The New Country edited by Henry Goodman New Year the slow decline of Yiddish

the slow decline of Yiddish culture in Europe and Russia

The author describes in detail the religious observance and folkways of this holy day from the order of communal prayer to the preparation of meals

and considers the emergence

neighborhood delis (Home-Cured Corned Beef and Pastrami

delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world

The New Country edited by Henry Goodman New Year the slow decline of YiddishTranslated by Henry Goodman An abridged version of the collection originally published in 1961, the forty two stories here are written by some of the most brilliant and poignant Jewish writers of the twentieth century, including Sholem Aleichem, Abraham Raisin, and Joseph Opotashu. They paint a sometimes hilarious, sometimes somber, but always moving image of the experiences of the "greenhorns" coming to America. These are not stories written by