes the old-time Jews of a historic immigrant neighborhood.
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Hershl

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Writer(s): Hershl Hartman
Penciller(s): Gary Dumm
Inker(s): Gary Dumm
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Hershl Hartman; Henry Wallace
Synopsis: Hartman starts at an early age in Jewish organizations and in radical journalism. He works to preserve and promote the use of Yiddish.
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Yiddishkayt in the 21st Century

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Writer(s): Joel Schechter
Penciller(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
Inker(s): Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Audience members
Synopsis: Old-timers recall Yiddish theater.
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Bibliography, Sources & Further Reading

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About the Contributors

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Index

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Portrait of Aunt Tania

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Penciller(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Inker(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Colorist(s): Marvin Friedman (signed) (painting)
Letterer(s): Marvin Friedman
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Character(s): Aunt Tania
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Writer(s): ? (flaps); Neal Gabler (blurb)
Penciller(s): David Lasky; Dan Archer; Gary Dumm; Neil Kleid; Greg Ruth; Steve Chappell
Inker(s): David Lasky; Dan Archer; Gary Dumm; Neil Kleid; Greg Ruth; Steve Chappell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Misha Beletsky (design)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Paul Buhle
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